NEWS HEADLINES
-The Political Ombudsman is still seeking to secure a meeting with the Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition in a bid to settle a number of issues.
-The Peoples National Party has stated that it will not take part in Debates at any level whatsoever.
-The Jamaica Labour Party, JLP, has described the PNP’s manifesto as an expensive undertaking, with no funds to facilitate such a high price tag.
-Political Ombudsman, Donna Parchment Brown, has accused 33 political candidates, including three Cabinet Ministers, of "blatantly disrespecting" her office by not signing the Political Code of Conduct.
-In news overseas.............US President Barack Obama is to visit Cuba in the coming weeks, as part of a broader trip to Latin America........And Scientists say a study involving pregnant women in Brazil "strengthens" the theory that Zika is linked to microcephaly birth defects in babies.
SPORTS HEADLINES
-New Reggae Boy recruit Junior Flemmings will be leaving the island on Friday to take up a contract with United States Soccer league team New York Red Bulls.
-Former national coach Geoffrey Maxwell could be given the task to rescue relegation threatened Waterhouse FC in the Red Stripe Premier League.
-Defending champions Edwin Allen and St Jago retained their titles as the two day Central Athletics Championships ended yesterday (Wed) at the GC Foster College.
-American Sprinter Justin Gatlin has vowed to beat Global Sprint King Usain Bolt at the Rio Olympics later this year.
-And.......Jamaica has added Table Tennis to the list of sports the para-athletes will participate in, at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.
ENTERTAINMENT HEADLINES
-Bill Cosby and his legal team have secretly filed a lawsuit against Andrea Constand, the woman at the centre of his current criminal sexual assault case.
-Dancehall sing-jay Mavado has blasted his former manager Julian Jones -Griffith via social media.
-Audio of rapper Kanye West ranting backstage at Saturday Night Live has leaked online.
-Dancehall entertainer, Popcaan was yesterday fined twenty-five thousand dollars or six months imprisonment, for assaulting a police officer in 2013.
-And......The original cast of Good Times has launched a Kickstarter fundraising campaign to develop a film based on the classic TV series.
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