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The police are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 2305h.
A Plaisance businessman who was shot twice last night in what family members and neighbours believe was a botched robbery, died about five minutes after being rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital.
(Jamaica Gleaner) While Sizzla Kalonji may not be one of the artistes gay lobby groups have called ‘reformed’, the reggae crooner has strongly rejected the olive branch from the Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, All-Sexuals and Gays (J-FLAG), offered to support Jamaican entertainers, who despite toning down their anti-gay rhetoric, have continued to come under attack from gay lobby groups abroad.
(Jamaica Gleaner) “I’ll be home for Christmas.” That was the mantra of two Jamaican fishermen while they drifted at sea for days without any idea of how they would get back to friends and family in St Thomas.
(BBC) Record-breaking India batsman Sachin Tendulkar has retired from one-day international cricket.
(Barbados Nation) THE POLICE ARE warning Barbadians to be careful with their cash after one Bridgetown firm said it had encountered counterfeit dollars.
ROME, (Reuters) – Italian caretaker Prime Minister Mario Monti said today that he would be ready to offer his leadership to political forces that adopt his agenda of reforms the country needs.
(Trinidad Express) A Florida juror who voted to convict Jamaican reggae singer Buju Banton on drug charges has denied improperly researching the case during trial, in spite of a weekly newspaper’s report that quoted her as saying that she did.
(Trinidad Express) Residents of Powder Magazine, Phase I, Cocorite, yesterday attempted to stop leader of the Congress of the People (COP) Prakash Ramadhar from distributing toys to children living in the housing development and from cutting a ribbon for a repaired swing.
(Trinidad Express) About 300 passengers on a Caribbean Airlines flight out of the JFK International Airport in New York, USA, who were stranded there since last Friday were due to finally arrive home early this morning.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Cricket legend Kapil Dev remembers what it was like playing for his country against India’s bitter rival, Pakistan, when he made his international debut in 1978: a bowler was expected to aim at the batsman’s body.
(Trinidad Express) More questions surrounding the multimillion-dollar house of Tobago House of Assembly (THA) Minority Leader Ashworth Jack have surfaced.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela will not call fresh elections if Hugo Chavez’s cancer prevents him from taking office by Jan.
(Reuters) – The Sacramento Kings have suspended leading scorer and rebounder DeMarcus Cousins indefinitely for “unprofessional behavior and conduct detrimental to the team”, the Kings said on Saturday.
CAIRO, (Reuters) – Egypt’s new constitution, which was drafted by an Islamist-dominated assembly, was approved by 64 percent of voters in a two-round referendum, an official in the Muslim Brotherhood said on today citing the group’s unofficial tally.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The head of the indigenous people in Dominica, Garnet Joseph, says he is disappointed that after two years, the government has not agreed to a proposal to change the name of the Carib Territory to Kaliango Territory.
(Barbados Nation) SOCA QUEEN Alison Hinds has been bestowed with an honour from New York City just in time for Christmas.
(Barbados Nation) Barbadians will now benefit directly from the successes of Grammy Award-winning singer Rihanna.
(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Surinamese producers are being hit by hidden measures by Caricom countries to limit imports.
(BBC) Eoin Morgan hit a six off the final ball as England squared the two-match Twenty20 series against India with a dramatic six-wicket victory in Mumbai.
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