Barbados communities in fear after fatal shootings
(Barbados Nation) Three shooting deaths within the first two weeks of the year have left residents in some communities fearing for their lives.
(Barbados Nation) Three shooting deaths within the first two weeks of the year have left residents in some communities fearing for their lives.
(Barbados Nation) On Monday, January 14 police arrested and charged Janella Christy Milord Ashford 18, of 219 Lucinda Crescent, K1WOA1, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and Marc Dawins Cimeus, 20 of 932B Cummings Avenue, Ottawa Ontario, Canada with, possession of cannabis, intent to supply cannabis, trafficking in cannabis and importation.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The 26- year-old woman who has been accused of stealing a baby in the parking lot at the Cornwall Regional Hospital in St James over a week ago, has been remanded into custody until next week Tuesday.
(Trinidad Guardian) Emergency repairs to a major landslip along the Moruga Road, Indian Walk, Princes Town have begun.
(Trinidad Newsday) A series of Facebook posts by Trinidad soca star Rodney “Benjai” Le Blanc implying he has cancer has left scores of people saddened.
(Trinidad Guardian) Influenza vaccinations have run low in some health centres as public demand grows with the threat of the deadly H1N1 virus.
(Trinidad Newsday) A form five student of the Moruga Secondary School and his 24-year-old cousin have been kidnapped at sea and a ransom of US$40,000 demanded for their safe return.
(Jamaica Observer) A reward of $100,000 is being offered through Crime Stop for information leading to the whereabouts of missing US citizen Janice Palmer.
(Barbados Nation) According to several international media sources Rihanna is suing her father Ronald Fenty for exploiting the Fenty name.
Sandals international has announced its withdrawal from a proposed resort in Tobago.
(Trinidad Guardian) 32-year-old woman has been killed in a shooting incident in El Dorado.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Inmates at the Fort Augusta Adult Correctional Centre last night again took to Facebook Live, claiming that since their first appearance to raise security concern, the authorities have been violating their rights.
(Trinidad Guardian) Officials of the Susamachar Presbyterian Church have arranged for flu vaccinations to given to their congregation members today.
(Trinidad Guardian) Police were last night interviewing several people after an 11-year-old autistic girl fell off the balcony of her home in Maloney.
BOGOTA, (Reuters) – South American countries are developing a new diplomatic group to replace the Unasur regional bloc that is heavily influenced by increasingly isolated Venezuela, Colombian President Ivan Duque said yesterday.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday called Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro a modern Adolf Hitler, days after Brasilia officially recognized an opposition leader as the legitimate head of the increasingly isolated country.
Local rice production dropped from 21,000 metric tonnes in 1992 to just 585 metric tonnes last year, a Joint Select Committee (JSC) chaired by Anthony Viera heard from National Flour Mills (NFM) chairman Nigel Romano yesterday.
(Trinidad Express) Police say they have discovered a crack cocaine making laboratory in Carapichaima.
(Barbados Nation) A new post will be created to keep an eagle eye on Government spending and especially state-owned enterprises.
(Trinidad Newsday) While his homeland hasn’t even begun to discuss whether or not to decriminalise marijuana use for medical purposes, let alone fully legalise the herb, Trinidadian Clint Seukeran is set to go on a financial high as he was among six people selected by the Canadian government to be licensed retailers of marijuana in Ontario.
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