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Great grandmother released from jail on gun charge in The Bahamas
Loop - An 81-year-old great-grandmother, who suffers from early dementia, hyperlipidemia issues, and an enlarged heart that requires medication, was released from prison after...
Wildfires engulf Canada homes as evacuation quickens
BBC – About 15,000 households have been ordered to evacuate in Canada’s British Columbia, as firefighters battle raging wildfires that have set homes ablaze.
Officials...
UK: British neonatal nurse found guilty of killing 7 babies
AP — A neonatal nurse in a British hospital was found guilty of killing seven babies and trying to kill six others.
Lucy Letby, 33,...
DOMINICA: Grand Bay man charged with murder of Jason Sorhaindo
Dominica News Online - A Grand Bay man is now remanded into custody at the Dominica State Prison following a charge of murder preferred...
COLOMBIA: Magnitude 6.3 quake shakes Colombian capital, one dead
Reuters - A strong earthquake of 6.3 magnitude struck the Colombian capital Bogota on Thursday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, prompting frightened residents...
Carib$ Welcomes CTU as Partner in Advisory Group for Enhanced Regional Finance
The Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) is set to collaborate with the Advisory Group for Carib$ to enhance financial transactions within CARICOM states.
An MOU was...
International firm estimates that UK owes Jamaica trillions in reparations
Jamaica Gleaner - An international economics consulting firm has estimated that the United Kingdom owes Jamaica US$9.5 trillion in reparations.
Further, it is also estimated...
HAITI: Gang leader vows to fight foreign armed force if it commits abuses
AP - An ex-police officer considered by many to be Haiti’s most powerful gang leader warned Wednesday that he would fight any international armed...
US: Brain-dead man receives pig kidney. Transplant could become a game-changer
In a medical breakthrough, NYU Langone surgeons successfully transplanted a pig kidney into a brain-dead man who has now survived on the organ for...
Death toll rises to 25 as Dominican firefighters find more bodies in this week’s...
AP — The death toll from a powerful explosion in the Dominican Republic this week rose to 25 on Wednesday, with firefighters still trying...
JAMAICA: Man accused of sexually assaulting teenage boy
Jamaica Gleaner — A Trelawny man accused of sexually assaulting a teenage boy has been charged with buggery.
It’s alleged that the attack occurred between...
Guyana: Birthday girl, 7-year-old boy killed in house fires
Loop News - Two children were among four people killed in separate house fires in Guyana.
The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) reported that a fire...
Barbados, Trinidad rattled by earthquakes
CMC – An early morning earthquake rattled parts of Trinidad and Tobago on Tuesday, but there were no immediate reports of damage and injuries.
The...