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JAMAICA-Journalist Ian Boyne Has Died
Veteran journalist Ian Boyne has died.
He died this morning after a brief period of illness.
He had been released just over a week earlier after...
Ninjaman gets life in prison for murder
Veteran Dancehall deejay Ninjaman was a short while ago given a life sentence in the Home Circuit Court for the March 2009 murder of...
DOMINICA-Legal move to declare Opposition Leader bankrupt
Legal moves are underway to declare Opposition Leader Lennox Linton, bankrupt, which could result in his removal from the Dominica parliament.
Chartered accountant, Kieron Pinard-Byrne,...
OECS seeks to boost Canada work programme
The Eastern Caribbean Liaison Service and the Ministries of Labour of seven OECS Member States recently met to discuss the strengthening and the harmonization...
BARBADOS-Man steals from vagrants and homeless society
A 53-year-old man, who stole several items from the Barbados Vagrants and Homeless Society (BVHS), will spend the next nine months at HMP Dodds.
Kenneth...
Guyanese teen used last breath to tell cops who shot her
Police here have testified that a Guyanese-born teenager in Brooklyn used her last few breaths to tell cops the name of the man who...
BERMUDA wants to grow its population
Economic Development and Tourism Minister Jamahl Simmons says the Progressive Labour Party (PLP) government wants Bermuda’s population to return to the levels seen in...
GUYANA: Male sex worker takes on armed gang of four successfully
(News Room)
A 24-year-old suspect is in police custody for the armed robbery committed on two male sex workers on Tuesday night (December 12) of...
St. Lucia records drop in unemployment
Prime Minister Allen Chastanet, has hailed a drop in the country’s unemployment figures, declaring that his administration is very excited about the development.
However Chastanet...
ST CROIX: Five dead in plane crash at airport
(Loop Jamaica)
Highly emotional concerns and general reaction are pouring in on social media following the tragic death of at least one member of the...
Dominica: First mountain chicken frog discovered since Maria
Staff from the Dominica Mountain Chicken Project have found its first wild surviving mountain chicken frog, since the passage of Hurricane Maria in late...
St Lucia PM announces plans for sex offender registry
St Lucia government has announced plans to establish a national sex offender registry.
“I think it is something that is generally accepted around the world...
US names Jamaican as key IS recruiter
(AFP)
The US Treasury Tuesday placed a Jamaica-based Islamic cleric on its terror blacklist, calling him a key recruiter for the Islamic State group and...