CASTRIES, St Lucia, (Reuters) – An explosion of steam and gas in the mountains of the remote, jungle-clad Caribbean island of Dominica has shaken residents, who are fearful it is a harbinger for renewed seismic activity in a nation that is home to nine volcanoes.
(Jamaica Star) A contract killer on Monday detailed how he lured Tonia McDonald, wife of popular Portland businessman Everton ‘Beachy Stout’ McDonald to a deserted roadway in the parish and watched as the man he sub-contracted stabbed her repeatedly.
(Jamaica Observer) Thirty-two-year-old Richard Scott was charged with housebreaking and larceny following an incident at a home on DeCarteret Road in Mandeville last Friday.
(Trinidad Express) Police are investigating the death of a two-year-old girl.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Fifty-eight-year old deaf-mute Patrick Duncan lives in an abandoned car in a section of Arnett Gardens known as Mexico, a situation that residents are appealing for Jamaicans to open their hearts to and help change.
LA PAZ, (Reuters) – Bolivia’s conservative interim president, Jeanine Anez, pulled out of next month’s general election yesterday, a move that should strengthen other candidates running against the front-running socialist party of ex-leader Evo Morales.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro yesterday said it would be “impossible” to delay parliamentary elections planned for Dec.
BOGOTA, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The toppling of a statue of a Spanish conqueror by indigenous people in Colombia this week has opened up debate over how the historic arrival and rule by Western Europeans and the suffering of native people should be remembered.Members
(Jamaica Star) A St Thomas man who accused police of stealing $200,000 from his home after they searched his property, was proven wrong after he found the money in the same drawer he had been keeping it in.
(Trinidad Express) A second man has been charged with a quadruple murder which occurred in May 2020.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The Little London Police in Westmoreland have charged a 70-year-old suspected con artist who allegedly fleeced unsuspecting persons of more than $1 million.
(Jamaica Observer) Thirty-year-old Denroy Whitely of Dalton district in St Elizabeth was arrested and charged for wounding with intent following an incident in his community on September 10.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica-born Andrea Ajibade was diagnosed with bilateral breast cancer one month before the completion of her daughter’s chemotherapy treatment.
(Trinidad Express) Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh says he is not afraid and has no regrets about scolding a young woman seen in a viral video on a beach in breach of Covid-19 regulations.
(Jamaica Star) Lucile Brown Ashman celebrated her 103rd birthday last Saturday at her home in Cross Roads, Kingston.
(Jamaica Observer) News that Caribbean neighbour Barbados has indicated that it is “prepared to recognise a form of civil unions for couples of the same gender” and will be going to the country of almost 300,000 citizens in a referendum to settle the matter has been met with revulsion by key Jamaican church groups.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Come October 5, distance learning will become the reality for tens of thousands of students, and Jamaican Shamir Saddler is hoping to help schools improve their educational and administrative processes.
(Trinidad Guardian) Police officers from the Central Division and Anti-Kidnapping Squad have rescued baby Sofia Rivas in Curepe.
(Trinidad Express) Samantha Ramischand, the woman who was seen in a video by a beach, and which was posted on social media last weekend, has been interviewed by the police.
(Barbados Nation) The Mia Mottley Administration is preparing to recogonise civil unions for couples of the same gender.
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