BRASILIA, (Reuters) – The government of the Brazilian state of Maranhao set up a police task force yesterday to protect the Guajajara tribe from illegal loggers that killed one of its warriors in a clash over deforestation on their Amazon reservation.
(Trinidad Guardian) A patient, suspected of being infected with the H1N1 virus (Swine Flu), has been warded at the Scarborough General Hospital.
SANTA CRUZ/LA PAZ, (Reuters) – A civic leader urged Bolivians to “paralyze” government institutions and block the borders as protests sparked by the contentious election victory last month of President Evo Morales entered their third week yesterday.
(Trinidad Newsday) An Arouca woman is in custody after she was caught offering her daughters for sex this morning.
(Trinidad Guardian) Dean and Rector at the Holy Trinity Cathedral, Reverend Shelley Ann Tenia said she was disappointed that the action of one designer tainted the public’s view of an event meant to help with the restoration of the Port-of-Spain church.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Sixteen-year-old Campion College whiz-kid Kyle Pratt has aced the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) mathematics exam, scoring the highest grade in the region.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaican hotelier, Peter Morrow, one of the two persons who died in a plane crash in Ocala, Florida last Thursday, has been described as an avid pilot and as someone who was passionate about tourism.
(Trinidad Guardian) Photographs of models in bathing suits walking down the aisle of the Holy Trinity Cathedral went viral on social media yesterday as people questioned the appropriateness of the situation.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Two men were shot and killed, and four other persons shot and injured, in separate incidents hours apart Saturday night, as gunmen continued their assault on residents in St James, which is under a state of public emergency.
(Trinidad Newsday) Two days after a woman was chopped to death at her home, an unidentified woman was found dead of chop wound on land parcel off Caura Royal Road, Caura yesterday.
(Jamaica Observer) Almost two years after the successful staging of the biennial Shaggy and Friends concert, the Bustamante Hospital for Children is still anxiously waiting to receive the benefits from the charity event which reportedly raised $100 million.
(Trinidad Express) Beware of that boob job or Brazilian butt lift procedure you may be tempted to undergo.
(Jamaica Observer) Two brothers, aged eight and one – were burnt to death after they were trapped in a house on fire in the inner-city community of Norwood, here Friday night.
(Jamaica Observer) Another casualty of the United States stripping prominent Jamaicans of visitor’s visas is Senior Superintendent of Police Terrence Bent, the Jamaica Observer can report.
(Trinidad Express) A police inspector shot two people whom he said attempted to rob him at a bar in Marabella early Saturday.
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Illegal loggers in the Amazon ambushed an indigenous group that was formed to protect the forest and shot dead a young warrior and wounded another, leaders of the Guajajara tribe in northern Brazil said yesterday.
(Trinidad Guardian) Former sport and youth affairs minister Darryl Smith is demanding that the government destroy all copies of the report into the payment of $150,000 to his former personal assistant after she was fired and alleged sexual harassment.
A Jamaican immigrant sought by federal agents has eluded them by hiding in the public defender’s office at a Connecticut courthouse for more than seven hours.
(Trinidad Guardian) A close male relative is in police custody for the murder of 24-year-old Dolmati Mangroo who was found hacked to death on Thursday afternoon by relatives.
(Jamaica Observer) AGENT 007 is on a new mission. And this time, his cross hairs are fixed on the rustic parish of Portland.
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