NASSAU, Bahamas, (Reuters) – Thousands of displaced people are living in “rapidly deteriorating” conditions in the worst-hit parts of the Bahamas six days after Hurricane Dorian made landfall, the United Nations World Food Programme warned yesterday.
NASSAU, Bahamas,(Reuters) – Thousands of displaced people are living in “rapidly deteriorating” conditions in the worst-hit parts of the Bahamas six days after Hurricane Dorian made landfall, the United Nations World Food Programme warned today.
(Trinidad Guardian) Over the past week, about 15 customers of Scotiabank’s Sangre Grande branch had thousands of dollars stolen from their accounts after their cards were skimmed.
(Trinidad Guardian) The debate over a ban on fireworks raged yesterday after a young male Red Kangaroo at the Emperor Valley Zoo died from “trauma and stress” it experienced after the Independence Day fireworks in the Queen’s Park Savannah.
(Jamaica Gleaner) He left Savanna-la-Mar in Westmoreland for a visit to The Bahamas in 1990, but his stay was made permanent, having met his now wife there.
MARSH HARBOUR, Bahamas, (Reuters) – The smell of death hung over parts of Great Abaco Island in the northern Bahamas yesterday, as relief workers sifted through the debris of shattered homes and buildings in a search expected to dramatically drive up the death toll from Hurricane Dorian.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The timetable to return Fly Jamaica to the skies appears to be in doubt, its employees are still unpaid, and the airline’s founder, Ronald Paul Reece, says the deal for the takeover of the airline is yet to be finalised.
(Trinidad Newsday) A man was shot by police after he stormed the Barataria South Secondary School this morning and attacked security guards and police.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – An American Airlines mechanic was on Thursday charged with purposely damaging an aircraft in July amid a dispute between the airline and its mechanics union involving stalled contract negotiations.
(Jamaica Observer) The declaration of a state of public emergency (SOE) in Clarendon yesterday was greeted with cautious optimism by some residents and business operators.
(Trinidad Guardian) The Cabinet has decided to cancel a contract that was given to a Chinese construction company, Gezhouba Group International Engineering Co Ltd (CGGC), the Housing Development Corporation (HDC).
(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has announced that Trinidad and Tobago will assist The Bahamas with soldiers, electricity workers and US$500,000.
(Jamaica Observer) MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Head of the Manchester Police Division, Superintendent Wayne Cameron, has revealed that the husband of murdered Manchester teacher Carolyn Davis-Campbell was taken into custody last night.
(Trinidad Guardian) “The snake big like a man’s neck!”
That’s how a Rousillac resident described the snake that slithered into her neighbour’s wash tub when she made the frantic call to the Forestry Division for help.
Savitri and her mother 78-year-old mom Polly Boodoo were greeted with the macajuel curled up in the wash tub when they returned to their Mon Desir Road home on Wednesday morning after visiting the health clinic.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Twenty-six alleged members of St Catherine-based ‘One Don’ gang were denied bail when they appeared in the Home Circuit Court in downtown Kingston this week.