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Man, 53, remanded over indecent assault of 16-year-old girl
Monday July 3, 2009:
A 53-year-old man who is alleged to have indecently assaulted a 16-year-old girl was yesterday remanded to prison by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson when he appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
ST KITTS/NEVIS
“This is about right and wrong and standing up for our rights” says Grant
Sunday July 5, 2009:
The People’s Action Movement held an emergency press conference on Wednesday 1st July to inform the citizens of the Federation about a legal case that has been instituted in anticipation of the immanent change in constituency boundaries that is expected just prior to the upcoming General Election. Political Leader Mr. Lindsay Grant was emphatic that the obvious political ploy to intimidate the largest opposition party in St. Kitts will not succeed but that he would ensure that the principles of natural justice will not be trampled.
NASSAU
DECOMPOSING BODY FOUND
Monday July 6, 2009:
Police made a gruesome discovery on Saturday after the badly decomposed body of a Caucasian woman was found discarded in a plastic bag just off Fox Hill Road.
Disbelief was etched on Pearl Smith's face yesterday.
Her 37-year-old brother, Oliver Smith, a security guard, had died in hospital Saturday, after being shot during an exchange between gunmen and a licensed firearm holder.
BASSETERRE - Prime Minister Dr Denzil Douglas has given his strongest hint that he will this week announce the date for the general election in St Kitts and Nevis.
Miss CES Iva Satney is the new Carnival Queen. She was followed by Leona Sandiford (far left), Oneka McKoy (second from right) and Alisha Hunte who was third runner-up.
BARBADOS
Passports options for Bajans abroad
Thursday July 16, 2009:
BARBADOS machine readable passports are to be issued to nationals who apply at this country's embassies and consulates overseas.
An official statement said the Immigration Department and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs would shortly embark on the programme which will see Government extending the issue of the new format.
ST LUCIA
All hail new carnival queen!
Thursday July 16, 2009:
On Sunday, just before sunset the high glam affair known as the Carnival Queen show got underway at Samaans Park. The contestants came onstage with fitted suits and donned top hats and black ties for their dance introduction. After a well-executed opening dance to Michael Jackson’s Smooth Criminal, contestants made individual introductions and promised to show the audience the true meaning of carnival beauty.
IN DE MIDDLE of Ôfamily', Tune Of The Crop winner Edwin Yearwood celebrating yesterday evening with (from left) Shana Burrowes, Khiomal Nurse, Paul Reynolds, Mikey who placed second for Tune Of The Crop, and Edwin's daughter Rhadika Yearwood.
Barbados Crop-Over 2009
BARBADOS
THE 'GENERAL' is once againthe Road March King.
Tuesday August 4, 2009:
With his hit song In The Middle Of The Road, Edwin Yearwood beat out Mikey with
I In Dat and Red Plastic Bag with Something Happening into second and third
place respectively in the Tune Of The Crop competition.
ST LUCIA
New Engagement for Darren
Friday August 7, 2009:
We may take it for granted, but it is not everyday you get to meet a real Saint Lucian hero or superstar you know. And while the innocent young ones seem to make more of a fuss when they see the likes of Nicole David, Ricky T or Darren Sammy, some of us grown folks tend to act more cynical when it comes to our local stars. Not so with our publisher, Rick Wayne, who himself has had his fair taste of stardom and fame, but still seems to be a big fan of some of our local heroes among them Derek Walcott and Darren Sammy.
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) -- Venezuela has said it will purchase up to 10,000 vehicles from Argentina, making good on a threat to scuttle trade with Colombia in favor of other trade partners.
SO, FINALLY, the last batch of Grenadians who were convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Prime Minister Maurice Bishop, some cabinet ministers and leading party colleagues, have been freed and are now back in the society sorting out their lives.
BARBADOS
When the bands played mas'
Tuesday August 4, 2009:
Thousands of revellers pranced and wined their way across the National Stadium stage yesterday to a somewhat lukewarm reception from the hundreds in the stands as Crop-Over 2009 came to a colourful climax.
Jacqueline Devonish, a London-based lawyer with Barbadian roots.
BARBADOS
Rules for lawyers 'must be upgraded'
Monday September 8, 2009:
APPOINTING AN OMBUDSMAN for the legal profession would help,but Barbados also needsto upgrade rules on how lawyers may conduct business.
Jay Vigier, who was among those who perished in the fire, pictured with his mother, Magdeline while at church.
ST LUCIA
St Jude Fire The victims’ stories . . .
Monday September 14, 2009:
No one but the patients of St Jude and the staff who were there to care for them on September 9, can give all the horrific details of what went down that fateful morning. Screams on the inside were masked as explosions and a blazing fire almost entirely consumed the surgical ward of St Jude hospital. It was impossible for anyone on the outside to feel the fear of the victims trapped inside.
Ganja accused: ‘I does call um organic black sage’
Monday September 14, 2009:
Wayne Venture of Lot 16 Section ‘C’ Christianburg, Linden was remanded to prison last Thursday when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court for allegedly smoking cannabis and being found with a quantity of the illicit drug in a bag that was in his possession.
He initially pleaded guilty to the charges of smoking cannabis and possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking when Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson read them to him, but insisted that the evidence be presented in court.
Hakeem Vickles,
TRINIDAD
FIVE DEAD
Monday September 14, 2009:
A birthday party at a Curepe bar ended in a bloodbath yesterday as five men between the ages of 17-27 were killed by two armed men.
Carpenter accused of chopping stepdaughter in her face
Tuesday September 22, 2009:
Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday ordered that a carpenter be remanded to prison after he allegedly attempted to murder his stepdaughter by chopping her in her face with a cutlass.
Excited fans surrounded Ryan Brathwaite's motorcade as it passed through Bridgetown yesterday.
TRINIDAD
COUPLE FOUND DEAD AFTER FIRE
Monday September 21, 2009:
A middle-aged couple, believed to be from the United States, was murdered and their bodies burnt when fire completely destroyed their home located in a deserted forested area at Cuffie River, Runnemede, about six miles off the Northside Main Road, near Moriah Tobago.
BARBADOS
RYAN! Ryan! Ryan! Ryan! Ryan!!
Friday September 18, 2009:
The cheers were deafening. The support brought on goose bumps.
The Broken Trident stood steadfast yesterday, as Barbados turned a shy 21-year-old country boy from Hillaby, St Andrew, into a national sporting icon with a welcome-home party for the ages.
A woman was yesterday morning shot and killed and four members of her family injured when gunmen invaded their family home in Bernard Lodge, St Catherine.
JAMAICA
Tough Grants Pen rocked by double murder
Saturday October 3, 2009:
GUNMEN yesterday murdered two men along Morgan Lane in Grants Pen, Kingston, leaving residents of the hotbed community fearing the worst.
I read with great interest a letter published on the October 6 of your issue under the caption: "Mischief side-show on St Vincent Constitution" written by one named as Benson Straugh.
Minister of Finance and Leader of Government Business in the Lower House, Nazim Burke, has come out in defense of his Prime Minister against another set of “disrespectful” remarks cast at him by former Grenadian leader and now holder of the post of Opposition Leader, Dr. Keith Mitchell.
During a sitting of the house last week Tuesday, Dr. Mitchell in his latest barrage of verbal assault on Prime Minister, Tillman Thomas made several comments especially about his intellectual level. Mitchell’s comments came during debate on a Motion he presented to remove Speaker of the House, George McGuire from the Chair for his alleged “bias and hostility” towards the Opposition New National Party (NNP).
Ministry comes out firing as newspaper stands by editorial
Tuesday October 13, 2009:
The Ministry of Tourism has come out swinging in reaction to an editorial printed in last Friday’s edition of the Daily Observer titled We Don’t Want Them Here.
The editorial was based on the six tourists who were charged after causing a public brawl with the police. In the editorial, the Daily Observer accused the minister of tourism of not defending Antigua and Barbuda and the law when he appeared on the Tom Joyner Morning Show last Monday.
Police officers escort two Venezuelan teenagers at a police station after being arrested for assault with a deadly weapon in the district of Sucre, Caracas.
VENEZUELA - Caracas
Wave of weekend violence leaves 56 dead in Caracas
Wednesday October 7, 2009:
Fifty-six people were murdered in Caracas over the weekend, in a wave of weekend violence that left the local morgue overflowing with bodies, local press reported Tuesday.
EIGHT of 13 handguns stolen from the compound of Mi5 Security Company over the weekend were recovered in Curepe, St Joseph and Couva with at least six persons arrested by police, sources confirmed last night.
Renewed international condemnation on Wednesday of U.S. blockade against Cuba
Tuesday October 27, 2009:
THE United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday will vote on a resolution condemning the U.S. blockade against Cuba, after around 30 presidents and other international leaders criticized the blockade in that same forum.
NASSAU, Bahamas (BIS) -- The Bahamas welcomed the 13th Ambassador of the United States of America on the mutual understanding of continuing to strengthen relations that exist between both countries.
Tragedy visited a Guyanese family yesterday when one of its young members fell over Kaieteur Falls, traumatizing the tour group she was with(...More...)
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