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Phone Snatcher Shot On Half-Way Tree Road
Jamaica Gleaner
HALF-WAY TREE, Jamaica - The police are now combing sections of Half-Way Tree and making checks with hospitals in search of a robbery suspect who was shot by a licensed firearm holder while trying to make off with a stolen cell phone along Half-Way Tree Road.
Guyana Gov't awaits ruling by speaker on No Confidence Vote
CMC
GEORGETOWN, Guyana - The Guyana government says it will await a ruling by the Speaker of Parliament, Dr Barton Scotland regarding the successful motion of no confidence filed by the opposition earlier this month, even as it hinted at taking the matter to court.
Two perish in fatal accident
Jamaican Gleaner
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Investigators assigned to the Hanover Police are probing the circumstances surrounding a fatal crashed that claimed the lives of two men and the injury of four others on the Lucea Main Road in the Jamaican parish on Tuesday, December 18, 2918.
Man gets life sentence for raping baby
Guyana Chronicle
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, SA - “I HAVE nothing to say your honour,” were the words of Rodney Kertizous on Thursday afternoon, after a 12-member Jury found him guilty of rape of a child.
Charge Them!' - Private Sector wants criminal charges over Petrojam findings
Jamaica Gleaner
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Someone should be held criminally responsible for two of the more damning findings unearthed by a comprehensive audit of the state-run oil refinery Petrojam and the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica, private sector leaders charged yesterday (December 5, 2018).
Foreign cartel link to $15m drug bust
T&T Guardian
WESTMOORINGS, T&T -An estimated $15 million of cocaine and marijuana were seized in a Westmoorings apartment and five people were arrested yesterday November 4, 2018, following a midday sting operation by the Special Operations Response Team of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service.
Jamaica sweeps 2018 World Travel Awards
Jamaica Observer
LISBON, Portugal — Jamaica and Jamaican companies emerged big winners at the World Travel Awards (WTA) Grand Final Gala here Saturday night, winning eight of the coveted categories.
Body believed to be missing American found in shallow grave
Jamaica Gleaner
GREEN ISLAND, Hanover, Jamaica - Police investigators are now (Today, November, 28, 2018) in Green Island, Hanover preparing to exhume a body from a shallow grave.
EU gives Dominica money for Post Hurricane Maria Reconstruction
Antigua Observer
ROSEAU, Dominica - The European Union (EU) is releasing to Dominica E.C. $24 million (7.7M euros), the first tranche of a total of E.C. $34 million (11M euros), as part of its contribution to the reconstruction of the country following the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria last year (2017).
Cop collapses after verdict
Jamaica Gleaner
ST JAMES PARISH, Jamaica - Senior Superintendent of Police Anthony Castelle collapsed in the St James Parish Court yesterday, November 23, 2018, after he was found guilty for a 2016 shooting of a pregnant woman.