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Police seize high-powered rifles in T&T
T&T GUARDIAN
PORT OF SPAIN, T&T- Nine rifles, eight of which were unassembled and hidden inside speaker boxes and 12 magazines were found and seized by police officers during an anti-crime exercise in Belmont on Thursday night, September 19, 2019.
St. Lucia pledges US $100k to Bahamas Hurricane recovery
ST LUCIA NEWS ONLINE
CASTRIES, St. Lucia - The government of Saint Lucia has pledged US$100,000 to provide immediate relief to the Bahamas following the destruction caused by Hurricane Dorian.
Two decomposed bodies found in Christ Church home
LOOP NEWS
CHRIST CHURCH, Barbados - Two decomposed bodies were discovered in a residence in Regency Park, Christ Church.
Wife in ICU, fighting for life after deadly attack
TRINIDAD EXPRESS
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad & Tobago - Gertrude Mohammed is at the intensive care unit of the San Fernando General Hospital after she was shot five times as she and her husband, Ricky Mohammed, returned from their garden on Friday morning.
PM questions playing of ‘God Save The Queen’ in SVG
IWITNESS NEWS
Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves says he is opposed to the playing of the British National Anthem, “God Save the Queen” at functions in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
Windies suffer defeat to hand India series sweep
JAMAICA GLEANER
For many, it was only a matter of time, and predictably, the West Indies suffered a huge 257 run defeat to India on Day 4 of the second Test, which was played at Sabina Park. The result meant the visiting Indians had a clean sweep in all the formats on tour, as they won the T20 series 3-0, the ODI Series 2-0 and the Test series 2-0.
Jamaican man held for 82 days for bringing honey into US
AFP
A Jamaican national was detained for nearly three months in the United States after bringing in bottles of honey from the Caribbean island that customs agents mistakenly believed to be liquid methamphetamine.
Guyanese living with forceps in her stomach now homeless
GUYANA CHRONICLE
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, SA- In March 2000, Romona Barak-Oada, also known as Romona Soman, made local and international news when it was discovered that for 10 years, she been walking around with forceps –scissors used in surgery- in her stomach.
Haitian influx create hysteria in Guyana, Brazil & Suriname
By Ray Chickrie
Caribbean News Now contributor
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, SA – Between January – July 2019 more than 8,600 Haitians arrived in Guyana and ‘only 13 left the country legally’. In a display of hysteria to feed the base of multiple factions, “The Haitians are coming,” is making headlines across the country.
Male breast reduction surgery takes off in Jamaica
JAMAICAN GLEANER
KINGSTON, Jamaica - An increasing number of Jamaican men, including teenagers, are forking out hundreds of thousands of dollars to do breast-reduction surgeries, according to reports from some of the island’s leading plastic surgeons.
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