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Paraplegic pleads for help to find a home
T&T Guardian
It takes Stacy Ann Parris, a 39-year-old paraplegic, at least two to three minutes to make her way down a very short flight of stairs to open the front gate to the severely dilapidated, colonial- styled structure she has called home from birth.
American tourist dies snorkeling off Rum Point
Cayman Compass
RUM POINT, Cayman Islands - A 45-year-old man died after encountering difficulties while snorkeling off Rum Point on Thursday, the ninth water-related death involving a tourist in 2018.
Jamaican cops join with St Kitts force to turn around crime
St Kitts & Nevis Observer
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – A desire to help turn around the crime situation in St. Kitts and Nevis and upgrade the investigative capabilities of the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force (RSCNPF) was voiced by two retired Jamaican Police Officers in talks with Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris.
Brazen daylight gun attack in La Puerta
T&T Guardian
Two men were gunned down at La Puerta Road in Diego Martin yesterday in what was described as a “brazen” attack by men pretending to be police officers.
Man Fished From Sea After Drifting 7 Days
Jamaica Gleaner
Fishermen attached to Rainforest Seafoods caught an unlikely catch at sea on Monday (August 13, 2018) when an elderly fisherman was rescued after drifting for seven days.
Mother detained after toddler’s drowning death
T&T Guardian
A 19-year-old woman was up to late yesterday assisting homicide detectives as they continued investigations into the circumstances surrounding the drowning death of her two-year-old daughter at Chaguaramas on Sunday (August 12, 2018).
Visitor spending rises for 10th quarter in a row in Bermuda
CMC
HAMILTON, Bermuda, – The Bermuda Tourism Authority (BTA) says visitor spending has risen for the 10th consecutive quarter.
Cops panic after gunning down Brazilian miner
Kaieteur News
Reports coming out from the Puruni Landing in Region 7, Essequibo (Guyana, South America), late yesterday, have revealed that two Police ranks who were in the process of raiding a mining camp some 20 minutes up the Puruni River from the Landing, shot and killed a 37-year-old undocumented Brazilian miner named Estevao Costa Marques, after he ran as the ranks were carrying out the raid.
Kenny Anthony Says Caribbean Airlines Sucks!
St Lucia Star
The following appeared on Former St Lucian Prime Minister, Kenny Anthony’s Facebook page on Sunday: “I really do hope that circumstances do not compel me to travel on Caribbean Airlines in the near future. Recently, on a trip from Havana, Cuba, I took a connecting flight on Caribbean Airlines BW434, from Trinidad to Saint Lucia.”
‘Bulletproof’ windows for new Court Of Appeal building
Jamaica Gleaner
Bulletproof windows are among the new features that will benefit judges come September when the newly renovated Court of Appeal opens in downtown Kingston.
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