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UPDATE: Pastor Myles Munroe among nine dead in Bahamas plane crash
Caribbean News Desk
Bahamas Faith Ministries leader, Dr Myles Munroe was among nine passengers on board a plane that crashed in Grand Bahama this afternoon, Tribune242 reported Sunday night.
Attorney General's voice: Aware of a plot to launch an armed attack on Kaieteur News; govt stands by him
DEMERARA WAVES
Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall's voice has surfaced, heard purportedly saying that he is aware of a plot by an armed person to invade the newspaper’s offices in retaliation to a number of articles that are being published against certain persons.
Student: School shooting near Seattle began in cafeteria
CNN
(CNN) -- Investigators were responding Friday to a reported school shooting in Marysville, Washington, just north of Seattle, said Inci Yarkut, a spokeswoman for the Washington State Patrol.
Texas worker quarantined on cruise ship in Belize
CNN NEWS
A Texas hospital health worker who may have handled Thomas Eric Duncan's fluid samples has been quarantined on a cruise ship in Belize -- another reminder of the widespread fears of the deadly virus.
Former Cayman Islands Premier Cleared of All Criminal Charges
By the Caribbean Journal staff
Former Cayman Islands Premier McKeeva Bush has been found not guilty of 11 charges of misconduct and breach of trust.
Former Haiti president Duvalier dies
BBC NEWS
Haiti's former ruler Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier has died of a heart attack in the capital Port-au-Prince aged 63, official sources say.
Unresponsive Private Plane Crashes Near Coast of Jamaica
By the Caribbean Journal staff
A unresponsive private plane crashed in Jamaica on Friday, causing a brief scare around the northern Caribbean and the United States.
Comedian Joan Rivers dies aged 81
BBC NEWS
Comedian and TV host Joan Rivers has died, her daughter has said.
Jamaica Agriculture Minister Dies
By the Caribbean Journal staff
Jamaica Agriculture Minister Roger Clarke passed away on Thursday morning, the government announced in a statement.
Surinamese fuel tanker sinks off Corentyne; two Guyanese crew members missing; two rescued
By DEMERARAWAVES
The Guyanese captain of a Surinamese-owned fuel tanker vessel is missing, but two crew members were rescued by a Venezuelan fishing vessel that responded to a distress call Tuesday afternoon, sources said.