A ganja nursery in Jamaica JAMAICAOBSERVER – Jamaica, over the years, has demanded international attention in various endeavours, sports and music in particular, as well as the less-glamorous illegal export of high-quality ganja. Now, with the creeping legalisation of cannabis (ganja in Jamaican parlance) in countries across the globe, a European organisation has reached out to the Caribbean island to become involved in the fledgling legal local industry. SICPA Holdings, a Switzerland-based multinational company, knowing the potential of “the weed”, has sought to lend its expertise in protecting the Jamaican product and maximise returns as more countries come aboard in…
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DAILYMAIL -The leader of an international porn ring has been killed in a prison stabbing a month after one of his victims predicted his death. Married father-of-two Christian Maire was sentenced to 40 years in a Michigan prison in December for creating ‘The Bored Group’. Maire, 40, and eight other men who ranged in age from 34 to 47 posed as teenage boys on teen dating websites. They used fake pictures to lure more than 100 young girls to private online chat rooms, where they manipulated them to strip, masturbate, and perform other sex acts on camera. They even lured…
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves is scheduled to host his first press conference for 2019 on Monday 6th January at 10 a.m at Cabinet Room. The press conference between the passage of a number of bills in parliament close to the end of last year which are of critical importance to this country and especially to foreign business, and between the presentation of the budgetary exercise later this month. It is anticipated that Vincentians will hear of the country’s latest fiscal position, the 2018 year having ended and projections for 2019, among other matters. The IMF’s Staff Concluding Statement of…
(Crimeonline) A woman who has been in a vegetative state for 14 years has given birth at an Arizona nursery, prompting an investigation. AZFamily.com reports that a patient at Hacienda HealthCare in Phoenix unexpectedly went into labor and gave birth on December 29. The woman has been in a vegetative state since a near-drowning incident at least 14 years ago, and authorities are now investigating a likely possibility that she was raped. A source with knowledge of the incident spoke with AZFamily.com on the condition of anonymity, telling a reporter that staff at the nursing facility had no idea she was pregnant…
Police are investigating a report of Burglary that occurred in Mesopotamia between 3:00pm on the 24.12.2018 and 12:30pm on the 27.12.2018. Preliminary investigations revealed that some unknown person(s) entered the dwelling house of a domestic and stole eight hundred dollars ($800.00) ECC in cash, one (1) case of Guinness value eighty-nine dollars and fifty cents ($89.50) ECC, one (1) case of Hairoun beer value seventy-six dollars and seventy-five dollars (76.75) ECC, the property of the virtual complainant.
THE SUN- A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of having sex with a goat. When Kennedy Kambani, 21, was caught he reportedly claimed he’d asked the animal’s permission to have sex with it. The goat’s owner initially suspected Mr Kambani was trying to steal the goat in Mchinji, in Malawi. The animal had been part of a grazing flock on the outskirts of the town. Police Inspector Lubrino Kaitano said: “The owner Mr Pemphero Mwakhulika thought Kambani was stealing it. “So he alerted the people. “When they arrived at the scene they were shocked to see him having sexual…
Police officers are investigating the circumstances surrounding the shooting of 34 year old Damien Mason of Ottley Hall. The incident occurred on New Years Day. Mason was allegedly approached by a lone gunman, who shot him on his right hand. The incident reportedly occurred in the vicinity of the Ottley Hall Public Bath about 8:53pm. The gunman was later identified as Colin Jack, who is now in police custody and assisting in investigations.
The Canadian manufacturer of a popular condom brand is issuing a recall of specific batches returned over durability concerns. RB Health (Canada) Inc., Durex’s parent company, issued the recall of their ‘Real Feel’ brand on Thursday, stating that the condoms in question did not pass its ‘stringent shelf-life durability tests.’ ‘There is no immediate safety concern for consumers and only specific batches are affected,’ the company wrote on their website. ‘We are working closely with the Health Canada and have decided to recall affected batches.’ The condoms are ‘not expected to meet the registered burst pressure specification at end of…
S KINGSTOWN, ST.VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, January 2, 2019- The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Tourism Authority (SVGTA) is celebrating its tenth (10th) year of operations today. The Authority which commenced operations on January 2nd 2009 is the agency entrusted with direct responsibility for promoting the country as a tourist destination. In addition to its primary role of destination marketing and promotion, the Tourism Authority is also responsible for developing standards and regulating the quality of tourism services provided by local industry operators. The initial staff complement of the Authority was sixteen (16); all former staff of the Ministry of…
Police are investigating a Burglary that occurred in Union Island between 7:30pm on the 30.12.2018 and 11:00am on the 31st December, 2018. Preliminary investigations revealed that unknown person(s) entered the Yacht of a Professor from Austria as a trespasser and stole €1250.00 EURO in cash, $300.00USD, $40.00 Canadian in cash and $200.00ECC in cash. The incident occurred at Chatham Bay, Union Island.