Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the shooting death of Koreen Latham Charles, 35yrs Port Officer of Fairbaine Pasture which occurred on 23.07.2020. According to investigation, the police was informed of a female in distress in the community of Fairbaine Pasture with what appeared to be gunshot wounds about her body. She was subsequently rushed to the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital (MCMH) to seek medical attention but later succumbed to her injuries. A post mortem examination will be conducted to ascertain the cause of death. Police are therefore seeking the assistance of the public in obtaining any information that will…
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Osie George was sentenced on July 21 to twelve months in prison on burglary and assault charges. The twenty-five years old, unemployed man of old Montrose also had a previous marijuana charge against him. Magistrate Ricky Burnette accepted his guilty plea but cautioned George about the seriousness of the crimes committed. “You came very close to committing a sexual act. We need to deter others from committing crimes of this nature,” the learned magistrate is said to have intoned. The Court heard on July 3, 2019 Kimesha Denny was awakened when someone stroked her bottom. Alarmed, she opened her eyes…
Travis Deroche and Andrew Walkin are the lucky winners in the first draw of the “Ease the Squeeze” summer promotion, compliments Digicel. Travis, a 36-year-old resident and Digicel customer of Frenches, paid his postpaid bill and was automatically entered in this week´s draw. He will receive $200 cash per month for the next three months, to be used for a utility bill payment of his choice. Travis´ number was randomly generated from a pool of hundreds of entries; via an online application, conducted live on XTREME FM´s “Wake Up Call” morning show on Wednesday, July 22. The “Ease the Squeeze”…
The reports in the media, what we may have heard about others and/or even some persons’ own experiences, may reveal to us that amongst other things, the sexual abuse and exploitation of minors by adults is a very serious problem in St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG). However, what may sexual abuse and sexual exploitation in the context of the laws of SVG mean? Section 2 of SVG’s Domestic Violence Act, 2015, states that sexual abuse “means any sexual conduct that abuses, humiliates, degrades or otherwise violates the sexual integrity of the applicant”. Moreover, section 2 of SVG’s Prevention of…
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaicans in home quarantine, and not tourists, are the country’s “greatest risk”, Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced. Making his contribution to the Sectoral Debate this evening, Holness said he has asked the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) to exercise greater vigilance in monitoring the significant number of Jamaicans not observing home quarantine orders. Some 20,126 people should be under home quarantine, having arrived in Jamaica under the controlled re-entry programme. “I’m concerned that a number of persons are not strictly observing the orders, and I’ve asked the JCF to charge persons who are found to be…
Lacoda Bath and Sparkles is a true testament of what can happen when drive and opportunity is combined to satisfy a persistent need, in any enabling environment. Alithea Gibson, the self-taught natural skin care treatment specialist, told Asbert News Network in an exclusive interview, “our business started 3 years ago when I tried a commercial brand soap and I got an allergic reaction. I decided I was tired of getting these different reactions –itching, burning – from these soaps so I told my husband that I was going to learn make soaps.” Alithea spent some time conducting her research phase…
In light of the fact that my name is now being mentioned frequently in the local media, I wish to state that I plan to contest the Marriaqua seat for the NDP again, once chosen as the candidate. In the last two elections, as the candidate for the NDP, the number of votes for the NDP in the Marriaqua Constituency showed a consistent increase of approximately 30% over the previous candidate. If the claims of election riggings are true, the Marriaqua seat would definitely have been won by the NDP. I am prepared to work even harder this coming election…
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – Haiti continues to outpace the rest of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries with coronavirus infections (COVID-19), having recorded three more deaths and 46 new cases in the past 24 hours. The latest figures released by the Ministry of Public Health show that the French-speaking country now has 7, 146 cases. It said that the 46 new cases were one less than the number of those recovered over the past 24 hours and that the three new deaths in the Artibonite department, has brought the national total to 154. Haitian authorities said that there are 17,012 suspected…
Barbadian pilots for the collapsed regional airline, LIAT, said on Tuesday that the plan to save the company from liquidation does not address their dire financial plight in which some are now on the brink of eviction from their homes. The bleak picture was painted by the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW), which represents the Barbadian commercial flyers. An agreement reached Monday night by the four shareholder governments – Barbados, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica and Antigua and Barbuda – to sell the three planes owned by LIAT and charged to the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) was part…
BRASÍLIA, Brazil (AFP)— Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has again tested positive for the new coronavirus, his office announced Wednesday, saying he would extend his two-week quarantine and suspend upcoming travel plans. The far-right leader, who has faced criticism for downplaying the pandemic and flouting social distancing measures, has been in self-isolation in the presidential palace in Brasilia since first testing positive for the virus on July 7. “President Jair Bolsonaro’s health continues to improve, under the treatment of the presidential medical team,” his office said in a statement. “A (new coronavirus) test carried out yesterday on the president came back positive.”…