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Another day of preliminary inquiry into the chopping death of Wayne Fitzgerald Gregory Morris ended at the Kingstown Serious Offenses Court on Monday 20th January. The Court, presided over by Chief Magistrate Rechanne Browne, recorded several depositions regarding the fatal incident which occurred at Byera on Friday 26th October 2018. Amongst those deposed were longtime pathologist at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital morgue, Dr. Child, who concluded his observations with the expert opinion that “extreme force” was used to inflict the life ending wounds to which the victim succumbed. Also taking the stand was Romano Moore whose opportunistic voyeurism brought…

BRIDGETOWN, Bar­ba­dos – The Caribbean Foot­ball Union (CFU) on Mon­day an­nounced that Ca­ma­ra David has been ap­point­ed by the Ex­ec­u­tive Com­mit­tee as the or­ga­ni­za­tion’s Gen­er­al Sec­re­tary, ef­fec­tive Feb­ru­ary 1, 2020. David pre­vi­ous­ly served as the Gen­er­al Sec­re­tary of the Trinidad and To­ba­go Foot­ball As­so­ci­a­tion (TTFA) where he was re­spon­si­ble for the tech­ni­cal and ad­min­is­tra­tive op­er­a­tions of the TTFA in­clu­sive of 15 na­tion­al teams and over 40 em­ploy­ees. In his role as Gen­er­al Sec­re­tary, David will act as the chief ex­ec­u­tive of­fi­cer of the CFU, lead­ing its dai­ly busi­ness and op­er­a­tions. “The ap­point­ment of Ca­ma­ra David, a bright, en­er­getic Caribbean na­tion­al…

Acting Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mr. Albert C Williams is celebrating 30 years of service in the Royal Montserrat Police Service and by extension, to the people of Montserrat. Mr. Williams is originally from St. Vincent and the Grenadines. He was enlisted in the service on January 18, 1990. During his years of service, he attended numerous police training locally, regionally and internationally. Most of his training are in the field of forensic science and major crime investigations. Mr. Williams works in all the various departments with the Criminal Investigation Department being his mainstay for over 15 years. Reflecting on…

(NLA PRESS RELEASE) – Super 6 players are in for some exciting news!Not only will the Jackpot grow faster but more money will be allocated to make it bigger in a shorter period, how’s that for breaking news?Super 6 is played throughout the islands of St. Vincent and The Grenadines, Grenada, St. Lucia and Dominica, twice weekly; Tuesdays and Fridays. Jackpot starts at $200,000 and within the last year has grown to $860,000 creating a frenzy among players and non-players alike.2019 was a record year for winners and Jackpot prize payouts. Fourteen winners emerged and won $4,120,000 in prizes, that’s…

  Thirteen contestants will participate in this year’s Toastmasters Area Speech Contest that will be held at the Conference Room of the Girl Guides Headquarters on Saturday 1st February, 2020 from 4 – 6 p.m.  The speech contest, held annually will have three categories: the International Speech Contest, the Evaluation Speech Contest and the Tabletopics Speech Contest. Contestants in the International Speech Contest will speak on a topic of their choice for 5-7 minutes while contestants in the Evaluation Speech Contest will provide feedback on a test speech for 2-3 minutes. The Tabletopics category will challenge contestants to speak fluently for…

Former Crown Counsel Carl Ras Iva Williams is cautioning local marijuana growers not to be tricked into believing that they will become millionaires or they will be top producers on the local market. Williams’ comment came last Tuesday night when he called the Current Affairs interactive programme on NICE Radio to contribute to the hotly-debated issue where police destroyed the ganja field of a farmer who was advised to plant while this country awaits the kick-off of the cannabis amnesty. The farmer, Hamilton Edwards of Fitzhughes, was among a number of persons cultivating marijuana at Richmond, but his was the…

Over thirty (30) million dollars have been spent in the North Leeward constituency in the last five (5) years. This is according to Unity Labor Party constituency caretaker Carlos James. James was at the time addressing a gathering of party faithfuls at his North Leeward Constituency Conference last Sunday. The opening session was shared live with the general public via radio and social media broadcasts. A major portion of this 30 mil was expended on capital projects, “a lot of it is rebuilding and remedial work – we would have spent more in North Leeward, in the last five years,…

Forty eight (48) year old Peter David ‘Addick’ Yearwood took his last steps today, Monday 20th January 2020, in the public bath and toilet facilities situated at Lingley Street on Lower Bay Street, Kingstown. His defacto landlady, Rosita ‘My Own’ Jack told ANN “one dem girls come call me say Addick fall down in the bathroom. When I go peep I just tun back and tell them he gone, he dead.” At some point a community member reported the body to a patroling traffic police officer. Jack remembered Addick as a well loved and genuinely generous person who “could just…

An unidentified male was found dead in the public bath and toilet facilities situated on Lingley Street Kingstown, in the area of the Public Health department and Randy’s Wholesale at Bottom Town. “The body was discovered in a pool of blood ” a well placed source told ANN. The death is suspected to have occurred sometime between 12 and 1PM . The source also said “it’s too early to speculate whether or not there was foul play.” The medical examiner is still on the scene and investigations are ongoing.Major Crime Unit’s Sgt Timm is said to be leading this investigation.

Chief of Staff in the prime minister’s officer, Lionel Max Hurst, has confirmed with OBSERVER media that Minister Dean Jonas has been relieved of his responsibility as Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Barbuda Affairs.. Jonas, Hurst confirmed, has also been released as a member of the Cabinet with immediate effect. The government is expected to issue a press release on the matter. The news comes moments after prime minister Gaston Browne met with about 40 workers under Jonas’ ministry this morning at the Agriculture headquarters on independence Avenue this morning.