KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – Former junior energy minister, Kern Spencer, was freed on Monday, after a magistrate’s court upheld a no-case submission on charges of corruption and money laundering in the so called “Cuban light bulb” distribution program. Spencer’s personal ...
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Burnt Human Remains In T&T May Be That Of Kidnapped Victim
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad CMC – Trinidad and Tobago police are awaiting a forensic report, to determine whether or not the burnt remains of a human being found in a forested area in Princess Town, south of here, are that ...
Read More »Grenada Government Says Employment Freeze Does Not Apply To Police Service
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell says his administration’s freeze on hiring within the public service will not apply to the Royal Grenada Police Force (RGPF). Mitchell, who is also Minister of National Security, spoke during ...
Read More »Electric Saw Was Used To Dismember Kidnapped Prominent Businesswoman, Says T&T Prosecutor
PORT OF SPAIN, T&T CMC – Nearly seven years after a prominent businesswoman was kidnapped and murdered, a court has heard that her killers had used an electric saw to dismember her body, possibly even while she was still alive. ...
Read More »Police Warn Of Illegal EC$100 Notes In Circulation In Grenada
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada CMC – Grenada police, on Tuesday, urged the public to be on the lookout for counterfeit EC$100 (One EC dollar = US$0.37 cents) notes now in circulation on the island. The police, in a brief statement, said ...
Read More »Errol Flynn’s Widow, Patrice Flynn, Is Dead
KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – Patrice Wymore Flynn, the widow of Hollywood legend, Errol Flynn, is dead. Wymore Flynn, 87, died from natural causes at her home in the eastern parish of Portland, last Saturday afternoon. She had starred in a ...
Read More »Jamaica Government To Spend Billions Improving Aviation Safety And Security
KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – The Jamaica government will spend an estimated J$2.3 billion (One Jamaica dollar = US$0.01 cents) over the next two years to improve aviation safety and security, Director General of the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA), Leroy ...
Read More »One In Five People With Tuberculosis Unaware Of The Disease: PAHO
WASHINGTON, DC CMC – The Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) says one in five people infected with tuberculosis in the Americas, including the Caribbean, remains unaware of the disease. PAHO said this is due to “failure to access health services or ...
Read More »Caribbean Governments Urged To Ban Sale Of High Salt Foods And Beverages To Children
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad CMC – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries are being urged to establish regional standards for “clear, consistent, food labeling” while also banning, or at least limiting, the marketing of energy dense, high salt, foods and beverages to ...
Read More »Student Slaps And Chokes Teacher In T&T
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad CMC – A 12-year-old primary school student will be sentenced on April 11, after he pleaded guilty last Friday, to slapping and choking a teacher. The incident comes as education authorities here deal with a wave ...
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