Teen arrested for Asher murder
An 18-year-old man has been arrested and is currently detained in police custody in connection with the death of Asher Williams McGaw. The arrest was made following a large scale police operation in the East End area on Tuesday afternoon….
Hundreds of Nazi probes reopened
BERLIN (AP) — Nearly seven decades after the end of World War II, German authorities have reopened hundreds of dormant investigations of Nazi death camp guards in an eleventh hour attempt that could result in at least dozens of new…
Golding makes constitutional amendments
Jamaica’s Prime Minister has confessed that the handling of the Christopher “Dudus” Coke extradition has maimed the image of his party. Hon. Mr. Golding recently stepped down as the leader of the Jamaica Labour Party in light of his links…
Digicel launches three new Blackberry 7 Smartphones
Digicel today launched three new BlackBerry® smartphones based on the new BlackBerry 7 OS: the BlackBerry® Bold™ 9900, BlackBerry® Torch™ 9860 and BlackBerry® Torch™ 9810 smartphones will be available to customers from Digicel across the Caribbean this month. The BlackBerry…
Utah rat eater has animal cruelty charge dismissed
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man who is no longer facing charges for eating a live baby rat says the act was grotesque, but shouldn’t be considered as animal cruelty. Prosecutors charged Andy Ray Harris with animal cruelty…
Tax haven “slur” rejected
Local and overseas observers have rejected a highly critical Tax Justice Network (TJN) report that charges the Cayman Islands as the second-worst place in the world for financial secrecy. Ranking only behind Switzerland, Cayman, the report says, “facilitates a huge…
Amanda Knox returns to US after four years in prison
SEATTLE (AP) — Amanda Knox is back on American soil after four years in an Italian prison. A British Airways plane carrying Knox and her parents from London landed Tuesday evening at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The 24-year-old Seattle native was…
BRAvo artists shape up nicely
We all go through life wanting things we think are important. But when you’re diagnosed with cancer, priorities change. The only thing you want is to survive. 24k-Mon Jewellers showed their support for the cause this weekend by hosting the…
Mass. official who performed bra trick resigns
ABINGTON, Mass. (AP) — The chairman of a Massachusetts school board has resigned days after performing a magic trick at a televised meeting that made it appear as if he had removed a fellow board member’s bra. Russell FitzGerald said…
Tropical or sub-tropical development between the Florida Straits & the western Caribbean
According to Rob Lightbrown from the Crown Weather Service, there will be a hint for some sort of tropical or even sub-tropical development either in the western Caribbean, the eastern Gulf of Mexico or the Florida Straits & the Bahamas…
