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T&T: Teenage bandits held after robbing maxi
Trinidad Express:-FIVE teenaged bandits robbed a maxi-taxi and beat three people in the vehicle — including a 73-year-old woman — before four were held by police in Port of Spain yesterday. Police said around 8.40 a.m. the five teenagers, all...
Caribbean
Guyana: Head of SWAT team under close arrest for large quantity of whiskey
Demerara Waves:-The Commander of the Guyana Police Force’s Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT ) Unit on Sunday remained under close arrest in connection with the seizure of 30 cases of whiskey in a minibus in which he was travelling. Berbice...
Crime
Vieux Fort shooting victim dies
Vieux Fort shooting victim Mario Cobb has died, law enforcement officials have confirmed. St Lucia Times was informed that Cobb succumbed to his injuries about 11:00 pm Saturday night. According to an earlier police statement, on Monday,...
General
US flight lands safely at Hewanorra International Airport after landing gear issue
A United Airlines flight landed safely at Hewanorra International Airport Saturday evening, after reporting problems shortly after take off, a senior government official has confirmed. The situation forced emergency services to go on high...
General
SDA members injured in road accident
Several members of the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Church, were injured when a vehicle transporting them to Castries ran off the road, church officials have confirmed. According to reports, a pick up truck transporting the group had a brake...
Tragedy
USA: Prankster told cops he shot father ‘in the head,’
New York Daily News:-A "prankster" with blood on his hands spun a disturbing and fictional tale to police that he had shot his father and was holding his mother and younger brother hostage on Thursday night, Kansas authorities said. Investigators...
Caribbean
Jamaica: 'Sick' cops returning to work
Jamaica Observer:-A number of rank-and-file members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force have started returning to work, according to the constabulary's Corporate Communication Unit (CCU). The CCU, in a release yesterday, said the highest number of...
Caribbean
Guyana: Committee established to discipline lawyers
Demerara Waves:-The way is now clear for Guyanese of all walks of life to lodge complaints against Attorneys-at-Law for alleged malpractices, with the establishment of a 12-member Legal Practitioners Committee (LPC) that is provided for by...
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