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CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — An aquarium in South Africa is stretched beyond capacity after more than 500 baby sea turtles were washed up on beaches by a rare and powerful storm and rescued by members of the public. The little turtles are...
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Government of Canada and the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) have reaffirmed their intended cooperation and collaboration to work jointly to respond when the impact of natural...
A town hall meeting will be held in Portland next week, following Wednesday's 4.2 magnitude earthquake that rocked the island. The earthquake's epicentre was located approximately five kilometres south of Hope Bay in the parish. The...
Improved service delivery and the protection of consumer interest will remain a priority for the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) during 2024/25. Activities in the telecommunications sector will continue to be geared towards facilitating access...
Omar Collymore today refuted the reports from his ex-mistress, claiming it was he who ended their three-year love affair two months before his wife was murdered but that the woman kept begging him to rekindle the romance because she could not...
A police-military team today seized over 100 cartons of cigarettes during an operation in the community of March Pen Road in Spanish Town, St Catherine. The cigarettes were discovered at a premises. The police say the team went to the area in search of...
Former People's National Party Member of Parliament for Western St Mary, Jolyan Silvera, who is charged with the murder of his wife, will know on May 14 if he will be granted bail. The bail application was made today by King's Counsel Peter...
A 23-year-old man has been charged for the fatal stabbing of his cousin during a dispute in St Elizabeth. He is Romane Deenwell, otherwise called 'Chineyman', a farmer of Donegal district in Brighton. He is accused of killing Onandi Bell,...
Proceedings at the St Catherine courthouse were today adjourned early due to flooding from heavy rains that lashed sections of Spanish Town. Corridors were left under water from the downpour, which saw persons, including attorneys, complainants...
Omar Collymore, a Barbados-born American citizen, is claiming that personnel from the United States had warned him to leave Jamaica shortly after his wife was gunned down on January 2, 2018. The admission was made by Collymore in response to...
The St James Parish Court today ordered that a request be made for Shamoya Green, the woman accused of throwing her infant daughter from a roof to her death, to get psychiatric care at the hospital where she is currently receiving treatment for...
The police in St Ann are probing a case of murder and arson in relation to the death of an 80-year-old woman in Spring Garden in Bamboo on Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Sylvia Barrett. The police report that about 6:15 pm, fire was...
A man has been charged in relation to last month's fatally shooting of a policeman and the injury of a female vendor in St Ann. Charged with murder, shooting with intent, possession of a prohibited weapon and unauthorized possession of...
The National Works Agency (NWA) is reporting that motorists may experience minor delays over the next three days as it undertakes work along sections of the Hopewell main road in Hanover. The NWA says the sections of the corridor are being upgraded...
A 29-year-old man has been charged by the police for the August 2023 shooting death of another in his home on Dunrobin Avenue in St Andrew. Charged with murder and illegal possession of firearm and ammunition is Romario Codner, otherwise called...
Two men were freed in the Gun Court on Tuesday following a successful no-case submission. They were charged with illegal possession of firearm and illegal possession of ammunition. Their attorneys, Orville Morgan and Ayisha...
