Mob massacre - Alleged goat thieves savaged in Westmoreland - UWI student among 10 murdered on weekend
An angry mob chopped to death three men accused of stealing a goat in Westmoreland in a bloody weekend which saw at least 10 Jamaicans being killed. Reports from the police are that, about 8:30 Saturday night, the three men were seen with a goat in a Toyota motor car on a farm...
Career, health, family top year 2008 wish lists
With less than 24 hours before year 2007 ends, the main topic on almost everyone's lips is the issue of crime and violence, which has become a severe scar on the nation's face. But amid a spike in violent crime, some Jamaicans remain optimistic as they make plans for 2008....
World's weird and wacky - Burning penis, ganja convent, stinky feet round out year of crazy stories
BERLIN, Germany (Reuters): From a Greek nunnery turned into a marijuana farm by two men posing as gardeners to a South African man with a gunshot wound told by a doctor to "walk the pain off", the world was full of weird news in 2007. A Moscow woman set fire ...
Jamaican collapses, dies in Colorado
A CORONER in Vail, Colorado, has ruled that heart failure caused the death of a Jamaican woman at a ski resort in that city last week.The Associated Press reported that Kara Bettis, coroner for Eagle County, made the announcement Friday. The Jamaican, 29-year-old Alicia White...
Cops hunt for missing girls
Two girls have been missing from home since Saturday.They are 13-year-old Nyoka Rochelle Francis and six-year-old Abigail Renée Brooks of Mount Pleasant district, Mount James, St.Andrew. The Constabulary Communication Network reports that, about 1:55 Saturday afternoon....
'Madwoman' not yet charged with murder
The St. Elizabeth police were, up to yesterday, yet to charge 33-year-old Angella Reid, who was taken into custody in connection with the death of an 11-year-old boy. Reid, who is reportedly of unsound mind, was detained last week Sunday after she called the Nain police to report...
Trinidad army chief wants police powers
Port-of-Spain (Trinidad Express): If the top brass of Trinidad's Defence Force has its way, soldiers will be given powers of arrest to help tackle rising crime.Chief of Defence Staff, Edmund Dillon, told the Sunday Express that a committee headed by Justice Ulric Cross...
Iraqis hail Saddam on execution anniversary
TIKRIT, Iraq (Reuters):Black graffiti lauding Saddam Hussein appeared overnight in his hometown and small groups of mourners turned out at his grave yesterday, the first anniversary of the former Iraqi leader's execution."There is no life without the sun ...
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