SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – Dominican authorities are pursuing a criminal case against a plastics company based on evidence found during an investigation into a powerful explosion earlier this week that killed at least 31 people.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The lawyer representing a 15-year-old student charged with several counts of murder arising from the deadly May 22 fire that killed 19 students at a dormitory at the Mahdia Secondary School, 100 miles south-west of the capital, is calling for the charges to be withdrawn.

ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada - Grenada police Wednesday said it had no information linking the death of a man here as being racist, homophobic and a senseless act of violence as being claimed on social media.

Washington, DC - The Atlanta Jamaica Association (AJA) has been charged to implement a youth travel and mentorship programme; Upliftment, Learning, and Intervention through Foreign Travel (UPLIFT). This program is aimed at exposing young Jamaican boys from age 7 to 18, by hosting them and their parents with families in the United States who will expose them to different experiences over a two-to-three-week period.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – The Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority has announced that it will host two public watch parties on Thursday August 10, as the mother-daughter duo of Keisha Schahaff and Anastasia Mayers, lift off into space aboard the Galactic 02 space flight from Spaceport America, New Mexico.

NEW YORK, New York – President of the Pan Trinbago, Beverly Ramsey Moore has described as a “monumental occasion” the passage of a resolution by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) declaring August 11 as World Steelpan Day.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Prime Minister Andrew Holness has sent a message to those involved in the firebombing 11 houses in St Catherine, southeast of here, over the last weekend.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica has recorded an 11.8 percent decrease in murders during the period January 1 to July 29 this year, as compared to the same period last year, according to figures released by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF).

Washington, DC - Plans are in high gear for the staging of Jamaica’s independence celebrations, in a number of states including Washington DC Metropolitan Area, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia and New York, are set to celebrate Jamaica’s 61st anniversary of independence with a range of activities over several days.

ST.JOHN’S, Antigua – Prime Minister Gaston Browne has lauded the achievements of two citizens – Keisha Schahaff and Anastatia Mayers who embarked on a journey into space on Thursday onboard Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic.

ROCHESTER New York - Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States Audrey Marks, has told Jamaicans in New York, that as Jamaica celebrates 61 years as an independent nation, we also celebrate 61 years of strong diplomatic relations with the United States.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Supreme Court has agreed to entertain a public hearing of the application to shut down the Stocks & Securities Limited (SSL) firm in the interest of investors.