MIAMI, FL – The former managing director of the BVI Ports Authority Oleanvine Pickering-Maynard was given a nine-year and four-month prison sentence for her role in a drug trafficking plot that involved convicted former Premier Andrew Fahie.
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Canadian YouTuber, facing a possible two yers in jail on a sedition charge, was on Friday given permission by the High Court here to return to his home until his next court appearance in August.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Jamaican government has joined media organizations here in condemning the threats made against Television Jamaica (TVJ) journalist, Giovanni Dennis, following his special report highlighting illegal drag racing in Jamaica.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The police have launched a high-level police probe following an arson attack at Gordon House, the home of Jamaica’s Parliament, located in downtown Kingston, on Saturday night.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – A post-mortem that was carried out on the remains of dancehall artiste ‘Medikk’, whose real name is Stephanie Williams, has led investigators to believe that she died from bullet wounds.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Police say they have arrested a taxi driver in connection with the death of the Jamaican born singer, Navar George Barton, who was shot and killed on Thursday in Sophia, Greater Georgetown.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – An executive member of the political party, the Working People’s Alliance (WPA), Kidackie Amsterdam was Thursday charged under the Cyber Crime Act with using a computer system to encourage or incite persons to commit a criminal offence against the President of Guyana.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Culture and the Arts Minister, Randall Mitchell, Wednesday led the tribute to the award-winning actor and singer, Marlon De Bique, who died at San Fernando General Hospital, south of here on Tuesday night, following a brief illness. The cause of death has not been disclosed.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – A Canadian vlogger who specializes in video interviews with criminal gangs on his world travels has been arrested after posting such an exchange in Trinidad.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Jamaica Gleaner newspaper Wednesday reported that one of its journalists had been shot and killed on Tuesday night while driving his vehicle in Trench Town, a parish in the capital, Kingston.
CASTRIES, St. Lucia – St. Lucia is joining at least two other Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries in launching a prepaid electricity project in August allowing consumers to “top up” their electricity by telephone.
WASHINGTON, DC – United States President Joe Biden has proclaimed June as National Caribbean-American Heritage Month, stating that, during the month, America will celebrate the contributions and the diverse cultures of the millions of people across the country with Caribbean heritage, “who have never let us walk away from our nation’s most sacred values of opportunity and freedom.”
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) Monday said that the power ship from Turkey is now providing the maximum capacity of 36 megawatts to the national grid.
