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 JamaicaObserver.com : "MARTHA BRAE, Trelawny — A man was burnt to death Thursday night when a petroleum tanker, loaded with 10,000 litres of premium 87 gasoline, burst into flames after overturning along the Falmouth bypass in the vicinity of Martha Brae. The deceased, who was a passenger in the ill-fated petrol tanker, has been identified as 29-year-old mechanic Leonard Stewart, also called 'Hummer', of Deeside in Trelawny."

nationnews.com : "NEW YORK - St. Kitts and Nevis Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Delano Bart has described as “provocative and uncivilized” the police treatment of his St. Vincent and the Grenadines counterpart Camillo Gonsalves who was detained and handcuffed on Wednesday."

Prime Minister Dr Kenny Anthony for the first time acknowledges publicly that a senior officer has had his US visa revoked. Though the long time rumor was confirmed by the Internal Security Minister earlier this year, the Prime Minister had until now never commented on the issue.

Chief Executive Officer of the West Indies Cricket Board, Ernest Hilaire says the stand off between the WICB and premier batsman and Chris Gayle is not been completely resolved.

On Monday news of a triple homicide in the Bois Patat community sent shock waves through the country. The gruesome murder involves a fifteen year old who was four months pregnant and her daughter who was 1 yr 6 months old. The fifteen yr old and her toddler were savagely stabbed to death. The victim's boyfriend was also stabbed and is presently at hospital.

JULIET Cuthbert's good name and athletic exploits for Jamaica spared her possible harm, maybe even death, at the hands of gunmen during a hold-up in downtown Kingston 10 years ago. Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/When-Juliet-Cuthbert-s-name-saved-her_11001187#ixzz1oo3c5hvn

Reuters : "(Reuters) - Coca-Cola Co and PepsiCo Inc are making changes to the production of an ingredient in their namesake colas to avoid the need to label the packages with a cancer warning. The change will not be noticeable to consumers, according to statements from both companies."

nationnews.com : "LEROY PARRIS HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY SERVED. The former CLICO executive chairman is due to appear in the District “A” Magistrates’ Court on April 13 to answer a criminal charge for which he has now been issued with a summons by court marshals."

JamaicaObserver.com : "SIX people, three said to be men wanted for various crimes in the capital city's violence-prone west end, were cut down by the police in an alleged gunfight that lasted for more than an hour yesterday. "The other three persons, including the lone female, are believed to have been killed during the course of the gun battle," the Police High Command said in a press release."

Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday "MERE hours after assuring close friend Kendell Dottin that he will return home safely, former West Indies cricketer Runako Morton perished in a vehicular accident on the Sir Solomon Hochoy Highway, Chaguanas."