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 Antigua Observer Newspaper : "ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Education chiefs have joined a police investigation to identify individuals – who range from young teens to adults – seen performing graphic sex acts in social media videos being distributed across the country."

JamaicaObserver.com : "Imprisoned Jamaican entertainer Buju Banton will know today if he will be slapped with an additional five years in prison when he appears in the US District Court in Tampa, Florida. Banton, whose real name is Mark Myrie, was ordered re-sentenced on a gun charge following his failed appeal on a 10-year, drugrelated sentence in the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta."

 newsday.co.tt : : "A-TEN-YEAR-OLD child will be escorted to the San Fernando Magistrates’ Court today to begin testifying against her mother, who is alleged to have beaten her until her neck, face and arm became bruised." '

CARIBARENA ANTIGUA : "Antigua St. John's - Following recent allegations of police involvement in crimes across the nation, several of whom had been arrested and charged, another officer was yesterday charged with rape. A police officer, a constable in the Royal Antigua Police Force was arrested and charged with rape of a minor. "

Antigua Observer Newspaper : "ST JOHN’S, Antigua – A Jamaican man previously deported for drug possession has been locked up for smuggling drugs into Antigua – hidden inside loaves of bread. Dain Noel Cummings was sentenced to four years imprisonment for possession of nine pounds of cannabis by High Court Judge Justice Keith Thom."

nationnews.com : "SHAWN GILL went for his usual Sunday swim at Browne’s Beach, St Michael, last Sunday. He did not make it home this time. Friends and family of the 20-year-old Waterford, St Michael resident are still trying to figure out what happened between the time he left home around 1:30 p.m. Sunday and when his body was pulled from the waters by people at the beach at 7:30 a.m. yesterday."

 Antigua Observer Newspaper : "JOHN’S, Antigua – Charges are looming over the heads of three men allegedly linked to Friday night’s killing and robbery of 54-year-old Shenfield “Zyer” George. Police said one suspect, who resides at Parham, turned himself in hours after the incident had occurred in Bolans, opposite Bolans Primary S

 Antigua Observer Newspaper : "St. John’s, Antigua - The police say they are now holding three people in connection to Friday’s murder in Bolans. Observer media received the report Saturday evening and confirmed it with police spokesman Senior Sergeant William Holder. Holder couldn’t say how two of the people wound up in custody. His earlier statement, however, said a man had surrendered."

 CARIBARENA ANTIGUA : "Antigua St. John's -A Fly Montserrat plane slewed off the runway earlier today as it landed at its home airport of Montserrat. Reports reaching Caribarena suggest that the Fly Montserrat Britten-Norman Islander Flight 2109 skidded off the runway as it attempted to land at around 10:00am. Fire service and other emergency response personnel promptly responded to the accident."

Cubans could soon find it much easier to travel abroad. The government says that starting in January, citizens will no longer need an exit permit lo leave the country.

 The Trinidad Guardian Newspaper : "Grenada is mere days away from officially defaulting on its US$193 million 2025 bond but the Tillman Thomas administration is suggesting that it might make the payment before the absolute deadline, which is Monday. Grenada was scheduled to make an interest payment on the bond on September 15, 2012, but in a September 12 statement to bondholders, the government let investors know that it would be unable to pay the coupon on that date, but it would make its best efforts to pay within the customary 30-day grace period. "