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Recalling the arrest of Derek Crawford in April 2011 for the reported sexual assault of the women six months before, Dottin outlined a number of relevant facts, such as the matter of DNA . “If you read some reports you would think DNA absolved Mr Crawford in these assaults . This is not the case,” Dottin told journalists at the end-of-year Press conference attended by other police top brass at headquarters on Roebuck Street, The City. Barbados Nation Related articles Dottin, Pack Your Bags Please! Rape victims' 'anger' at police Rape victims call for inquiry after winning freedom for accused man How two British women raped in Barbados declared their 'attacker' innocent Barbados Police need to watch CSI crime shows! Cleared man thanks rape victims Barbados rape accused is cleared

nationnews.com : "Three men have lost their lives in separate incidents in the space of 24 hours, adding to the tragic list of people who have died this month – and will miss ringing in the New Year."

Bermuda Sun News  "Detectives investigating the murder of Malcolm Augustus have arrested three men, a police spokesman revealed today. Mr Augustus, 20, was shot and killed in the early hours of Christmas Day and his body was found on the boundary of St George's Golf Course."

JamaicaObserver.com : "FIVE men charged with the slaying of 25-year-old Keith Grant at a dance in the early morning of December 4, 1966 walked free from the No 1 Home Circuit Court in July 1968, following a nine-day trial. Grant, according to the Crown, was one of four men allegedly gunned down at a dance which was in progress at 34 Worrell Crescent in Maverley, St Andrew, by a gang of men."

 Amandala Newspaper : "We were hoping to report that the Christmas holidays were relatively peaceful and that we have no murders to report, but we learnt early last night that murders take no holiday. A 17-year-old young man was killed in Hopkins last night sometime after 8. Luke Nunez’s death marks the 142nd murder for 2012 – 13 more than the previous record of 129 in 2010. 2012 has certainly been a year to forget, and we still have four more days to go before the year officially ends."

Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday: : "POLICE officers swarmed downtown Port-of-Spain early yesterday, as they cordoned off the city in search of a gunman who shot and killed a 29-year-old Morvant man near the Office of the Anti Corruption Investigations Bureau (ACIB), located at the corner of Independence Square South and George Street.

CARIBARENA ANTIGUA : "Antigua St. John's - Police are investigating a fatal shooting on Sunday morning. The police were called at about 1:30 a.m. this morning, when a resident on his way to purchase barbecue found the body of 52-year-old Vincentian born Michael “Rooky” Medica.

 NationNews Barbados  "Police detectives are investigating the unnatural death of Camale Llamar Broomes, 21 of Crab Hill #2, Crab Hill, St Lucy, which occurred after 2 a.m today at the same address. "

Police Commissioner Vernon Francois is allay fears about the security threat posed to the island by criminal deportees. His comments come against the background of a new US policy.

BBC Sport  "Former England captain Tony Greig has died aged 66 after suffering a heart attack in Sydney."

English: Petit Piton, St. Lucia, seen from the Ladera Hotel restaurant. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) The University of the West Indies Seismic Research Centre : "On Thursday27th December, 2012 at 7:34pm local time an earthquake occurred North East of Saint Lucia . The event was located at 14.25°N and 60.47°W. The magnitude was 3.9 and the depth 78km. There were felt reports from the islands of  Saint Vincent and Saint Lucia. "

The Vincentian : "Up to Thursday, December 27, there were 28 homicides for the year, compared to 20 over the same period last year. The toll was pushed to 28 last Sunday, December 23, following the death of three men. The bodies of Ezra Matthews 38, of Petit Bordel and Bernard Ollivierre 40 of Vermont, both farmers, were discovered with bullet wounds, in the Morne Ronde mountains at the North Leeward district shortly after 1 p.m. last Sunday. The police reportedly came across the bodies, acting on information received."

nationnews.com : "FOR SHERYL HAREWOOD of 5th Avenue, Durants Village, St James, Christmas 2012 will  be unforgettable for its shock and sadness. Yesterday, Boxing Day, she was mourning  the deaths of a daughter,  a granddaughter and  a 15-month-old grandson."

 Kaieteur News : "A number of advertisements on how to make big money have been appearing in the classified ads section of Kaieteur News in recent weeks.  They offered the possibility to earn “US$10,000 per month from home. The ads included: -”US$10,000 per month from home. We will teach you how. Join a successful company.” - “Sales Leaders: Can you recruit and train? It’s your turn to make big money. US$$$.”"

Officer draws gun in violent confrontation

Police are currently investigating an apparent suicide which occurred in the southern town of Vieux Fort

Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday : : "While most people were still celebrating, resting or recovering from their Christmas festivities, two families were plunged into mourning yesterday, with the deaths of 26-year-old Sean Charles and 27-year-old Andre Alexis. Charles at least got to see his son enjoy the Christmas gift he bought him, a bicycle, hours before his life was senselessly taken."

English: Rihanna in her Last Girl on Earth Tour (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) It appears that even with a crack team of security guards surrounding her, Rihanna still can't feel safe. The Bajan beauty was seen exiting the luxury villa that she had been staying in during her pre- Christmas break in her native Barbados . Rihanna, 24, and her posse were seen leaving the property on Monday afternoon following the apprehension of a male intruder trespassing on the property on Sunday. Read more:   http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2252941/Rihanna-entourage-leave-luxury-Barbados-villa-following-male-trespasser.html#ixzz2GFI8JvBR   Follow us:  @MailOnline on Twitter  |  DailyMail on Facebook Related articles No big Rihanna issue,  say cops  Barbados Nation Newspaper    Rihanna and her entourage leave luxury Barbados villa following male trespasser Rihanna Donates $1.75 Million To Barbados Hospital, Watches Out For Trespasser [PHOTOS] Rihanna calls police

 JamaicaObserver.com : "CHRISTMAS looks very bleak for 42-year-old Maxine Robinson who was yesterday remanded in police custody on murder and gun charges. The Kingston 2 resident was arrested in relation to the death of two men — Fabian Brown, 25, of Harbour View, Kingston 14 and an unidentified man — whom her son reportedly shot and killed in a dispute over a dog in November." Related articles Prison officer remanded for smuggling ganja into jail

      On the last article, I quoted Roy Cayetano, who commented “The question is: whose responsibility is it to implement the action plan proposed in the candidature file or indeed any other plan aimed at safeguarding and promoting those elements of our heritage?” Well continuing my research on why the Action Plan for the Safeguarding of the Garifuna Language, Music and Dance has stalled, I went straight to the source, the UNESCO website on Intangible Heritage and here’s what I found.

Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday "WHILE many people yesterday were busy with last minute shopping and preparing their homes for today’s Christmas festivities, armed police and prisons officers were on a major manhunt for a convicted killer who escaped legal custody between Sunday and yesterday."

nationnews.com : "IT was as horrible a death as you can imagine. Family members watched aghast as Dyann Ingrid Cadogan, 56, became a human inferno, burning to death in what they said was an apparent suicide on Friday night."

JamaicaObserver.com : "THE harsh economic climate has been cited as one of the factors driving an increase in Jamaican youths exchanging sex for money, according to the 2012 HIV/AIDS Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviour Survey (KABS). Transactional sex — one of the riskiest forms of sexual encounters involving the exchange of gifts or money for sexual intimacy — was cited in the report as being especially high among young Jamaican men and women between 15 and 24 years old, who are in both live-in and non-cohabiting relationships."

 Antigua Observer Newspaper : "ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Police are asking the public to be on the lookout for a murder suspect who escaped custody yesterday afternoon. Kenroy Marshall, who has been a person of interest in the murder of two Dominicans, ran from police as officers were escorting him off a flight from Montserrat, where he had just been located. He is described as tall, dark and slim."

 Kaieteur News : "A major section of the East Coast Demerara village of Plaisance is mourning the slaying of popular shopkeeper Derrick Cox who was shot dead by bandits on Saturday night. The 71-year-old businessman, who operates a grocery on 71 Ramos Street, Plaisance, was shot in the chest and died before he could receive medical attention." 'via Blog this'

Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday "Police are investigating the death of a 26-year-old Rio Claro man who was fatally shot on Saturday night."

Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday : : "“Daddy when mom...mom coming home?” It is the one question that two-year-old Solare Alysa Bisnath has kept asking her father Damien Bisnath since the day her mother left the family’s Orange Field, Carapichaima home to give birth to Solare’s baby sister Siara, now five days old."

nationnews.com : "AN INFANT and two teenagers lost their lives yesterday after a car and a minibus collided, marring the Yuletide season just two days ahead of Christmas. The accident occurred at about 10:30 a.m. along Gibbes Road, Mullins, St Peter."

 Amandala Newspaper : "Instead of partaking in joy and laughter in this festive season, three families are mourning the death of three teenagers who were callously shot to death in separate incidents just six days before Christmas. Robert Allan Gladden, 16, a student of Marage Road, Ladyville; Raheem Requeña, 19, of Plues Street; and Reynaldo Garrido, 14, of East Canal, were shot in three different locations in the city within a span of two hours, between 6:45 p.m. and 8:45 p.m. on Wednesday, December 19."

Kaieteur News : "A 38 -year-old contractor from Providence, East Bank Demerara, died around noon, Friday, one day after a brawl with another resident of the area. Roopram Jagdeo was pronounced dead around noon by doctors at the Georgetown Public Hospital. Jagdeo was being treated at the hospital’s Intensive Care Unit for injuries to his head."

nationnews.com : "FIVE MONTHS after Derick Crawford was arrested and remanded to prison accused of the rape of two British women, a third woman was attacked by a man who matched the description of the elusive rapist."

 Stabroek News : "Two of the victims of the boat accident on the upper Pomeroon River that claimed the lives of six persons will be laid to rest tomorrow, even as post-mortem examinations (PMEs) revealed that they and other passengers sustained multiple injuries, causing their deaths.

 Antigua Observer Newspaper : "St. John’s, Antigua – A person of interest in the October double murder who eluded police during an operation last week has been captured by the authorities in Montserrat.

Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday "‘TWAS the weekend before Christmas and all through Trini-land; thousands were a-shopping to get their loved ones, gifts so grand!’"

BBC News  "Concerns raised by two British woman who were raped in Barbados have been put to the island's Police Commissioner by the British High Commissioner . Dr Rachel Turner, of Hertfordshire , and Diane Davies, of Anglesey , were raped within days of each other in 2010. Related articles The rape victims who helped free their alleged attacker Victims of rape help free accused in Barbados Cleared man thanks rape victims Barbados rape accused is cleared British women force court to drop case against Barbadian man accused of raping them

The Royal St. Lucia Police Force is placing a special focus on securing the country during the festive season. 

JamaicaObserver.com : "THE Association of Finsac'd Entrepreneurs (AFE) yesterday appealed to Minister of Finance and Planning Dr Peter Phillips to meet with its members to discuss the future of the Finsac Commission of Enquiry. "We would like to have a meeting with Dr Phillips to have the matter resolved," AFE President Yola Gray Baker told a press conference at the Medallion Hall Hotel in Kingston."

English: Office of the Prime Minister of Barbados. Located at Bay Street, Bridgetown, Barbados. (c.a. November 2000) (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Nation News  Barbados -  "“The most recent ratings downgrade by Moody’s Investors Service comes as no surprise to us in the Ministry of Finance or in the Government , as a whole.” This was the immediate reaction of Minister of Finance, Chris Sinckler, today to the news that Barbados’ credit rating status was reduced by Moody’s." Related articles Barbados Economic Performance Review of 2012

English: World countries by Standard & Poor's Foreign Rating. Legend: Green - AAA Turquoise - AA Lighter blue - A Darker blue - BBB Purple - BB Red - B : Grey - not rated, (Photo credit: Wikipedia )  Reuters : "Dec 20 ( Reuters ) - Moody's Investors Service on Thursday downgraded Barbados' credit rating to Ba1, into junk territory, citing the Caribbean country's lukewarm economy and rising government debt levels. The rating also carries a negative outlook, with the agency saying that the country's economic prospects remain weak." Related articles No vote at UN for Barbados -- Barbados Has Caribbean's Lowest Perceived Corruption; Haiti Has Highest

Kaieteur News : "The relatives of the six persons who died Tuesday evening following a boat collision at Abrams Creek,in the Upper Pomeroon River, had none other than President Donald Ramotar travelling to their community to offer his condolence. Accompanying the President were several Government officials, including Ministers. Ramotar met with the relatives at Siriki, in the Upper Pomeroon, yesterday and promised them that the Government while saddened by the tragic loss of an entire family will assist in some way."

Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday : : "The midday silence which usually rests upon the community of Haig Street, Carenage, was violently broken yesterday with the thunderous sounds of gunshots as two groups engaged in a shootout on the hills."

 nationnews.com : "A heated verbal clash took up more than 30 minutes of yesterday morning’s sitting of the House of Assembly, as Member of Parliament (MP) for Christ Church West William Duguid and Minister of Health Donville Inniss were constantly on their feet." Related articles Donville Inniss ,"I commend Mr Duguid for attempting to apologize today," Duguid Retiring. Duguid issues apology for shocking outburst William Duguid gets a scolding

The embattled premier of the Cayman Islands has told Jamaican journalists that he is innocent of the corruption allegations against him.

JamaicaObserver.com : "JAYCINTH Brae gave her seven-yearold son a special hug before she left home yesterday morning for work. According to relatives of the 37-year-old employee of Genesis Insurance Brokers in Spanish Town, she was looking forward to celebrating the boy’s eighth birthday today

 The Bahamas Journal "Police are looking for the four men who have left a 26-year-old fighting for his life in hospital. Preliminary reports indicate that the victim was in the area of Windsor Place off Soldier Road just before 8:00 p.m. Sunday when the gun wielding bandits pulled up in a Bluebird car."

Christmas terror in BTL Northside Park | Amandala Newspaper : "The unthinkable has occurred, and a miracle also happened – a week and a half before Christmas, with the police seemingly out of the loop, shooting between two rival gangs erupted in the BTL Northside Park on Newtown Barracks during a concert, "

Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday : newsday.co.tt : : "By STACY MOORE Wednesday, December 19 2012 GUNSHOTS rang out in San Fernando yesterday as a hitman not only gunned down his intended target but also turned his weapon on his accomplice, fatally shooting him in the process. The dead men have been identified as Troy “Yankee” Hernandez, 26, of Carlton Lane in San Fernando and Antonio Motoo, 22, of Ramsaran Street, San Fernando. Hernandez was shot in his chest and back and was pronounced dead on arrival at SFGH. "

$10 000 ransom demand -- NationNews  "A teenaged couple has been charged with kidnapping a 56-year-old woman – who police say is undergoing counselling as a result of her abduction – and demanding $10 000 for her release."

Kaieteur News : "Dwayne Jordan, who axed his reputed wife, Claudeene Rampersaud, to death back in 2007, was yesterday sentenced to death. A moment of silence was observed after the presiding Judge, Justice Navindra Singh, announced that the accused would be hanged until dead."

 Bermuda News : "The OBA tonight claimed a nail-biting win. Coming down to two seats, Nandi Davis won by four votes in St George's West to secure the seat that got the OBA into power. It meant the OBA claimed 19 of the 36 seats available. It means it has a two seat majority in the House of Assembly."

Street in St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Antigua Observer Newspaper : "ST JOHN’S, Antigua – There may not be very many open gay people in Antigua but – according to six who spoke exclusively to OBSERVER Media – there are thousands of homosexuals and bisexuals walking our streets. The macho guy you see spitting or cursing at the sight of a transvestite (born a man but dresses as a woman) in St John’s , is – according to our interviewees – very likely gay. “They are probably more embarrassed about their own inclinations to have sex with a man and not disgusted at seeing a transvestite walking the streets,” one cross-dresser – ‘Anita’* – reported." Read full story on  Antigua Observer Newspaper

Soufriere Police are investigating a fatal boat accident near the Soufriere Waterfront. 69 year old Barons drive resident Sylvester Prosper AKA Cowboy was killed in a collision between two vessels near the Soufriere Jetty on Sunday afternoon.

English: fila brasileiro  (Photo credit: Wikipedia )   Amandala Newspaper : "The body of a 66-year-old watchman of the Agricultural Development Service at Mile 9 on the Stann Creek Valley Road was found under a work shed on his work compound around 7:00 Wednesday morning. The body of Clive Bernard Coe had multiple dog bites to the face, arms and right leg. According to police, near Coe’s body were two Fila Brasileiro dogs when a co-worker discovered him. It was almost as if the dogs were guarding the body, standing over him on opposite sides, facing each other."

Kaieteur News : "A father of five died yesterday after being pinned by the tree he was cutting in the Clonbrook Polder, East Coast Demerara."

JamaicaObserver.com : "THE State has filed its defence in the case of the week-old baby who was breastfed by a mentally ill woman infected with HIV/AIDS in the nursery of the Victoria Jubilee Hospital last year. The incident occurred on September 3, 2011 after the mentally ill woman, who was at the hospital to deliver her own child, gained access to the nursery."

Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday : "A Tobago man who was expected to celebrate his 40th birthday tomorrow was gunned down while speaking with a male friend at Laventille Road, Laventille in the vicinity of Desperlie Crescent shortly after 8.15 am yesterday."

 newsday.co.tt : : "A 16-YEAR-OLD woman was yesterday assisting Homicide Police officers in their investigations into the death of her 14-day old baby girl, who died on arrival at the Port-of-Spain General Hospital on Wednesday."

 The Guardian : "An innocent man charged with raping two British women in separate attacks on the island of Barbados has walked free after an extraordinary campaign by the victims he was accused of assaulting. Dr Rachel Turner, 30, an academic from Hertfordshire, and Diane Davies, 63, a retired teacher from Anglesey, were forced to waive their anonymity as rape victims and even helped organise the defence costs of the accused man, Barbadian Derick Crawford, to prevent what they believed would have been a "terrible miscarriage of justice"."

 JamaicaObserver.com : "A well-known justice of the peace was found dead in his partially razed home in what police theorised to be a murder on Syres Road, off Molynes Road, in St Andrew yesterday. Investigators identified the dead man as Roy Beckford, who they said was about 67 years old. Beckford was found dead by firefighters who responded to a blaze at his home about 3:00 pm, police said."

nationnews.com : "Double rape accused Derick Crawford is now a free man, but still a very angry man. And he wants the justice system of Barbados to pay for malicious prosecution and false imprisonment.

nationnews.com : " Police officers Donovan Price and Anthony Straker ended up on the wrong side of the law yesterday evening, standing in the dock of the District “A”  Magistrates’ Court accused of committing sexual offences against female tourists. Their court appearances came five days after the alleged offences occurred."

The Washington Post : " KINGSTON, Jamaica — The leader of the Cayman Islands ’ government was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of theft, abuse of office and breach of trust in the famed Caribbean tax haven . Premier McKeeva Bush was detained Tuesday morning at his home in the West Bay section of Grand Cayman island by officers from the financial unit of the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service , police spokeswoman Janet Dougall said." Related articles Cayman Islands leader arrested in corruption case Cayman Premier arrested on theft charge

newsday.co.tt : : "DOCTORS at the Paediatric Ward of the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex (EWMSC) on Sunday night carried out emergency surgery on the left cheek and right leg of six-day-old baby Jinayah Noel. Yesterday, the baby was resting in stable condition. Baby Jinayah was viciously attacked at about 2 am on Sunday by a man who bit her on the left side of her cheek and the right side of her leg after he complained to her mother that he was hungry and there was no food in the house. " Related articles Dad bites off 5-day-old baby's cheek and leg....

Gerard Antoine of Darban, Saltibus became the island's 43rd homicide victim for the year after he was shot by an unknown gun man, Saturday evening. Although no one has been apprehended in connection with the crime, police are seeking public assistance to unmasked Antoine's killer.

Soca singer Machel Montano performing at the 2007 International Reggae and World Music Awards (IRAWMA), Apollo Theater, New York City (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) The Trinidad Guardian Newspaper : " Soca artiste Machel Montano was this morning found guilty of five criminal offences. Montano was found guilty on four charges of assault against Gerard Bowrin, Brandis Browne, Janelle Lee Chee and Russell Pollonais. The charges arose out of a fracas outside the Zen nightclub in Port of Spain in April 2007. Montano was also found guilty of using obscene language during the same incide Related articles Soca star found guilty of five criminal charges

 nationnews.com : "THE 43-YEAR-OLD FATHER whose baby died after he forgot the child in his car has been charged with manslaughter."

Image via CrunchBase  Bloomberg : "Google Inc. ( GOOG ) avoided about $2 billion in worldwide income taxes in 2011 by shifting $9.8 billion in revenues into a Bermuda shell company , almost double the total from three years before, filings show. By legally funneling profits from overseas subsidiaries into Bermuda, which doesn’t have a corporate income tax , Google cut its overall tax rate almost in half. The amount moved to Bermuda is equivalent to about 80 percent of Google’s total pretax profit in 2011" Related articles How Google Used Tax Havens To Avoid $2 Billion In Taxes Worldwide Google sheltered almost $10bn in Bermuda last year