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Kaieteur News : "Police appear to have made a significant breakthrough in relation to the execution-style murder of Intaz Roopnarine, called ‘Bobby’, following the arrest of an individual they have described as a paid hit-man."

 JamaicaObserver.com : "KINGSTON, Jamaica - Commissioner of Police Owen Ellington, in the wake of the shooting death of a policeman Tuesday night, has urged officers to be cautious when on or off duty. “It has now become abundantly clear to all that the criminals among us will murder, shoot at and confront the police in order to perpetrate their life of crime,” Ellington said in a statement Wednesday morning."

One citizen is alleging being assaulted by an officer of the law in full view of members of the public.

Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday "The murder toll jumped to 31 yesterday morning with the death of 30-year-old Keston Huggins. Huggins, of Herman Avenue, Malabar, was out liming with a group of friends along Ariapita Avenue, Woodbrook, when at about 3.30am, he got into an altercation with another man."

nationnews.com : "MICHAEL GODDARD knows how it feels to love so strongly that you are pushed to the limits to commit the ultimate crime. Twelve years ago, in a fit of rage, he shot his then girlfriend twice in the head and several times in the back in broad daylight in front of several people, including her two young children."

JamaicaObserver.com : "A clergyman who has been accused of thrashing his St Catherine church is adamant that he is the victim of an evil plot by his former flock who, he believes, have been influenced by the devil to tarnish his name. “I have done nothing wrong. All I did was to take what was mine,” declared Bishop Junior Lawrence, who alleged that since the incident he has received several death threats."

Kaieteur News : "Businessman Intaz Roopnarine would almost certainly have escaped Thursday’s execution-style attack had he heeded repeated warnings from a security guard that a suspicious character was lurking outside the Cool Breeze Hotel. Instead, Roopnarine reportedly drew his firearm, said that he was the “baddest man around”. He was walking through the hotel gate when a tall, slim gunman confronted him, chased the 38-year-old businessman to the back of the hotel compound and then shot him dead. Videos show that Roopnarine, despite having his weapon drawn, did not even try to defend himself."

 Amandala Newspaper : "Majdi Khoder Agha, 51, a Lebanese Belizean of Keating Crescent in the Buttonwood Bay area of the city, was gunned down in front of his house at about 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday. He was shot multiple times in his head and body and died on the spot. Reports are that when Agha got out of his car to open his gate, a masked gunman who was lay-waiting him in his yard shot him about six times. The gunman then escaped."

Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday : newsday.co.tt : : "Firearms are used in almost 80 percent of the murders in the country, therefore it is critical that the police target getting guns out of the hands of criminals."

nationnews.com : "A St Thomas man was rushed to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital by ambulance yesterday afternoon after he was shot and robbed. Police public relations officer Inspector David Welch said they were withholding the injured man’s name, because of ongoing investigations."

19 year old murder accuse, Mario Perez Charles made his fourth court appearance on Friday, after being remanded to the Bordelais Correctional Facility for the Murder of Christal St. Omer. The family of St. Omer expressed some dismay following Friday's hearing, after being excluded from the proceedings.

Law Enforcement officers are investigating death of a man whose lifeless form was discovered in a remote garden in the community of Sarrot. The individual identified as Lawrence Collymore who is originally from Dennery was found by a resident of the community.

A press conference was held at Government House where Public Safety Minister Michael Dunkley and Governor George Fergusson addressed the media on the double shooting. 

Police detectives in St. John in the USVI have confirmed the skeletal remains found on August 1st last year are that of St. Lucian Seara James.

Amandala Newspaper : "A 60-year-old epileptic was found murdered in his Maskall home around 1:00 Saturday afternoon. Ervin Fitzroy Morales, a long-time resident of Maskall village, was discovered with chop and stab wounds to his neck, back and head. Our reports are that he was chopped and stabbed about nine times."

newsday.co.tt : : "SOCA Superstar, Machel Montano, has pledged that he would not remain down, but instead rebound, following what he was “going through.”"

nationnews.com : "Security was tightened at the Holetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday when a 42-year-old painter appeared to face murder and kidnapping charges. Dave Powers, of Block 1G, Division Drive, Eden Lodge, St Michael, was not required to plead to the indictable charges."

A Sunday Gleaner investigation has revealed that members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force on night duty are closing station gates and doors in a bid to protect themselves. The officers carry out this measure and wait on calls or knocks to serve the public.

Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday : : "A SOLDIER, an Air Guard officer and a plumber, all in their early 20s, were yesterday detained at their Rio Claro home for the rape of a 14-year-old schoolgirl."

   "– Dr Rachel Turner and Diane Davies, two British women who were raped within days of each other in Barbados, have approached the UK government for support in their call for an enquiry into the case."

Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday  "A 31-year-old police constable with six years service was detained at the Maraval Police Station late Friday night shortly after he was fingered by a shooting victim as the alleged perpetrator of the crime."

There are calls this evening for tough action to be taken against operators of public passenger vehicles who drive recklessly, especially those carrying students.

 Antigua Observer Newspaper : "St. John’s Antigua- Police are hunting a combat-clad gunman who raped a woman in front of her husband at their Hatton home in the wee hours of Friday morning. Lawmen have not confirmed the incident but OBSERVER Media was reliably informed about the attack which has left local residents shaken."

Kaieteur News : "A 28-year-old woman is now battling for her life at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC)’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU). This was reportedly after she gave birth by herself Thursday night. The incident which involved Martina (only name given), a teacher occurred at Lot 611 Conciliation Street, Tucville, Georgetown."

Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday  "Zero tolerance will be meted out to illegal street vending and loud music by the Port-of-Spain City Corporation and the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service during the Parade of the Bands on Carnival Monday and Tuesday this year. "

nationnews.com : "A BOLD daylight robbery at a tyre repair shop at 7th Avenue, The Ivy, St Michael, on Thursday has left several residents in a state of unease. Junior Clarke, 37, of Workhall, St Philip, who went to the shop to have a tyre repaired, was shot twice in the back and robbed of two gold chains in front of shocked residents who were hanging out at a nearby house."

 nationnews.com : "FOUR PEOPLE HAVE been shot in the last 18 days in robberies and attempted robberies which police suspect are linked to the cash for gold business. The increase in these violent incidents has prompted police to urge Barbadians to be conservative about the wearing of jewellery, or not wear any at all."

Come September 2013, A Level exams will be a thing of the past at the Sir Arthur Lewis Community College.

 Kaieteur News : "A 27-year-old man was clubbed to death in an alleyway in Beterverwagting, East Coast Demerara at around 19:00 hrs yesterday, allegedly after attacking a police rank with a cutlass and knife. Jermaine Hamilton, said to be of unsound mind, was reportedly beaten by civilians after he attacked the rank who was walking in an alleyway in Canterbury Walk, Beterverwagting." 'via Blog this'

Amandala Newspaper : "This afternoon after all the pomp and ceremony of the Supreme Court’s official opening for 2013, things returned to normal for the Magistrate’s Court when three of six persons accused of robbing a Chinese businessman appeared before Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazer."

Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday "Father Henry Charles lay dead in his study even as mourners waited for him to begin the funeral service for their loved one at St Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, St James, yesterday. "

nationnews.com : "Police are probing the shooting death of 33-year-old Kari Nolan Cumberbatch of Fairview Heights, St George. Initial investigations reveal that the man was shot after an altercation with another man early this morning." Related CinCin comments on “senseless” killing

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is not in a coma and is responding well to cancer treatment in Cuba, his brother says. Meanwhile, opposition groups in Venezuela are demanding proof that Chavez is still alive.

It's three years since a magnitude-7 earthquake killed tens of thousands of people in Haiti and left much of its capital in ruins. The country has received billions of dollars in aid, but life for many remains a desperate struggle.

BBC News  "Uvaldo Pino was a neighbourhood barber in Cerro, one of the poorer and more overcrowded districts of Cuba's capital, Havana. In late December, the 46-year-old fell sick with vomiting and diarrhoea and died in hospital on 6 January. The barber's family say he had two separate tests and both came back positive - for cholera. "

 nationnews.com : "Minister of Housing Michael Lashley believes the circumstances surrounding the issuing of the contract to Al Barrack to construct the controversial Warrens Office Complex should be the subject of an inquiry."

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JamaicaObserver.com : "ATTORNEY General Patrick Atkinson says that uncontrolled media releases from the Office of the Contractor General (OCG) will only serve to hurt Jamaica's reputation internationally. He made particular reference to two recent statements by the office that Cabinet had "been reported to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for criminal prosecution" and that "Cabinet is in flagrant violation of the rule of law"."

JamaicaObserver.com : "THE Independent Commission of Investigations has launched a probe into the killing of a 17-year-old boy by the police in Rivoli, St Catherine, on Wednesday night. The dead boy has been identified as Gregory Wright, who hailed from Monk Street in the parish and a recent graduate of Eltham High School."

The Vincentian Newspaper : A Nigerian student, who unlawfully attempted to acquire a Vincentian passport, will spend the next six months behind bars for his action

Amandala Newspaper : "Citywide panic ruled most of the streets of the old capital for most of Tuesday, January 8, especially in the Queen’s Square and Mesopotamia divisions on the Southside, after it was announced that four massacred bodies had been discovered at about 7:00 in the morning in the upper flat of an apartment at the corner of Dean and Plues Streets. The murders of the four men, some of whom were known members of the George Street gang, were rendered all the more horrific when it was reported that their throats had been cut, and the bodies had suffered many stab wounds and bore cut marks of torture."

Kaieteur News : "A male commercial sex worker, 19-year-old Wesley Holder, called ‘Oraysha’ or ‘Tiffany’ of 65 Cross Street, Werk-en-Rust was found dead in the compound of St. Phillips Green.  He had been murdered."

Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday : : "OPPOSITION People’s National Movement (PNM) Point Fortin MP Paula Gopee-Scoon has been ordered by a High Court judge to vacate a bungalow owned by State-entity Petrotrin at Clifton Hill in her constituency."

nationnews.com : "There has been a major shake-up at one of Barbados’ biggest conglomerates. Chairman of Banks Holdings Limited (BHL) Sir Allan Fields has resigned from the board of directors after 14 years in that position and has been replaced by Neal & Massy’s top executive here, Anthony King.  "

|The Bahamas Journal "A total of 448 financially-related crimes were reported to police last year, which involved some $11.5 million in misappropriated funds and goods. Police Commissioner Ellison Greenslade released the figures for 2012 on Monday."

Amandala Newspaper : "It seems that tragedy simply cannot leave the Felix family alone. The family lost two sons to gun violence, the mother then died from heart-related complications, and now, there is going to be a funeral for the family’s only daughter. Feesha Felix, 22, of Gill Street, went to bed Friday night, January 5. She never woke up, however, because she was shot dead in her bed Saturday morning at about 2:30."

 Kaieteur News : "In a signal that all continues not to be well at the National Insurance Scheme (NIS), its head, Doreen Nelson, yesterday resigned after reportedly refusing to accept a recommendation from its Board of Directors. Both government and NIS’ officials remained tightlipped over the issue."

JamaicaObserver.com : "AN effort by reggae icon Buju Banton to acquire higher education while serving his 10-year prison sentence has been postponed due to the latest development in his case. Minutes after he was sentenced in the US Sam Gibbons Court in Tampa, Florida last year, Banton told the Jamaica Observer that he planned to pursue a first and masters degree in political science and economics."

nationnews.com : "ALISA ELLIS appeared in court on Monday, this time charged with concealing the birth of a child. The 24-year-old woman who resides at Prospect, St James, was placed on $10 000 bail with a surety after she appeared before Magistrate Ian Weekes at the District “D” Magistrates’ Court."

Chicago Tribune : "Americans concerned about the impact of public debt on the global recovery have focused — with good reason — on Greece. Closer to home, however, the tourism mecca of Jamaica illustrates the catastrophic effects of borrowing way too much, and the painful choices that follow. This saga, less familiar than Greece's, is a lesson for lawmakers in the U.S. and elsewhere. The Caribbean nation actually is in worse financial shape than Greece: Jamaica has more debt in relation to the size of its economy than any other country. It pays more in interest than any other country. It has tried to restructure its loans to stretch them out over more years, at lower interest rates, with no success. Such a move would be risky for its already nervous lenders. So Jamaica is trying to wangle a bailout from a skeptical International Monetary Fund. Another deadline for a potential deal just came and went last week, though negotiations continue."

 St. Lucia STAR : "On this Monday morning, as Michael makes his way to the coffee stand at the Baywalk Mall in Saint Lucia, the shoppers are disrupted. His clothing is subdued and out of character for an infamously effeminate homosexual, yet, he still manages to capture not-so-discrete stares."

An attempted robbery at Cul-De-Sac Branch of Super J early this morning resulted in damage to the store front and inconvenienced many customers.

Kaieteur News : "Unable to link him to the disappearance of LeVoy Taljit, investigators yesterday finally released a man described as the prime suspect, even though they still believe he has information about the GEA employee’s fate. Commissioner of Police Leroy Brumell told Kaieteur News that the man had been in custody for 72 hours. Police are convinced that the 32-year-old man, who is a close friend of Taljit’s, has withheld vital information from them about the missing man’s whereabouts." 'via Blog this'

Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday  "SAN FERNANDO gynaecologist, Dr David Ali, yesterday pleaded not guilty before a judge and jury in the High Court, San Fernando, to a charge of rape. Presiding in the first such case against a medical doctor, is Justice Mark Mohammed. "

 RT : "Thienemann Verlag, one of Germany's oldest publishers of children's books, has announced it will reprint Otfried Preußler's children's classic 'The Little Witch' with all instances of the 'n-word' removed from the text. Founded in Stuttgart in 1849, Thienemann Verlag decided not to have the disputed words replaced, but deleted altogether."

 RT : "Following a wild Christmas orgy with prostitutes, the Honduran ambassador to Colombia has lost his job. Sensitive documents are believed to have been compromised after the women and other guests looted the embassy in Bogota. The embassy was robbed while party-goers were entertained by prostitutes. The incident was so extreme that excrement was found in the ambassador's office."

  Buju Banton  JamaicaObserver.com : " KINGSTON, Jamaica — Kwame Lumumba, the attorney representing incarcerated Reggae artiste Buju Banton , said the artiste is in good spirits and hoping for a positive outcome after a US federal judge expanded his probe into allegations of juror misconduct this week." Related articles Glimpse of hope for Buju? Juror misconduct investigation in Buju Banton case expands

Amandala Newspaper : "The Belize City Council has informed all undertakers in a press release sent out in December 2012, that effective Tuesday, January 1, 2013, the City Council cemetery workers would take over several duties from the undertakers. Those duties include the construction of common graves and enclosed graves, the re-opening of graves at the Lord Ridge and Eternal Gardens Cemeteries, and the construction of “vault/mausoleum, tombstones, tomb tablets, statues, and niche in columbarium.”"

 Kaieteur News : "Former boss of the collapsed charter airline , EZjet, Sonny Austin Ramdeo spent a mere nine minutes in a Florida court shortly after his extradition from New York on an indictment of wire fraud . He is charged with filching some US$20 million from Promise Healthcare Hospitals and transferring the money to his charter airline, EZjet." Related articles Ezjet customers should seek refund from travel agencies : Former EZjet boss extradited to Florida, remains in jail FBI arrests EZjet's boss

Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday "THE FIRST murder for 2013 was officially recorded yesterday with the death of 26-year-old Kevon Dover of Ninth Avenue, Barataria, who was shot Wednesday night by three masked gunmen while liming with a friend."

 nationnews.com : "CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Jan 4, CMC - Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony says St. Lucia has the largest fiscal deficit in the Caribbean as he prepares to address the nation on Sunday on the economic challenges facing the island."

JamaicaObserver.com : "A suicide note left behind by Morris and Grace Richards, the Mandeville couple who allegedly committed suicide on New Year's Eve, has linked their deaths to problems associated with the 1990s Finsac crisis. "

 JamaicaObserver.com : "OCHO RIOS, St Ann - A man who allegedly threw “gas oil” on his ex-girlfriend and attempted to set her ablaze was denied bail when he appeared in the St Ann’s Bay RM court on Thursday, Janu

nationnews.com : "ON THE SECOND DAY of 2013, Barbados’ main telecommunication service provider LIME has sent 97 employees on the breadline with immediate effect.

Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday : : "Lance Corporal Curtis Marshall’s murder has been caught on tape. Surveillance cameras at Teteron Barracks, Chaguaramas show someone pushing Marshall to the ground in front of a clothing and equipment container used to store guns and ammunition. "

Bharrat Jagdeo, president of Guyana. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Kaieteur News : "Over a year after he demitted office Former President Bharrat Jagdeo continues to live like he’s still the head of state , especially when it comes to his security detail. No wonder opposition politicians are clamouring for a review of his benefits, which they claim are placing a heavy burden on the taxpayers of the country.

NationNews Barbados  "Those are the New Year’s wishes of the two British women who were ravished in Barbados more than two years ago but refused to give evidence against the man whom police had originally arrested for the crime."

Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday "PRIME Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, in her New Year’s message to the nation has declared 2013 as, “the year for collaboration.”"