Kaieteur News It took a photograph in the Kaieteur News, and an alert and still-grieving mother, to help police to finally capture an alleged wife-killer,, who had been on the run for 21 years.
Stabroek A mother’s worst fear was realised today. Barbara Dorant-Layne broke down after identifying the body taken from a shallow grave at Walkers, St Andrew, this afternoon as that of her son Rahim Ward.
Newsday Police are investigating the murder of a 44-year-old Lopinot man after he was gunned down inside his home on Friday night. Police said Randy May was shot several times in the kitchen of his home at Surrey Village, Lopinot, at around 11.30 pm when a relative heard the gunfire.
Barbados Today Britain’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office has been officially asked by a United Kingdom parliamentarian to take steps including engagement with the local government to close the medical practice of local cardiologist Dr Alfred Sparman.
Trinidad Guardian A witness in a kidnapping case was gunned down and his girlfriend shot and wounded while at their home in Caura on Sunday night. According to a police report, at about 10 am residents of Upper Caura Royal Road heard several gunshots and upon checking they found Jahway Adams, 35, and his girlfriend bleeding from multiple gunshot wounds. The gunmen, police said, broke down the door to him home at Thompson Lane and opened fire on the couple.
Newsday SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD Su-Lay Su, 16, from Central Trinidad, who was snatched from his mother in Syria in January, has been found in a detention centre. A recent article in the UK newspaper The Telegraph headlined,Child of the Caliphate, said journalist Josie Ensor travelled to Syria in June and found him sewing hearts from paper and making bracelets with 80 other boys at the centre.
Searchlight A flood watch is now in effect for St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG). As at 11 am, Tuesday, August 27, the Tropical Storm Warning for SVG was discontinued. Tropical Storm Dorian is moving through the Windward Islands and at 11:00 a.m. it was centred near 14.2N 61.2W or about 80 miles (128 km) north-north-west of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Maximum sustained winds were near 50 mph (85km/h), with tropical-storm-force winds extending outward up to 45 miles (75 km) from the centre.
At 8:00 p.m. Tropical Storm Dorian was centered near 13.0N, 59.1W which means that the center of the system is about now, passing to the south of Barbados. Maximum sustained winds are near 60mph (95km/h), with tropical-storm-force winds extending outward up to 45 miles (75 km) from the center. The system continues to move towards the west-northwest at 14 mph (22 km/h).
The St. Lucia STAR Prime Minister Allen Chastanet has announced that the country will be shut down from 6pm today due to impending weather conditions. The country is currently on Hurricane Watch with expected landfall at 2am Tuesday 27th August. Speaking at a press conference moments ago, the Prime Minister said: “We are anticipating at this point that it can be a category one hurricane but given the hurricane is not due to hit until 2 o’clock in the morning, a lot can change. It is important that we take this extremely seriously,” he said.
| Jamaica Star Police reports are that Thelwell was swimming in a pool on the property on Saturday evening when he allegedly got into difficulty and drowned. The police did not name the hotel. Distraught family members yesterday told THE STAR that they are dissatisfied with the manner the hotel responded after Thelwell got into difficulty.
Accuweather Dorian is a small storm, which will spare large areas from feeling its worst impacts. However, small storms can undergo rapid fluctuations in intensity. As a result, there is the potential for Dorian to reach hurricane status before reaching the Lesser Antilles. Should the storm undergo intensification into a hurricane prior to reaching the Lesser Antilles, the islands will endure an even greater risk of storm surge flooding and damaging winds.
Newsday A 39-year-old woman, who was four months pregnant, was chopped to death early Sunday morning by a 19-year-old close male relative. The teen is in police custody assisting with the investigation. The woman’s aunt, Rhoda Mack, was also stabbed in the head, neck and back and was taken to the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex in Mt Hope. She is in stable condition.
11:00 a.m. Tropical Storm Dorian was centered about 465 miles (750 km) east-southeast of Barbados. Maximum sustained winds are near 40mph (65km/h), with tropical-storm-force winds extending outward up to 25 miles (40 km) from the center. The system continues to move towards the west at 14 mph (22 km/h) and on this track, the center of Dorian is expected to pass over or near Barbados late Monday/early Tuesday. Residents are asked to take the necessary steps to safeguard themselves.
Description At 8:00 a.m. Tropical Storm Dorian was centered near 11.1N 52.1W or about 515 miles (830 km) east-southeast of Barbados. The system continues to move towards the west at 13 mph (20 km/h) and on this track, the center of Dorian is expected to pass over or near Barbados late Monday/early Tuesday. Instructions Residents are urged to monitor the progress of this system and listen for any updates issued by the Barbados Meteorological Services.
Tropical Depression #5 was upgraded to Tropical Storm ‘Dorian’ at 5:00 p.m this afternoon. At 5:00 p.m, the centre of the system was 725 miles (1165km) east-southeast of Barbados. A general westward motion is expected to continue tonight with a turn toward the west-northwest by tomorrow Sunday. On its present track, the centre of the system is expected to pass about 50 miles (80 km) to the north Barbados early Tuesday morning as a strong tropical storm. Instructions Residents are urged to monitor the progress of this system and listen for any updates issued by the Barbados Meteorological Services.
Barbados Today A tropical depression has formed east-southeast of Lesser Antilles. At 11 00 a.m., the center of newly formed Tropical Depression Five was located near latitude 10.4 North, longitude 47.9 West. The depression is moving toward the west near 12 mph (19 km/h) and this general motion is expected to continue today.
The Washington Post The Washington Post reports that it was a routine purchase for him until he landed at the airport in Baltimore. Customs officers detained Haughton and police arrested him, accusing him of smuggling in not honey, but liquid methamphetamine or meth.
trinidadexpress.com PASTOR Christopher Parriera has been placed on $75,000 bail charged with sex crimes against a man who worshiped at his church. Parriera reappeared before the Chaguanas Court today on the nine charges which include eight acts of buggery.
Stabroek A bodyguard of a junior government minister was shot early yesterday morning when resisted two bandits, who attempted to relieve him of his jewellery in East Ruimveldt, Georgetown.
Barbados Today A St Michael woman is living in fear over thousands of dollars she says people are now refusing to pay in a “meeting turn” leaving her exposed and at the mercy of angry participants in the savings scheme. After several people who got their “turns” refuse to continue to pay, 39-year-old Alicia Francis said she was now struggling to find the money she owes to disgruntled participants who are demanding their funds.
Newsday An autopsy on the bodies of Shelly-Ann Ragoonanan, Wazir Mohammed and his brother Nazim Mohammed showed their throats had all been slit. Despite initial reports that they had been shot, pathologists at the Forensic Science Centre, Port of Spain established on Friday that Wazir, who was also shot twice in the chest, was the only one who had been shot.
The Guardian A British woman has died in Barbados after being doused with a flammable substance and set alight as she lay in bed. The family of Luton-born Natalie Crichlow said they were “shocked and devastated” by her death. Crichlow, 44, was visiting family on the island when she was attacked by an unknown intruder on 28 July.
Guardian Preliminary reports stated that Shaquille was driving out onto the Morne Coco Road at about 12.20 pm when a heavily tinted silver SUV drove past and its occupants opened fire. Shaquille died behind the steering wheel. Police believe it's a reprisal shooting for Vaughn 'Sandman' Mieres, his wife, Alika "Letty" Dehere and two others' murder that occurred at his Las Cuevas home on July 25.
Barbados Today Minister in the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Investment, Marsha Caddle, has hailed Barbados’ recent moves to deepen ties with African countries as a step in the right direction. Last week Prime Minister Mia Mottley hosted President of Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta on a three-day State visit, almost two months after the Ghanaian leader Nana Akufo-Addopaid paid an official visit to the island.
Jamaica Observer KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Elletson Road Police are seeking the public's assistance in identifying the body of a man who was shot dead on Potters Row in Kingston 16 today, Tuesday, August 6. Another man was also injured in the attack, the police said.
Stabroek The Guyanese national was seen lying at the edge of the water on Grand Kadooment day and was subsequently pulled ashore. A call was made to police.
VOGUE World Rihanna never misses a chance to attend Crop Over, Barbados’s most prominent festival. It is one of the star’s favorite events, and each year she arrives in glamorous fashion. Just ahead of the annual Kadooment Day parade, where she will no doubt reveal another showstopping costume, she stepped out last night in St. Michael wearing one of New York’s coolest designers.
A radicalized right-wing terrorist, Patrick Crusius has killed once again in the USA The New York Times It’s also like this: a stab in the heart not to your hometown, but to your people, in my case Latinos. Mr. Crusius specifically came here to my town, to kill my people.