Jamaica police review absolves officers in Tivoli Gardens Incursion
From Caribbean News Now KINGSTON, Jamaica — Just over seven years ago, Jamaican security forces entered the troubled West Kingston community of Tivoli Gardens, in search of alleged drug don Christopher “Dudus” Coke, who was wanted for extradition to the…
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British Virgin Islands cleans up after flash flood
From Caribbean News Service TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands, Aug 10 2017 – The British Virgin Islands (BVI) is in full “clean up mode” following extensive flooding in certain areas of the Territory with the hardest impact occurring on the island…
Cayman Islands: Man Charged with Attempted Murder to appear in court today, 14 August
From RCIPS Man Charged with Attempted Murder to Appear in Court Today, 14 August Police and other emergency personnel were dispatched to an address on Watler’s Road, George Town, on Friday 11 August, just before 11AM, by the 9-1-1 Communication….
Cayman Islands: Two separate vehicular accidents Sun 13 August
From RCIPS Three Vehicle Collision on West Bay Road, 13 August The 9-1-1 Communication Centre dispatched police and other emergency personnel to a motor vehicle collision involving 3 vehicles on West Bay Road, just passed the Lawrence Blvd stop light,…
Vandalism of Statues on Cayman Brac Discovered Saturday, 12 August
From RCIPS On Saturday, 12 August, police responded to a complaint of damage to property at a location on Southside Road on Cayman Brac. Some statues on display at the location, a vacant lot, were observed lying on the ground…
Cayman Islands police and local community launch clean-up initiative
Major Police and Community Collaboration Project in West Bay, 9 August Yesterday, 9 August, the community of West Bay in conjunction with West Bay police officers launched a clean-up initiative in the King Road area, targeting old, abandoned vehicles and…
Mistress of Ian Fleming and last survivor of families who ran Jamaica, dies
In Passing From The Sydney Morning Herald Blanche Blackwell, who has died aged 104, was the mother of the record mogul Chris Blackwell, the mistress of novelist Ian Fleming and one of the last survivors from the age when some…
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Boom Mas again ‘Escape(s) to Rio’
By Nelson A. King From Caribbean Life While last year’s Summer Olympics have come and gone in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, Brooklyn’s Boom Mas, LLC is again “Escap(ing) to Rio” for carnival. “This year, we want everyone to come…
Malicious code written into DNA infects the computer that reads it
By Devin Coldewey From TechCrunch In a mind-boggling world first, a team of biologists and security researchers have successfully infected a computer with a malicious program coded into a strand of DNA. It sounds like science fiction, but I assure…
More US sanctions target Venezuelan officials with close ties to Maduro
From WN The Trump administration imposed sanctions targeting eight more Venezuelan officials on Wednesday, including the brother of late socialist leader Hugo Chavez, as punishment for their role in helping create the new legislative super body with President Nicolas Maduro,…
