Jamaica: March Pen carnage – 3 children, 2 adults murdered by gunmen
By TANESHA MUNDLE From Jamaica Observer Three children and two of their mothers were killed in March Pen, St Catherine, early yesterday morning, after gunmen swooped down on their houses, sprayed the homes with bullets, and set the structures ablaze. Family…
Cayman Islands Healthcare Conference to address issues that can affect health during childhood and adolescence
The Cayman Islands’ Healthcare Conference consistently brings together some of the most well informed speakers from around the world to discuss issues and topics that are of importance to the Caymanian and wider Caribbean community. This year’s theme is ‘The…
[Guyanese] Drug addict slaughters son who defended mother
From Kaieteur News Guyana: A drug addict, who was verbally abusing his wife over $400 Wednesday night, slaughtered his 24-year-old son when the young man intervened and defended his mother. Police subsequently arrested the suspect who had fled the scene….
Cayman Islands community unites for childhood cancer research
George Town, Grand Cayman, September 24, 2016 More than 1000 people packed The Wicket Bar in Cricket Square on Friday evening for the 4th annual Hannah’s Heroes Big Shave to raise funds for the St Baldrick’s Foundation, the largest private…
The Editor Speaks: Online petitions
I am not a lover of online petitions as they are scientifically useful as a grade 1 out of 10 and open to abuse. In other words I want no part of them. They often do more damage than good…
Trinidad: Suspected pedophile grabbed after mother, pretending to be her child, invited him over
From CNC3 A suspected pedophile was caught red-handed following a trap set by the child’s mother who pretended to be the child and invited the man over. The woman posted on Facebook, that the man, a taxi driver, picked up…
Cayman Islands police statement on judgment in 2012 child abuse case
RCIPS Statement on Judgment in 2012 Child Abuse Case We accept the criticism of the police investigation by Mr. Justice Owen, QC, in his judgment delivered this morning, as well as the verdict of the court in this matter. We…
Methodist Church in the Caribbean and the Americas inducts new President
From MCCA Media Relations Office NASSAU, The Bahamas – The Bahamas Turks Islands Conference of The Methodist Church in the Caribbean and the Americas (MCCA) in its 204th Annual Session held at Rhodes Memorial Methodist Church, New Providence, in January 2016…
Italy earthquake: Death toll rises to at least 159
From BBC At least 159 people have been killed and 368 injured in an earthquake that hit a mountainous area of central Italy, civil protection officials say. The magnitude-6.2 quake struck at 03:36 (01:36 GMT), 100km (65 miles) north-east of…
The Editor Speaks: When kindness is rewarded with jail
The incident I am about to describe happened in the USA but could equally apply here. A good friend of mine in the USA has a daughter who is, to use her words, too kind for her own sake. The…
