The death toll from devastating floods and landslides in Haiti and Dominican Republic has risen to 1,950 with the discovery of more bodies.
News Source: Al Jazeera
News: Caribbean flood toll continues to rise
Thursday, May 27, 2004 - 02:54 PM
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Reggae: Newest Bob Marley statue unveiled
Wednesday, May 26, 2004 - 12:06 PM
A new statue of Reggae king Bob Marley, was unveiled at the museum named after the entertainment superstar, at 56 Hope Road in Kingston yesterday.
News Source: Jamaica Observer
News: Niece?s murder stuns Chaguanas MP - Toronto cops hunt husband
Wednesday, May 26, 2004 - 11:53 AM
The body of Trinidadian Hemattie Roopdial, who had been missing since Friday, was found bundled in a bag and stashed inside a closet in her Toronto, Canada apartment, on Monday night.
News Source: Trinidad Guardian
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News: 270 killed in Caribbean island floods
Tuesday, May 25, 2004 - 06:50 PM
At least 270 people are now thought to have died in floods in the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
News Source: RTE News
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News: Jamaat death threats - Security alert after Muslimeen threats
Tuesday, May 25, 2004 - 02:52 PM
Security around several of this country's leading figures in the Government and the Judiciary has been heightened and officers are on full alert following credible information received by various intelligence units regarding threats from the Jamaat-al-Muslimeen.
News Source: Trinidad Express
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News: Cops in Canada to monitor movements
Sunday, May 23, 2004 - 06:30 PM
Two officers of the Organised Crime and Narcotic Unit travelled to Canada last week in the ongoing probe into the discovery of cocaine in a diplomatic pouch to T&T?s New York mission.
News Source: Trinidad Guardian
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News: Phillips says he regrets attending slain don's funeral
Friday, May 21, 2004 - 03:05 PM
Just over three years after he sat up front with two senior Cabinet colleagues at the funeral of slain Arnett Gardens don, William "Willie Haggart" Moore, Peter Phillips, the national security minister, yesterday expressed regret over the action and repeated a call he made in the Parliament Wednesday for politicians to shun criminals and drug dealers.
News Source: Jamaica Observer
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News: Trinidad going after US boys
Friday, May 21, 2004 - 01:56 PM
The State has already begun extradition proceedings for US citizens Ronald Birk, Eduardo Hillman and Raoul Gutierrez, in connection with the Piarco Airport development project fraud case, according to a top-level source.
News Source: Trinidad Guardian
Reggae: Musical farewell for Dodd tomorrow
Friday, May 21, 2004 - 01:45 PM
Tribute in music will be paid tomorrow to Clement Dodd's as the musical pioneer is laid to rest following his death from a heart attack two weeks ago. The funeral services for Dodd takes place at the Holy Trinity Cathedral on North Street in Kingston with interment at Dovecot in St Catherine.
News Source: Jamaica Observer
News: The great Airport scam - Ghost Firms
Wednesday, May 19, 2004 - 12:07 PM
Former government ministers, key financiers of the United National Congress, the political party itself and several other business people conspired together and allegedly formed ghost companies which collected millions of dollars from the Airports Authority for work not done during the construction of the new Piarco Airport Terminal, and the money gained was then allegedly split among themselves.
News Source: Trinidad Express
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