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JAMAICA-CRIME-Yet another beheading shocks nation
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica, a nation used to the mind-numbing body count from violent death, was gripped by yet another beheading on Saturday morning. The body of Donovan Murray, a caretaker said to be in his 40s, was found in the yard of his workplace in Hopefield Avenue, a well-to-do neighbourhood in St Andrew’s, the capital parish – the fifth such killing in three months in the populous St Andrew and St Catherine parishes. ... Full story
OECS-POPULATION-OECS census 2011 nears
CASTRIES, St.Lucia, CMC -- The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Secretariat, is to begin training on Tuesday to carry out the population and housing census for the nine Windward and Leeward Island nations in the grouping. ... Full story
US-POLITICS-Congressman was ‘determined’ to get indicted Guyanese to meet Allen Stanford, newspaper says
NEW YORK, CMC – The tabloid New York Post newspaper said on Sunday that a prominent United States congressman with ties to the disgraced Texan financier Allen Stanford was determined to get indicted Guyanese businessman Edul “Ed†Ahmad invited to one of Stanford’s cricket matched in Antigua so that Ahmad could meet the billionaire. ... Full story
US-IMMIGRATION-Task force says deportation programme sows distrust
WASHINGTON, CMC – A task force advising the Obama administration on a programme aimed at deporting “the worst of the worst†immigrant felons, has sharply criticized the United States immigration authorities for creating confusion about its purpose and sowing seeds of distrust. ... Full story
HORSE RACING-CANADA-Barbadians Carter, Walcott grab the spotlight
EDMONTON, Alberta, Sep 18, CMC – Rico Walcott maintained his charge towards his first Northlands Park jockeys’ title on Saturday with a double on Saturday’s 12-race Alberta Fall Classic Day. ... Full story
US-CUBA-‘Historic’ US-Cuba charter service begins from Fort Lauderdale
FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, CMC – The first American charter flight to Cuba in decades arrived in Havana Saturday afternoon after a spray of water christened its departure from Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, one of the first under a relaxed Obama administration policy. ... Full story
BERMUDA-EDUCATION-Jamaica-born educator called in to improve teaching
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC -- The Bermuda government has called in a noted Jamaica-born Canadian educator “in demand around the world†to develop plans to upgrade teaching in public schools here -- and free of charge to the island. ... Full story
HORSE RACING-CANADA-Barbadian Husbands doubles up, T&T’s Ramsammy also wins
ETOBICOKE, Ontario, Sep 18, CMC – Patrick Husbands continued to chase the shadows of leading jockey Luis Contreras with a double on Saturday’s 10-race card at the Woodbine Racetrack. ... Full story
FOOTBALL-USA-Jamaican Stephenson scores in vain for San Jose Earthquakes
HOUSTON, Texas, Sep 18, CMC – Khari Stephenson collected his fourth goal of the season, but the San Jose Earthquakes were upstaged, when Will Bruin made his Major League Soccer home return in style, scoring the winning goal in a 2-1 victory for the Houston Dynamo on Saturday. ... Full story
TRINIDAD-EMERGENCY-DPP to Government: Back off!
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – In an apparent bid to reinforce the state prosecution service’s independence of the Kamla Persad Bissessar administration, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Roger Gaspard on Sunday appeared to distance his office from the government’s decision to appoint extra lawyers to help prosecute people arrested under the state of emergency, the Guardian newspaper reported. ... Full story
