May, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

St Kitts PM regrets loss of life

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BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC) — St Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister Dr Denzil L Douglas said yesterday that he regrets the loss of life in Jamaica and expressed confidence that the security forces will deal […] […]

Cruise ships to continue visits to Jamaica despite tensions

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THE Caribbean’s biggest cruise lines, including industry giant Carnival, say they will continue visiting Jamaica despite tensions in the country’s capital, Kingston. “The disturbances in Jamaica and associated state of emergency are focused in Kingston,” […] […]

Entertainers mourn as Voicemail’s Oneil dies

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The entertainment fraternity is in mourning over the passing of Oneil Edwards, a member of the dancehall trio, Voicemail. Oneil, who was shot on May 9, succumbed to his injuries yesterday afternoon, while a patient […] […]

Kingston breathes again Security forces in control of capital city

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LIFE began returning to the capital, Kingston, yesterday as Jamaicans breathed a sigh of relief that the security forces had repelled the criminal backers of Tivoli Gardens strongman Christopher Coke. The eerie ghost-town haze that […] […]

Party for cancer battler Norma

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A plucky pensioner who has beaten cancer three times and survived several heart attacks is having a party…to celebrate her life. Norma Reed is using money she would have spent on a funeral for the […] […]

State Dept denies knowledge of document linking PM to ‘Dudus’

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THE US State Department yesterday denied knowledge of any document referring to Prime Minister Bruce Golding as an affiliate of Tivoli Gardens don Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke. In his daily press briefing in Washington DC, Assistant […] […]

Where is ‘Dudus’? Search for Coke points to US

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WITH the immediate threat of the overrun of the capital city by criminals backing Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke behind us the million-dollar question Jamaicans were asking yesterday was: “Where is ‘Dudus’?” Officials maintained that they had […] […]

Girl allowed ex to die in ‘an orgy of violence’

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A pregnant teenager arranged and watched the sadistic torture of the father of her unborn child before he was murdered. Chelsea Platt, 18, lured ex-boyfriend Martin Hyde, 22, to her Stockport flat where two male […] […]

Man who broke hips after surgery wins six figure payout

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A man, whose hips were broken following a surgery procedure which went wrong, has won a five-year battle against NHS chiefs. Former lorry driver Gerald Morgan, from Kings Heath, Birmingham, has received a six figure […] […]

Car smashes into baby’s pram in Cheylesmore

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POLICE are hunting a driver who smashed into a pram as a mum pushed her baby across a pedestrian crossing in Cheylesmore The little boy miraculously escaped unhurt in the incident in Coventry – despite […] […]