June, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

Drug-addicted woman jailed over daughter’s sex acts

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A DRUG-ADDICTED woman who “permitted, encouraged and assisted” her 13-year-old daughter to have sex with a truck driver will spend at least five and a half years in jail. The woman, now aged 44 and […] […]

Gov’t reiterates commitment to dismantle gangs

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INFORMATION Minister Daryl Vaz on Wednesday underscored Government’s intention to continue its push against organised crime and violent gang activity in communities across the island. “It is number one priority on the list, we will […] […]

161 men taken into custody Downtown

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ONE hundred and fifty six men have been taken into custody following the imposition of a new curfew in sections of downtown Kingston and St Andrew from 2:00 am today. The men are being processed […] […]

No love for Bruce Downtown

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HARSH criticism greeted Prime Minister Bruce Golding as he toured Coronation Market and other sections of downtown Kingston this morning. Vendors whose livelihoods were severely impacted by last month’s unrest in West Kingston hurled words […] […]

Love match offered to dole-dependent souls

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UNEMPLOYED Dutch women are being offered a E1400 ($2000) fashion and beauty makeover and free membership of a dating agency to get them off the dole by finding a solvent husband. Single jobseekers will be […] […]

David Cameron holds fire as Britons resent Obama’s ‘anti-British’ treatment of BP

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A BRITISH backlash has begun against President Obama’s aggressive handling of BP over the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. John Napier, the chairman of the British insurer RSA, accused the President of being […] […]

Final nail in coffin for mafia code of silence

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As John “Sonny” Franzese, 93, is betrayed by his guilt-racked son. The annals of American Mafia history are replete with spectacular betrayals. Friends have killed friends, “made men” have assassinated fellow mobsters, and “capos” have […] […]

Kyrgyzstan declares state of emergency

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KYGYSTAN’S interim government has announced a state of emergency and a curfew in the south of the country, after fresh ethnic violence in the region. “Clashes and exchanges of fire between groups of youths took […] […]

Man dies after being strangled by pet snake

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A SUBURBAN Omaha man has died after being strangled by his 2.7m, 11.3kg pet boa constrictor, authorities said today. Cory Byrne, 34, of Papillion died last night at a local hospital, just hours after police […] […]

Rounded up and run out of town

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Police are aggressively clearing street kids out of town in advance of the World Cup DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA—With uniformed police officers standing over them, bleary-eyed boys and girls slowly get up from the sidewalk, throw […] […]