June, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

‘Dudus’ worried about public perception of him, says Miller

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REVEREND Al Miller says Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke maintains he is misunderstood by those who failed to see the many initiatives implemented by him in West Kingston to make the crime rate in that police division […] […]

Tough Golding/Caricom choice

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — Jamaica’s opposition People’s National Party (PNP) yesterday (Tues) tabled in parliament their expected motion of ‘no confidence’ in Prime Minister Bruce Golding for his confessed role in seeking to avoid the extradition […] […]

Britain’s Sarah Ferguson says ‘gross stupidity’ led to sting

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CHICAGO—Britain’s Sarah Ferguson said her own self-hatred, mounting debts and “gross stupidity” led her to fall for a videotaped sting by a journalist in which she appeared to offer to sell access to her ex-husband, […] […]

Man wanted in seniors’ home sex assaults

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Police are looking for a man accused of sexually assaulting two women at a city-run seniors’ home in Etobicoke last week. One victim was in her 60s while the other was 99, police said. The […] […]

Mississauga employees duct-taped, abused

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Employees in Mississauga’s transportation and works department were tied up with duct tape, spanked until they were bruised and humiliated at the behest of one of their supervisors, a city official says. Some of the […] […]

Bristol City Council accused of ‘racist’ advert for management trainee job vacancy

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ACCUSATIONS of racism have been levelled at Bristol City Council, for advertising a management training scheme purely for ethnic minorities. The city’s largest employer is looking for two graduates in a bid to address its […] […]

July court date for Bounty

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THE trial of dancehall deejay, Rodney ‘Bounty Killer’ Pryce on ganja-related charges, has been postponed to July 7 in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court. Allegations are that the Alliance leader was reportedly seen smoking […] […]

Israel orders diplomats’ families out of Turkey

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Israeli media say the Foreign Ministry has ordered the families of its diplomats in Turkey to leave that country because of the uproar over Israel’s deadly naval raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla. State-run Israel […] […]

Redwood City man charged with sexual assault

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A 61-year-old man was charged Tuesday with six felonies for sexually assaulting a 19-year-old woman who had come to his Redwood City apartment to do a sales pitch for vitamin supplements, authorities said. Redwood City […] […]

American hit in anti-Israeli protest loses eye

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JERUSALEM—An American woman has lost her eye during a demonstration in Jerusalem against Israel’s naval raid on a Gaza aid flotilla, a hospital official said Tuesday. Emily Henochowicz, 21, of Maryland, underwent surgery after suffering […] […]