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Barbudans will be forcibly removed – PM Browne
Antigua Observer
Barbudans, who continue to ignore repeated notices to leave the National Technical Training Centre, (NTTC) shelter in Antigua will be forced to do so.
Striking teachers abandon classrooms countrywide
Demerara Waves
Numerous teachers across Guyana stayed away from classrooms at government-run schools, even as the Ministry of Education deployed scabs comprising retired and trainee teachers to cushion the impact of a strike that has entered the second week to press demands for increased salaries.
Bandit drops gun, screams ‘like a girl’, leaves trail of urine after victim opens fire
Kaieteur News
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, SA - Three bandits bent on robbery dropped a gun and bicycle, while one fled “screaming like a little girl” after a businessman who was their intended target shot at them.
Stolen goats funding Jamaican gangs
Jamaica Observer
FEW could have predicted that one day the stealing of goats would become the leading criminal activity in a Jamaican parish, similarly, it would not have been easy to fathom that the act is fostering the growth of gang activities.
Sixteen St. Kitts families receive new residences
St Kitts & Nevis Observer
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, WI – Another 16 homes were allocated to local families on August 28, 2018, bringing the total in one week to 60 residences presented in the Housing Solutions Programme sponsored by the Team Unity administration of St. Kitts and Nevis, in partnership with the National Housing Corporation (NHC).
Man confesses to murdering transgender partner
Antigua Observer
The police are questioning a man in connection with the killing of his partner, a transgender woman, who was found dead yesterday in the Potters Village home they shared.
Boat forfeited over four pounds of ganja
Cayman Compass
A man who said he went to Jamaica to buy a boat had the boat forfeited on his return to Cayman because a crew member had four pounds of ganja.
Puerto Rico increases Hurricane Maria death toll to 2,975
BBC News
Officials in Puerto Rico now say 2,975 people died following Hurricane Maria - a devastating storm that struck the US island territory in September 2017.
Soldier gets 15 years jail for killing ‘best friend’
Guyana Chronicle
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, SA - DISCHARGED soldier Allister Woolford, was on Monday (August 27, 2018) afternoon sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for the 2014 manslaughter of his best friend, Devon Howell.
Price checks coming
Barbados Advocate
The Ministry of Commerce will be engaging in greater monitoring of prices come next month.
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