Author: Steve Brown

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – A Tennessee man was accidentally shot by his pet pit bull, Oreo, after the dog jumped on his bed and triggered a loaded firearm, police reported Wednesday. The Memphis resident was asleep beside his female partner when the unexpected incident occurred early Monday morning. He suffered a minor graze wound to his left thigh and was treated at a hospital. According to the police report, the one-year-old dog “got his paw stuck in the trigger guard and ended up hitting the trigger.” The type of weapon involved was not specified, but authorities classified the shooting…

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — Caribbean Community (Caricom) foreign ministers have been informed that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to visit the Caribbean before the end of March for discussions on key regional matters. Last Sunday, US Special Envoy for Latin America and the Caribbean, Mauricio Claver-Carone, met in Washington with representatives from Barbados, the Bahamas, Belize, Dominica, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts-Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago. While the exact itinerary of Rubio’s visit remains undisclosed, sources revealed that discussions will focus on critical topics such as economic development, energy,…

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Health experts are urging parents to keep children under eight away from slushy ice drinks containing glycerol, following a series of hospitalisations in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Slushy drinks, often marketed towards children, use glycerol as a sweetener and anti-freezing agent. However, researchers warn that excessive intake can lead to glycerol intoxication, causing symptoms such as low blood sugar, shock, and loss of consciousness. A recent peer-reviewed study published in the Archives of Disease in Childhood examined an apparent surge in cases, revealing that 21 children—aged two to seven—required emergency treatment after consuming slushies…

Downtown Kingston Bus Dispute Turns Deadly Passengers were left in shock and distress on Monday March 10,2025 when a heated dispute between a bus driver and a conductor escalated into a fatal stabbing in the heart of downtown Kingston. The altercation, reportedly over $150, ended in tragedy when 36-year-old Kemar Myrie, also known as ‘Paul,’ of Top Temple Hall, St. Catherine, was fatally wounded. According to police reports, the incident unfolded around 12:20 p.m. along Orange Street, near Heywood Street. Myrie and the bus driver got into an argument, during which the driver allegedly pulled a knife and stabbed Myrie…

Reggae and Dancehall Legend Cocoa Tea Dies at 65 Calvin Scott, better known as Cocoa Tea, the beloved reggae and dancehall singer who helped shape contemporary Jamaican music, passed away in South Florida on Tuesday at the age of 65 after a prolonged battle with cancer. Hailing from the fishing village of Rocky Point in Clarendon, Cocoa Tea initially aspired to be a jockey. However, his passion for music led him to record his first song at just 13 years old. His big break came in the early 1980s with Rocking Dolly, a hit produced by Henry “Junjo” Lawes for…

ST MARY, Jamaica — A man who allegedly rented a vehicle and then sold it for $800,000 is now facing multiple fraud charges in relation to the incident. Charged with larceny of a motor vehicle, obtaining money by false pretence, and possession of criminal property is 23-year-old Trevaughn Hydol from St Mary. It is alleged that on January 30, Hydol rented a motor car and drove the car to Portmore, St Catherine, where he sold the vehicle to a man for $800,000. He reportedly collected a partial payment of $400,000 to provide the documents for the vehicle. The police said…

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Dancehall artiste Mavado is threatening legal action following the recent overturning of the murder convictions of his son, Dantay Brooks, and Andre Hines. The two were initially sentenced to life imprisonment for a 2018 murder, but their convictions were quashed by the Appeal Court, which ruled that their convictions were unsafe, leading to a substantial miscarriage of justice. The Appeal Court found that the trial judge mishandled the identification evidence and did not adequately address the credibility of the prosecution’s sole eyewitness, resulting in the applicants being denied proper legal safeguards. Mavado expressed his relief and joy…

Kingston, Jamaica – Police Commissioner Kevin Blake is positioning lawmen as human rights activists amid a row between The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) and activist group Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ). In a press release on Friday, the Constabulary Communications Network (CCN) highlighted an internal column written by Blake. “I challenge anyone to find a greater advocate for human rights than those who put their lives on the line every day in protection of others,” he said. While acknowledging that the idea of the police as human rights advocates may seem, to some, like a contradiction, the JCF said that the…

Nassau, The Bahamas (CMC) – The Bahamas government announced on Friday that officials from SpaceX are due in the country following Thursday night’s explosion of a SpaceX Starship rocket, with debris falling into Bahamian airspace. “The debris from Starship fell into our airspace in the Southern Bahamas. Following the incident, SpaceX [employed] contingency measures, which include immediate and continual communication with Bahamian officials,” the government said in a statement. The government said it has since been assured by SpaceX that the debris contains no toxic materials and that the debris is not expected to have any significant impact on marine…

Trelawny, Jamaica – Commanding officer for the Trelawny Police, Superintendent Winston Milton, has warned that the parish is not the place to commit crimes, as the probability of perpetrators being caught, arrested, and charged is extremely high. He was speaking in light of the arrest and charging of two men for the murder of 61-year-old vendor Milton Morris of Crawle district, Duncans, Trelawny. The arrest comes three weeks after the incident was committed on January 31 and marks a 100 percent clear-up rate for all crimes committed in the parish since January 1 this year. “We are very efficient in…