ALLISIA McPherson, 18, of Lot 612 ‘C’ Field, Sophia, Georgetown, who was stabbed about the body 41 times had been a victim of physical abuse by her 19-year-old boyfriend, who has gone into hiding since the murder.McPherson’s life ended tragically early on Sunday morning when she was stabbed to death by her boyfriend, who has been identified as construction worker, Shivnarine Roopnarine, called “Shiv” of Gro ...

ST GEORGE'S, Grenada (AFP) -- Alastair Cook closed in on becoming England's highest Test run-maker yesterday, as his team began their pursuit of West Indies' 299 all out on the second day of the second Test. England skipper Cook and fellow opener Jonathan Trott negotiated 26 overs without real alarm as the visitors reached 74 without loss at the National Cricket Stadium. Cook achieved a milestone during his ...

Kingston, Jamaica: Trinidad and Tobago’s aspiring young footballers impressed the Chelsea FC Foundation coaches as they displayed top footballing talent at the recently-held Digicel Kickstart Clinics.   Chelsea FC Foundation Senior International Development Officer and Digicel Kickstart Clinics Head Coach, David Monk, said; “The boys showed a strong command of the game, on and off the ball, impressive ...

A female correctional officer who was caught with drugs in her private part has been officially charged and is expected to make her first court appearance today. Lydia Charlery of La Pointe, Mon Repos was found with hashish – a product of marijuana – tightly wrapped in a clear plastic bag and further concealed in foil paper in her possession on Sunday, April 12. The entire package reportedly weighed about 2 ...

Top male high-school athletes, Michael O'Hara of Calabar High and Jaheel Hyde of Wolmer's Boys', have been barred from representing their institutions at the 2015 Penn Relays, which takes place next week in Philadelphia, United States. The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA), which governs the popular annual relay carnival in Pennsylvania, noted its ban on the basis that both athletes h ...

FORMER Tivoli Gardens don Christopher 'Dudus Coke is said to have sent a message to Prime Minister Bruce Golding in May 2010 demanding that he "find a way to deal with this" or "come good" if he intended to apprehend him for extradition to the United States. Former Commissioner of Police Owen Ellington testified yesterday, during the continuation of the Tivoli enquiry at the Jamaica Conference Centre, that ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Thursday March 26, 2015, CMC – The United States Coast Guard says it has transferred custody of three Dominican Republic smugglers and about 1,100 pounds of cocaine to the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) following an at-sea interdiction off the coast of Guayama, Puerto Rico. On Wednesday, the Coast Guard said the interdiction was the result of a multi-agency law enforcement e ...

The Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Albert Ramdin, arrived in the Caribbean country of Saint Kitts and Nevis this week for the 33rd Model OAS General Assembly for Universities of the Hemisphere (MOAS).   More than 100 hundred students from 9 countries, representing 16 delegations, travelled to Saint Kitts and Nevis to join their in-country counterparts for the ...

Several students from primary schools throughout the Territory have received copies of a book titled, ‘This Land: A trust from God’, that focuses on the environment and tackles vital areas of the Virgin Islands value system and culture.   The distribution of the book written by local author Mrs. Verna Penn Moll is a part of an initiative which began last year and is expected to continue until all schoo ...

The Ministry of Health and Social Development has launched a four part series on pharmaducation to educate the public on asthma management strategies, drug interactions, pharmacovigilance and proper disposal of unwanted medicines.   The series is designed to empower the community with tools to effectively manage asthma and knowledge to make the best decisions with regards to their pharmaceutical use. A ...