August 2015

Help on the way for Dominica after Tropical Storm Erika leaves at least 12 dead, others missing, island devastated

August 28, 2015 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_7494" align="alignleft" width="300"] Flooded rivers and collapsed bridges were among the effects of Hurricane Erika. This is the Macoucherie River. (Photo: Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit’s Facebook Page)[/caption] ROSEAU, Dominica, Friday August 28, 2015 – Regional governments and the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) are...

Two UWI Mona students die in St Ann crash

August 28, 2015 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_7491" align="alignleft" width="300"] O’Shane Reid and his friend Shanise Simmonds who died Wednesday night in a car crash in St Ann.[/caption] JUST mere weeks following the death of lecturer Charmaine Henry, the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, has been plunged into mourning again. The...

You don’t talk about my 200m like that — Usain Bolt

August 28, 2015 in Sports

USAIN Bolt confirmed his superiority over Justin Gatlin, this time over 200m, to secure his second gold medal of the World Championships currently taking place in Beijing, China. In a scintillating world-leading 19.55 seconds, Bolt drawn in lane six, started strongly, ran a superb curve, before...