Antigua rattled by earthquake

August 08, 2016 in Regional

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) — An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.8 rocked Antigua on Monday but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The Trinidad-based Seismic Research Centre (SRC) at the University of the West Indies (UWI) said that the quake occurred at...

9-y-o Canadian among dead in St Elizabeth crash

August 08, 2016 in Regional

ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica – The police are reporting the death of two individuals and injury of six others following a motor vehicle collision along the Content main road in St Elizabeth, yesterday. The deceased have been identified as nine-year-old Impressi Hughes of an Ontario, Canada address...

Don’t blame my daughter

August 08, 2016 in Regional

The grief stricken mother of 25-year-old Oniqua Nikki Phillip, who was run over by a truck on Carnival Tuesday, is hitting back at the public for blaming her daughter for her own death. Since the tragic incident over a week ago, there has been widespread speculation...

Long Street fire blankets city blocks in smoke

August 06, 2016 in Regional

The police have blamed an electrical fault as the cause of the Long Street fire which consumed a retail store’s stock and blanketed two city blocks in thick grey-white smoke yesterday. While the proprietors of Home Ideal Store have been left to clean up the...