Dominica has suffered "widespread damage" from Hurricane Maria, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit reports. The hurricane suddenly strengthened to a "potentially catastrophic" category five storm, before making landfall on the island Monday night. PM Skerrit who gave social media users live updates during storm which included him being rescued following the lost of his...
Momemts after Hurricane Maria made landfall on Dominica around 9:15 p.m Monday night, the island's Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit, took to Facebook to share his horrific experience. PM Skerrit says he had to be rescued after his roof was blown off and his house began to flood. "My roof is gone. I...
Hurricane Maria made landfall on Dominica around 9:15 p.m. Monday night with estimated winds of 160 mph. Reports coming out of Dominica is the main hospital in Roseau has already lost its entire roof and the rain damaged their generation. There's also reports of widespread flooding and damages to other buildings...
A 'loader man' known as 'Mattie' was shot and killed at the Spanish Town bus park over the weekend. Reports are the St Catherine North Police responded to loud explosions Sunday afternoon and discovered the man suffering from gunshot wounds to the upper body. He was rushed to the Spanish Town Hospital where...
Hurricane Maria has strengthened to a "potentially catastrophic" category five storm which forecasters expect to near Dominica in the next few hours and approach Puerto Rico by Tuesday night. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Monday evening that the storm with 160 mph (260 kph) winds may continue to...
A police corporal was shot and injured by gunmen on Monday afternoon at his home inside a gated community in Trelawny. The lawman who is attached to the Stewart Town Police Station was shot in the leg and thigh and rushed to hospital. He is currently undergoing emergency surgery at the Falmouth Public General...
Jamaican track superstar Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce plans to return to training next month after taking an extended break to have her first child. According to the 30-year-old sprinter, she is now targeting an October return to competitive training and will rejoin the Stephen Francis-led MVP track club, which she briefly left...
A Vere Technical High School 6th form student is now battling for life after being shot in the head during an attack which also claimed the life of her father in Clarendon on Saturday night. According to reports, Suene Riley and her 51-year-old father Jimmy Riley were both at home...