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For a second time in a row, Alden Raphael, stage name Spoiler, of the K-9/Drug Squad Unit, is the Kaiso Headquarters Monarch. The fourth annual event was held under the theme “Reloaded to Fete” at the police headquarters on Sunday, June 12, 2009.
Spoiler performed a song titled, “Doh blame de Commissioner”, a sensational hit, which [...]
There is now a new Vendors Complex on Jeremie Street in Castries. The yellow and green painted, neatly designed edifice, is the latest infrastructural addition to the city.
It was officially opened during a brief ceremony organized by the Castries City Council (CCC) on Friday. Among those in attendance were Minister for Local Government, Urban Renewal [...]
Justice Brian Cottle told interested parties in the Keith Mondesir-Tuxedo Villas case that he would need “a couple of weeks” before he delivers his judgment.
Mondesir, the island’s health minister and owner of Tuxedo Villas, is accused of illegally obtaining duty-free concessions to refurbish his private home in Bonne Terre. The case was brought forward by [...]
Six years after the horrific Cathedral incident, and several cases later the Court of Appeal has ruled that the accused in the Cathedral killings be retried.
On December 31, 2000, the nation was thrown into shock after news broke of two men who had set on fire worshippers at the RC Basilica of the Immaculate Conception. [...]
St Lucia’s obvious need for a proper juvenile facility for young offenders has yet again resurfaced, now that a 13-year-old old girl is being held behind bars at one of the island’s police stations after being charged for murder.
Minister responsible for Security, Guy Mayers, in a recent interview with the STAR agreed that there is [...]
Gertude King, echoed through the church.”][/caption]A 20-year-old woman is dead. Two females, one 13 years old, are in a jail cell in two separate parts of the island, charged with her murder.
The incident occurred June 13, 2009. Kivana King was stabbed several times in the back while at a bar in the community of [...]
When televised scenes of four members of the Vieux Fort Special Services Unit (SSU) beating up on former Soca Monarch and musician Andrew “Yardie” Haynes, were shown during our local newscasts, the public was outraged. The footage showed the policemen kicking, dragging and dumping Haynes aboard a police vehicle. He was also shot in the [...]
Those who believed that news about the Richard Frederick case would have died because of the transfer of the Comptroller of Customs a few weeks ago appear to be way off. For in our courts MP Richard Frederick’s case against the office of the comptroller and by extension his own government, claiming damages, is still [...]
A 23-year-old man was recently sentenced to 18 months in prison. He had been found guilty of possession of firearm and ammunition. Pedro Laurison residing at Grand Riviere, was convicted for the crime a few weeks ago at the High Court. He was spared from a robbery charge that he was also facing.
According [...]
A case against four young men in their teens, who are currently facing a murder charge, came to an abrupt end yesterday at the High Court, following two successful Voir Dires.
A Voir Dire is a case within a case in the absence of the jury.
Justice Kenneth Benjamin discharged the jury, after he upheld submissions made [...]
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