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No CCJ Referendum During Current Term
10+ hour, 51+ min ago (257+ words) Prime Minister Gaston Browne Prime Minister Gaston Browne says his administration will not pursue another referendum on replacing the Privy Council with the Caribbean Court of Justice during its current term in office. Browne made the disclosure while discussing public…...
Prison Superintendent’s Power to Reduce Sentences to Be Reviewed
10+ hour, 30+ min ago (258+ words) Prime Minister Gaston Browne Prime Minister Gaston Browne says the Government will move to restrict the prison superintendent’s authority to grant inmates sentence reductions of up to one-third. Browne said he has advised Attorney General Sir Steadroy Benjamin to review…...
Police to Intensify Stop-and-Search Operations and Target Dark Tints
12+ hour, 17+ min ago (212+ words) Police to intensify stop and search efforts Police are expected to expand stop-and-search operations and take stronger action against heavily tinted vehicles as part of the Government’s response to firearm violence. The measures were among several strategies considered during a…...
Four Arrested as Police Seize Firearm, Ammunition and Flare Gun
11+ hour, 34+ min ago (221+ words) Police operation leads to arrests and weapon discovery Four people have been arrested following separate police operations at Villa and Gray Hill on Sunday, during which officers seized a firearm, matching ammunition and a flare gun. At approximately 5:45 a.m., officers executed…...
PM Browne Backs Minister Turner’s Call for 15 Years to Life for Gravest Crimes
12+ hour, 4+ min ago (256+ words) Prime Minister Gaston Browne and Minister Rawdon Turner Prime Minister Gaston Browne has given qualified support to Minister Rawdon Turner’s proposal for sentences ranging from 15 years to life imprisonment for serious sexual offences against children and violent crimes committed with…...
Dominica Police Signal Possible Dismissals and Terminations of Officers in Coming Days
13+ hour, 2+ min ago (223+ words) Lincoln Corbette, Acting Chief of the Dominica Police Force (DOM767) The Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force is expected to announce disciplinary action, including possible dismissals and terminations, against some officers in the coming days. Acting Chief of Police Lincoln Corbette disclosed…...
WATCH: PM Browne Highlights Case of Teen Left with Herpes After Sexual Assault
13+ hour, 28+ min ago (149+ words) Antigua News Prime Minister Gaston Browne (left) and Senator Colin O’Neal Browne during an appearance on the Browne and Browne show (Pointe Broadcasting Network) Prime Minister Gaston Browne has highlighted the case who was reportedly left with herpes after being…...
St Kitts-Nevis DPP to Review Mandatory Minimum Sentences Following Turner’s Comments
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (408+ words) St Kitts and Nevis Director of Public Prosecutions Adlai Smith says he intends to study a recent Privy Council ruling and advise the country’s Attorney General to revisit mandatory minimum sentences for firearm and sexual offences. Smith, an Antiguan and…...
Minister Turner Calls for 15 to Life In Prison for Serious Child Sex and Gun Crimes
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (620+ words) Minister of Social and Urban Transformation Rawdon Turner is calling on Parliament to establish a minimum sentence of 15 years and a maximum of life imprisonment for serious sexual offences against children and violent crimes involving firearms. “My position is clear....
OPINION: Before We Blame the Youth, Ask What They Have Been Seeing?
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (941+ words) Mirroring By Shenella Deane Antigua and Barbuda, we need to have an uncomfortable conversation. We keep talking about gun crime. We talk about young people. We talk about gangs. We talk about illegal firearms. We talk about locking people up....