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Antigua gov’t paying more than $122K a month to maintain Russian billionaire Andrey Guryev’s seized $120M Alfa Nero superyacht
(Luxury Launches) — Superyachts are treasured possessions; until they get sanctioned and become a burden so beautiful you have little choice but to maintain it. That’s precisely the case with Russian billionaire Andrew Guryev’s $120 million superyacht Alfa Nero. After being moored and motionless in Falmouth Harbour for over a year, Alfa Nero costs the…
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Risk of vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks at 30-year high, PAHO Director says
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, calls on countries to urgently step-up routine vaccination programs as the risk of disease outbreaks in the Americas reaches a 30-year high due to a decline in vaccination coverage. While the Americas was the first region in the world to eliminate polio in 1994 and…
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MISSING: Jaliyah Charles, 14, of Gunthropes
The family of 14 years-old Jaliyah Charles of Gunthropes is asking the public for assistance in knowing her whereabouts. Jaliyah was last seen in Liberta sometime on Wednesday, April 19 and has not returned home since. Anyone with information as to her whereabouts should contact the Liberta Police Station at 460-1002 or the Youth Intervention…
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Intruder told woman to ‘keep quiet and don’t move’ as he robbed her in her own home
A 42-year-old woman came face to face with a man who had breached her home in search of money. The Nut Grove resident telephoned the Grays Farm Police Station and reported the incident. Reportedly, the victim told officers she had been in her bedroom when the door was pushed open and a light was pointed…
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Man brandishes ‘butcher knife’ at superette employee and takes off with $1,300 cash after broad-daylight robbery
(REAL News) — Investigations are underway into a daring daylight robbery during which a Lightfoot West business was relieved of $1,300 in cash by an unknown man. The offence, which occurred on April 19, at about 1:30 p.m., was reported to the All Saints Police Station. Reports say the man entered the D’Jazz Superette while…
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Fines amounting to $22K levied on McKinnons man convicted for unlawful possession of gun and ammunition
(REAL News) — There were several convictions in the St. John’s Magistrates Court this week, including one in which a McKinnons man was fined for gun and ammunition possession. Reports are that 49-year-old Jermaine King appeared before Magistrate Dane Hamilton Jr. on charges of unlawful possession of a firearm – a Taurus G2s; possession of…