Renowned iconic cricket comic and vendor Laban ‘Gravy’ Benjamin, who was shot by bandits outside his home Thursday night, said the three attackers also beat him as they tried to grab his personal belongings.

Cricket entertainer Laban “Gravy” Benjamin who was shot Thursday night, is conscious and alert after undergoing surgery.

Benjamin was shot in the left side of his chest, close to the shoulder.

Businessman Paul Aflak is calling on the government to cut duties and the revenue recovery charge (RRC) as he believes taxes are stifling commerce in the nation.

Dr Errol Cort, Minister of National Security, urged members of the Trafficking in Persons Prevention Committee yesterday to “think outside of the box”,

People in this day and age may not be in awe of superheroes of the comic book era, namely Superman, Batman and Robin, Spiderman, Wonder Woman and others that young people of the day believed in and really believed that they would be able to solve their problems, real and imagined.

The search for 66-year-old Norris “Piewancy” Isaac came to a tragic end at around 10 am Saturday when his partially decomposed body was discovered in a clump of bushes in Lightfoot.

A Pigotts teenager was rushed to Mount St John’s Medical Centre in an unconscious state after she jumped through a window to escape the flames that destroyed her home yesterday, while her mother was treated for burns to her right leg.

Head coach of Sugar Ridge Sap FC, Charles Weston, has described the team’s success in staving off automatic relegation from the Digicel and OBSERVER Media Group Premier Division as a huge ball and chain being removed from his feet.

The Acting Superintendent of the Mental Hospital is appealing for goodwill assistance to the facility from the local business community and private citizens.