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MILLION DOLLAR PROBE Trinidad probes Vybz Kartel USD$950K fee after concert no-show Trinidad and Tobago Finance Minister Davendranath Tancoo has ordered an investigation into the use of foreign exchange related to artist fees for the One Caribbean Music Festival (OCMF), following the controversial withdrawal of Jamaican dancehall star Adidja “Vybz Kartel” Palmer and other international acts from the event over alleged contractual issues.
“I am intrigued by the amount of foreign exchange being mentioned in the media reports as having been involved in this venture, and I expect in other similar ventures. I have requested the Ministry of Finance to investigate and report on the questions raised. – Tancoo
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More BSO deputies suspended following Tamarac triple murder investigation The Broward Sheriff’s Office (BSO) is disciplining several more deputies in connection with the agency’s handling of a domestic violence case that ended in a triple homicide earlier this year. A BSO deputy was fired and seven others were suspended — six without pay — after the triple murder in Tamarac, according to a Miami Herald report. Disciplinary documents cite “breach of confidence” and “neglect of duties” among the reasons for the actions. The latest suspensions come months after the Feb. 16 killings of Mary Gingles, 34, her
father David Ponzer, 64, and neighbor Andrew Ferrin, 36. Authorities say Mary’s estranged husband, 43-year-old Nathan Gingles, shot all three before fleeing with the couple’s 4-yearold daughter, Seraphine, who was later found unharmed. Investigators say Nathan Gingles first shot Ponzer in the head while he was having coffee on the back patio. With Seraphine in tow, he then chased his estranged wife as she ran to Ferrin’s house for refuge. Both Mary Gingles and Ferrin were gunned down inside the home before Gingles fled with the child.
Court records reveal that in the months leading up to the killings, Mary Gingles repeatedly sought help from law enforcement, reporting multiple domestic violence incidents and securing several restraining orders against her husband. Despite these warnings, BSO deputies failed to intervene when they had the chance. Sheriff Gregory Tony revealed that a review of past police calls showed deputies could have arrested Gingles in December following a domestic violence complaint, but they did not. “We had a chance to save their loved one’s
life, and we failed,” Tony said in February. “There were clear opportunities to take action, and we didn’t. That is unacceptable. … This was a piss-poor response,” he added, after suspending several deputies and warned that more disciplinary action would follow. “People will lose their job(s) over this.” The earlier suspensions, along with the demotion of Capt. Jemeriah Cooper—who previously led the Tamarac district—were part of the department’s response to mounting public and internal scrutiny.
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