Can Too Much Vitamin D Be Toxic? Researchers analyzed information from more than 20,000 vitamin D blood tests performed on people living in Rochester, Minnesota, and the surrounding area over a 10-year period.

by Rachael Rettner, Senior Writer   |   May 07, 2015 

As more Americans take vitaminD supplements, ​there has been concern that more people could experience toxic effects from very high vitamin D levels. But a new study shows that people rarely experience harmful side effects when taking large amounts of vitamin D.

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Researchers analyzed information from more than 20,000 vitamin D blood tests performed on people living in Rochester, Minnesota, and the surrounding area over a 10-year period. They looked to see how many people had "high" vitamin D levels, defined as levels over 50 nanograms per milliliter. (Normalvitamin D levels are between 20 and 50 ng/mL.)

About 8 percent of the people had vitamin D levels over 50 ng/mL, but 0.6 percent had even higher levels, over 80 ng/mL, and 0.2 percent had levels over 100 ng/mL. The researchers also found that the proportion of people with high vitamin D levels increased considerably during the study period — from 9 per 100,000 people in 2002 to 233 per 100,000 people in 2011. This spike is likely due to an increase in people taking vitamin D supplements, either because a doctor prescribed them or because they decided on their own to take them, the researchers said.

Despite this increase, the people in the study rarely experienced hypercalcemia, or high blood calcium levels that can occur as a result of high vitamin D levels. The condition can cause weakness, vomiting and kidney problems, and is the main side effect of high vitamin D levels.

In fact, there was no link between people's vitamin D levels and their blood calcium levels. [9 Good Sources of Disease-Fighter Vitamin D]

"We found that, even in those with high levels of vitamin D over 50 ng/mL, there was not an increased risk of hypercalcemia, or elevated serum calcium, with increasing levels of vitamin D," study co-author Dr. Thomas D. Thacher, a family medicine expert at Mayo Clinic, said in a statement. more

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KINGSTON, JAMAICA: Two Children Disappear, One Said Abducted.....5 y-o Iesha Stewart and 6 y-o Phaedra Martin..... Police need our help. PLEASE SHARE TO HELP FOR SAFETY RETURN.

Published:Thursday | May 7, 2015Corey Robinson

For more than a day, Phaedra Martin, the six-year-old who was reportedly abducted in Tuesday's brazen midday attack on Ransford Avenue in St Andrew, remains missing.

The disappearance of five-year-old Iesha Stewart, of Lower Second Street, Kingston 12, since Tuesday, April 21, is also baffling the police who have activated a high alert for her.

In the case of Phaedra, up to late yesterday evening, police could not say for sure whether the child was abducted by criminals or if she was taken as part of ongoing wrangling between the parents.

At the same time, the child's mother, Terri-Anne Pedley, has hit out against media reports surrounding the disappearance of her child, for whom there is reportedly an ongoing custody battle.

"We can't talk to anybody at this moment. Everybody has their own story out there and this is where it has gone," said an unaccommodating Pedley when contacted byThe Gleaner late yesterday evening.

Asked to respond to the reports of the custody battle, Pedley said flatly: "No, that is okay. This has nothing to do with what has happened.

"The point is that a child is missing and we are trying to find her. It has no bearing on the background or anything, and this is where the media has gotten out of control, and we cannot accept it anymore," said Pedley, adding that her only interest was to work with the police to have the matter resolved. She said she had no idea who could have taken her child.

"The father gave a story this morning. We read it in the paper and we, as the family, [are] okay with what is in the papers," she said, noting that she was not up to arguing about whatever story was being circulated.

"He was the only one on the scene at the time when the incident happened. I was not there. No one else from the family was there. So whatever story that is out there, it is of no importance to us right now. All we are concerned about is getting Phaedra home," she said, hanging up the phone before another question.

Terri-Anne ignored further calls from The Gleaner.  Phaedra's father, Shim Ron Martin, told reporters that he was walking with the little girl along Ransford Avenue about 1:18 p.m. when two men, one armed with a knife approached him and attempted to take the girl. There was reportedly a struggle and one of the men managed to flee to a waiting car with the screaming child.

According to the father, "They gave me the impression that they had gun. Mi didn't want to go after them and fail."

Yesterday, however, investigators were still approaching the case cautiously. According to police sources, there is an ongoing battle involving the little girl, and there is little information to suggest that the child is in immediate harm. The policeman warned that there might be civil recourse to come from the incident.

In the case of five-year-old Iesha, the cops say she was last seen at home dressed in a pink blouse and a pink and yellow skirt. She has not been heard from since. They are asking anyone knowing her whereabouts to contact the Denham Town Police at 922-6441, Police 119 emergency number or the nearest police station.     more

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MANCHESTER, Jamaica : 26-year-old Stepson hacks 60-year-old stepfather, Everton Robinson to death

Wednesday, May 06, 2015 | 6:25 PM by Alicia Sutherland   

MANCHESTER, Jamaica – The Manchester police say that a 26-year-old man is now in custody in connection with the chopping death of his 60-year-old stepfather, Everton Robinson, on Friday.

The stepson’s identity has not yet been released.

Reports are that about 2:45 pm, Robinson and his stepson were involved in a dispute at their home in Asia, South Manchester, which resulted in the 60-year-old receiving several chop wounds.

The elderly man, who was reportedly employed as a watchman, succumbed to his injuries at hospital.

Police say that the 26-year-old was acting “strangely” prior to the incident and is believed to have a mental condition....DEVELOPING ST

KINGSTON, Jamaica : 6-y-o girl, Phaedra Martin of Berwick Road, Kingston 13 kidnapped, cops appeal for help

Wednesday, May 06, 2015 | 4:19 PM

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The police have launched a manhunt for the culprits suspected of kidnapping a six-year-old girl in Kingston and are seeking the public’s assistance in locating the child.

Phaedra Martin of Berwick Road, Kingston 13

Phaedra Martin of Berwick Road, Kingston 13, was reportedly taken from her father by unknown assailants on Ransford Avenue, Kingston about 1:30 pm.

She is of brown complexion, slim build and was dressed in her blue school uniform, blue socks, black shoes and carrying a pink bag.

Phaedra’s father allegedly picked her up from school and the two were walking along Ransford Road when two men, one armed with a knife attacked them.

The police report that the assailants then took the child in a motor car, which was parked on the roadway with three persons aboard, including a female, before they fled the scene.

The police are urging anyone with information pertaining to the whereabouts of Phaedra Martin and the culprits responsible for the attack, to contact the Counter Terrorism and Organized Crime Branch at 967-5680 or 967-3284, Crime Stop at 311, police 119 emergency number or the nearest police station.

Persons can also give information via the Stay Alert application which can be downloaded free of cost on the Google Play Store or the Unite for Change website. more

Jamaica 92nd best place to be a mother. Norway is the number one – report....Other Caribbean countries that came ahead of Jamaica included Grenada, 43; Barbados, 52; Bahamas, 64; Trinidad and Tobago, 67; St Lucia, 68; St Vincent and the Grenadines, 86.

Wednesday, May 06, 2015 | 7:34 PM

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Ahead of Sunday’s celebration for mothers across the world, the world's 92nd best place to be a mother is Jamaica.

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Norway is the number one world’s best place to be a mother according to an annual survey.

In the Save the Children's annual State of the World's Mothers report, countries are judged based on maternal and child health, children's access to education and women's political and economic status.

Other Caribbean countries that came ahead of Jamaica included Grenada, 43; Barbados, 52; Bahamas, 64; Trinidad and Tobago, 67; St Lucia, 68; St Vincent and the Grenadines, 86. The Dominican Republic came in behind Jamaica at 95 to round out Caribbean countries in the top 100.

Somalia ranked as the worst place to be a mother for the second year running with findings showing that almost 15 per cent of Somali children do not live to see their fifth birthday, the charity said.

Findings from the report revealed that Washington, DC has the highest infant mortality rate of all the world's richest capitals as 6.6 babies die per 1,000 live births - making the US capital the most dangerous city in the developed world to be born. The United States was ranked at 33.

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JAMAICA : Child Allegedly Locked In House And Forced To Have Sex With Men; Burned When She Refused....Insight into where some of 4,394 children that have gone missing between January 2013 and March 2015 might be ending up. The room she was placed in had approximately 12 girls, "some 11, 12, 13; the oldest one, I know she was 17".

After being missing for four weeks, a girl attending a prominent Corporate Area high school tells a chilling tale of being abducted and forced into prostitution, which could give some insight into where some of 4,394 children that have gone missing between January 2013 and March 2015 might be ending up.

The police, along with the Child Development Agency, have commenced investigations into the matter since it was brought to their attention yesterday by The Gleaner to ascertain the credibility of the young girl's story.

Fourteen-year-old Shanique* went missing on April 8 after attending a counselling session at the Victim Support Unit, sending her mother into panic mode, because, although she had slept out overnight on two previous occasions, she had never been away from home for so long.

Shanique, who hails from one of St Andrew's inner-city communities, in a changing story said she somehow ended up in Clarendon. There is where Shanique's ordeal reportedly started, as she claimed to have boarded a car, with one other girl in it, to make her way back to Kingston. She said it had a 'funny smell', as though there was something coming from the A/C and that made her feel sleepy.

"The driver stopped at this building that looked like a church, but it was built with board. He came out and said to give him a minute and went to the back of the church and came back with three other guys who had weapons (knives), and said that we were supposed to come out," Shanique said.

Jermaine Barnaby/Photographer Displaying
 the burns she said she received.

When she went into the building, she saw several other girls in various rooms, she said. The room she was placed in had approximately 12 girls, "some 11, 12, 13; the oldest one, I know she was 17".

Shanique added: "There was a big woman there, who is not like us, she is around 18 or 19, and the other girls said she was there from she was young. So they use her to put on the makeup and stuff." more

NASSAU, Bahamas (AFP) : World Champs is where it matters, says Usain Bolt (PHOTOS)

Jamaica’s 4x100m men’s team (from left)
Nesta Carter,
 Kemar Bailey- Cole, Usain Bolt, and
Nickel Ashmeade,
pose after collecting their silver medals.

Tuesday, May 05, 2015    

NASSAU, Bahamas (AFP) -- While the eyes of the sporting world were fixed on boxing's much-touted 'fight of the century' in Las Vegas, two of the fastest men on the planet renewed a rivalry which bodes for an electrifying season on the track.

Six-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt and American arch-rival Justin Gatlin took to the blue track of the Thomas A Robinson Stadium in the capital of the Bahamas just as the Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao title bout got under way.

   

(L-R) Warren Weir relaxes after leading
 Jamaica to victory in the men’s 4x200m
 relay. Jamaica's Samantha Henry- Robinson
 leaves the blocks on the first leg of the
silver medalwinning 4x200m team. Javon
Francis recovers after another scintillating
 anchor leg of 44.00 seconds, which could
 only take Jamaica to fourth in the 4x400m.

The comparison was not lost on either athlete as Gatlin helped the US quartet to the 4x100m crown in the second edition of the IAAF World Relays, Bolt unable to snag American anchor Ryan Bailey in the run-in for the line.

Jamaica’s golden girls (from left)
Simone Facey, Schillonie Calvert,
Veronica Campbell Brown and
 Kerron Stewart celebrate after
 winning the 4x100m.

"I think it's going to be a good rivalry -- like Pacquiao and Mayweather," said Gatlin, against whom Bolt says he has no problem competing after the American 2004 Olympic 100m gold medallist saw out his four-year ban for doping.

"I think that's what the track fans want to see this year and I want to help bring that."

Gatlin, 33, dominated the 2014 season with career-best and world-leading times in the 100 and 200m of 9.77 and 19.68sec, respectively.

Bolt, however, was forced to sit out most of last season with injuries, but says he seems to be coming back into the form required to defend his sprint titles at the World Championships in Beijing in August.

"We just need to get back to the shape we are used to," Bolt said after finishing second to the United States in the shortest relay.

"We have three months, and at the World Championships that's where it really matters."

Indeed, Bolt has assisted Jamaica to win two Olympic and three world titles in the 4x100m and said the victory of the US quartet, also featuring Tyson Gay -- a sprinter Bolt said shouldn't even be running after his doping ban was halved for "cooperation", "makes it more exciting going into the World Championships".

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"I'm not totally surprised. We're not in the best shape as a team, and personally I know I'm not in the best form that I can be. I have three months to work on that," Bolt said.

"But I came here to run so that's the best... I take every loss as a learning curve."

On an individual level, Gatlin was adamant that he was the "man to beat right now". more

Signal wasn't deported : THE management of dancehall deejay Busy Signal has denied the artiste was deported from Panama

BY RICHARD JOHNSON Observer senior reporter johnsonr@jamaicaobserver.com  Tuesday, May 05, 2015    

THE management of dancehall deejay Busy Signal has denied the artiste was deported from Panama last weekend.

Busy Signal, 33 y-o

According to the artiste's manager Gely Gordon, Busy Signal, 33, was en route to the Jump Festival in Bogota, Colombia, Friday, but was not allowed to transit through Panama by authorities in that country due to his past infractions with the law in the United States.

"He had a one-hour, 20-minute layover in Panama before connecting on the flight to Colombia. He disembarked the plane and then he was informed that they would not allow him to transit through their country due to his past situation," Gordon told the Jamaica Observer.

"We got the authorities here (Jamaica) to speak to the people in Panama, but they wouldn't budge. So he was held in the airport and came back to Jamaica on the next available flight, which was the following day. So Busy Signal wasn't deported, they just didn't allow him to transit through their country on his way to the show in Colombia," he continued.

Gordon said efforts were made by the promoters to

re-route Busy Signal, but this would have been futile as he would not have got to Bogota in time for the show on Saturday. more

IN JAMAICA : JESSIE Rippoll Primary School in Kingston was given a major facelift yesterday, thanks to the kind assistance from a group of Canadian police officers who are in the island on a humanitarian mission....

Tuesday, May 05, 2015    

JESSIE Rippoll Primary School in Kingston was given a major facelift yesterday, thanks to the kind assistance from a group of Canadian police officers who are in the island on a humanitarian mission.

Students (L) Canadian police officers carrying out renovation work at Jessie
 Rippoll Primary School in Kingston yesterday.
 (PHOTOS: LIONEL ROOKWOOD)

"Under the school initiative the Peter Claver Library was repainted and renovated. The supplement of the school library collection was also upgraded," said Stacy Clarke, staff sergeant from the group of approximately 40 members.

Clarke said the visiting officers, all having Jamaican roots, were being led on the self-funded project by chief of the Winnipeg Police Service, Devon Clunis, who reached out to the York Regional Police Service and the Toronto Police Service to participate in the humanitarian mission.

The Jamaican police provided ground support.

Sergeant Bonnie Estwick, another Canadian officer, said that in addition to renovating the school officers wanted to use the opportunity as a learning experience.

"One of our project objectives was that we wanted to provide officers the opportunity to enhance their understanding of Jamaican youth," Eswick explained to the Jamaica Observer.

She said the aim was to also bring back some of the experience and knowledge back to Canada.

Yesterday, principal of Jessie Rippoll Primary school, Detry Fogah, said she was thankful for the assistance.

"...We believe this assistance will be a major boost for our operations," said the school principal. more

101-Year-Old Man Rescued From Rubble With 'Minor Injuries' 1 Week After Nepal Earthquake

The Huffington Post |  By Dominique Mosbergen Email Posted: 05/04/2015 2:45 am EDT 

A week after a devastating earthquake rocked Nepal, killing more than 7,000 people, a 101-year-old man was reportedlypulled from the rubble of his home in a village located about 50 miles northwest of Kathmandu.

Nepal's National Emergency Operation Center said Phanchu Tamang was rescued on Saturday in Kimtang village in the Nuwakot district. Agence France-Presse reported that the centenarian suffered only “minor injuries to his ankle and hand,” despite being trapped since the quake hit on April 25.

"He was brought to the district hospital in a helicopter. His condition is stable," a police official told AFP.

According to The Guardian, police also rescued three women on Sunday from the rubble in Sindhupalchowk, one of Nepal’s worst-hit districts. The rescues are much-needed good news for Nepal, which continues to reel from the devastation caused by the 7.8-magnitude earthquake -- the worst to hit the impoverished country in more than 80 years.

Finance Minister Ram Sharan Mahat said over the weekend that the death toll is expected to rise significantly once relief teams reach mountain villages. more

IN JAMAICA: Cop kills cop then himself Two young men were best friends, deaths shock St Ann...Police Constables Keemo Walsh and Andualy Smith were best friends.

By Renae Dixon Observer staff reporter dixonr@jamaicaobserver.com  Monday, May 04, 2015    

Police Constables Keemo Walsh and Andualy Smith were best friends. Those close to the two said they went everywhere together. In fact, persons close to the dead cops said they were out celebrating a friend's birthday on Saturday, May 2 while anticipating celebrating Smith's birthday on Sunday, May 3.

(L-R) Andualy Smith and Keemo Walsh

It was therefore a shock for colleagues and friends when they heard that the two were dead in an alleged case of murder/suicide that shook the White River community near the tourist resort town of Ocho Rios, St Ann in the dead of night.

which took place about 2:00 am Sunday.

Smith, stationed at St Ann's Bay, allegedly shot Walsh, who was stationed in Ocho Rios, while they were at the Grass Hoppa Bar and Grill in White River. He is reported to have then turned the gun on himself while in a vehicle transporting Walsh to the hospital.

The news appeared to have devastated the St Ann police who were trying to come to grips with the tragedy when the Jamaica Observer visited at sunrise Sunday.

"The mood in the division is very sombre" said head of the St Ann Police, Superintendent Steve Brown, his own face a mask of grief. "The two police officers who died were very very well-known and very popular. They were best friends; you never see one without the other. Two talented, two bright young men. It's a really really sad mood in St Ann," he said.

However, he said he was unable to say exactly how the incident unfolded as investigations are on-going.

Independent Commissioner
 of Investigations
officers on the scene at White River.

"We can only confirm that two policemen from my division are dead and they died under very tragic circumstances and the information we have is that one shot the other and shot himself afterwards. The investigators are carrying out in-depth investigations at the moment," Brown stated.

However, while the police have not been able to confirm what exactly unfolded, persons who allegedly witnessed the first incident have their version of what happened. Some persons have stated that the two were arguing when Smith shot Walsh. However, one patron at the bar and grill said the two were actually playing when Walsh was shot. more

Two gold, one silver as Jamaica finish World Relays in style on last night's second and final day of the 2nd IAAF World Relay Championships

BY PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com  Monday, May 04, 2015    

Iconic Bolt Celebration

JAMAICA added three more medals, including two gold on last night's second and final day of the 2nd IAAF World Relay Championships at the Thomas A Robinson Stadium in the Bahamas and went a far way to redemption after just two silvers on Saturday's opening session.

The men's 4x200m team without World Record holder Usain Bolt retained their title while the veteran Veronica Campbell Brown rolled back the clock to anchor the women's 4x100m team to a close victory over the Americans, avenging last year's loss.

Jamaica Gold for  theWomen

The women's 4x400m were second again as Jamaica finished with five medals after winning two on Saturday -- in the men's 4x100m and the women's 4x200m.

Jamaica were second in the points tables with 46, behind the USA's 63 with Poland third with 34, followed by Australia (25), rounding out the top four teams.

The Jamaican men made up for their loss Saturday night in the 4x100m by retaining the 4x200m despite the absence of Bolt, who watched the race from the stands.

Jamaica’s Stephenie-Ann McPherson (right)
 takes off on the anchor leg after receiving the
 baton from teammate Christine Day on their
silver-medal win in the women’s 4X400m
 on yesterday’s final day of the IAAF
World Relay

Nickel Ashmeade, who replaced Jermaine Brown who ran in the semi-finals earlier in the day, Rasheed Dwyer, Jason Livermore and Warren Weir got away with an iffy baton change to run 1:20.97 minutes to get to the line first.

As their women did a night earlier, the American men had issues with their baton changes and were disqualified after another great run by Justin Gatlin, this time on the anchor leg, crossing the line third.

France were second in 1:21.49, while Germany were promoted to third after running 1:22.65. The Jamaican men ran faster in the semi-finals with a World Leading 1:20.19 to win their heat with Dwyer, Livermore, Brown and Weir on anchor beating France (1:21.41) and Germany, who ran a National Record 1:21.46. more

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Marcus Garvey's criminal record swings Obama....lingering criminal record appeared to be one of the reasons Jamaica's National Heroes were not directly recognised by United States President Barack Obama on his recent visit to Jamaica

BY HG HELPS Editor-at-Large helpsh@jamaicaobserver.com  Sunday, May 03, 2015    

MARCUS Mosiah Garvey's lingering criminal record appeared to be one of the reasons Jamaica's National Heroes were not directly recognised by United States President Barack Obama on his recent visit to Jamaica, the Jamaica Observer understands.

In his last official event, Obama, who visited Jamaica between April 8 and 9, laid a wreath at the shrine of Jamaican victims of World Wars I and II, and recognised two surviving ex-servicemen at National Heroes Park.

But information reaching the Sunday Observer is that the initial plan was for Obama to hail the memory of Jamaica's six National Heroes and one Heroine with a floral arrangement.

However, the long-standing history of Garvey's criminal record surfaced and in order to save the Obama administration from the embarrassment of honouring a convicted man, the switch was made to those who fell in the brutal wars.

The Jamaica Government has been vocal in seeking to get Garvey's record expunged, but there appears to be little urgency on the part of the US, although an aide to Obama during talks with Jamaica's Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller and seven of her Cabinet ministers, said the US would "look into" the matter.

Under US law, Obama does not have the power, nor authority, to expunge criminal records of individuals or even grant clemency for crimes committed under State law.

He can grant a pardon, but a pardon would not work in Garvey's case, as he would have had to be alive, admit that he did something wrong, then apply to the US President for that pardon.

The US Supreme Court handles the expunging of records, based upon applications filed. more

JAMAICA NOW (MORE SICKNESS OUTA JA) : 5 y-o Child gyrates for money in the street and handed money for her perfomance... DNA Bill at last... Baltimore boy shocks mom... JFJ pickle

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St Elizabeth, JAMAICA: Cop's funeral put off, more bullets to be removed from body of 25 y-o police Constable K'Mar Beckford

BY HG HELPS Editor-at-Large helpsh@jamaicaobserver.com  Sunday, May 03, 2015    

THE funeral service that was planned for slain police Constable K'Mar Beckford yesterday had to be postponed after the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) ruled that more bullets needed to be removed from his body.

The funeral was set for the Springfield Moravian Church, north-west St Elizabeth, where Beckford lived, but the family learnt late last week that, following a post-mortem and an unscheduled X-ray of the body at the Savanna-la-Mar Hospital, more gunshots were detected that needed to be removed as part of the ongoing investigation.

Beckford, 25, who was stationed in Westmoreland, was shot dead by an inspector of police who told investigators that the off duty, junior law enforcer had tried to rob patrons at a bar in the sea coast town of Hopewell, western Hanover on the morning of April 4. Investigators were also told that the inspector and a woman were shot in the incident.

However, that story has been vehemently challenged by Beckford's family members of which suggested that he was shot in cold blood, and asked that a thorough investigation be done.

The post-mortem was postponed three times before its last scheduled date of Monday, April 27, listed at that time as the last case to be done that day. But following the publishing of an article by the Sunday Observer on April 26, the examination was done as the first case that Monday morning.

The Sunday Observer understands that the post mortem revealed that Beckford died of "multiple gunshot wounds". One source close to the investigation, being conducted by INDECOM and the Inspectorate of the Constabulary revealed that he had also received no fewer than 10 shots, with one to the back of the head.

Following last Monday's post-mortem, the body was taken for an X-ray, which showed several bullets still lodged. The body, which is being kept by Doyley's Funeral Home in Westmoreland, will be sent to Kingston for the bullets to be extracted by Tuesday, the Sunday Observer has been informed.

Contacted for a comment yesterday on the latest developments, Lenorah Thomas, mother of the deceased man, said that the family had been taken off guard by the forced postponement of the funeral.

"I learnt only Thursday night that I would have to put off the funeral, and it was someone from INDECOM who called and informed me," Thomas said. more