Regional News

(Jamaica Observer) Forty-five-year-old Christian Kampfer of an address in Germany has been reported missing since Monday, February 17. 

(Trinidad Guardian) A 14-year-old form two stu­dent from a To­ba­go Sec­ondary School is said to be in a crit­i­cal con­di­tion and is fight­ing for her life af­ter she was shot in the head dur­ing an ex­change of gun­fire with po­lice yes­ter­day.

(Jamaica Observer) KEVIN “Rum Ram” Clarke has become the latest victim of gun violence — the very thing he had spent the last three years of his life advocating against.

(Jamaica Gleaner) As questions continue to swirl around last Tuesday’s removal of Jamaicans from the United Kingdom (UK), a proclaimed “self-deportee” has warned that returning expats “who find themselves in a strange country” may be jolted by a culture shock.

(Jamaica Star) While a St Catherine mother was finishing up her shift at a bar where she works, a trusted neighbour and friend, who she had earlier given dinner, allegedly used the opportunity to sneak into her house and molest her sleeping six-year-old child.

(Trinidad Express) The controversial “sea stage” that was being constructed at Maracas Beach has been removed.

(Trinidad Guardian) Evict­ed from state lands, Pas­tor Es­ther Cruick­shank, head of the Soul Re­vival King­dom Min­istries, said she is not leav­ing Carlsen Field.

A fixed, single CARICOM roaming rate is soon to be implemented according to CARICOM Chair and Barbadian Prime Minister, Mia Mottley.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele deployed hundreds of soldiers yesterday to fight gangs, days after facing criticism for barging into Congress with the army to pressure lawmakers over his security plan.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States yesterday tightened financial restrictions on Venezuela, blacklisting a subsidiary of Russian state oil major Rosneft that President Donald Trump’s administration has said provides a lifeline to President Nicolas Maduro’s government.

(Jamaica Observer) Reggae Boyz striker Darren Mattocks faces two felonies in the USA, international media has reported.

(Jamaica Observer) TEN minutes after Shontoll McCarthy’s relatives were awakened by loud explosions in their community, her five-year-old son’s frantic banging on their front door marked the beginning of a nightmare that is still unfolding.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Court of Ap­peal has agreed to sus­pend a re­cent judge­ment, which struck down as­pects of this coun­try’s colo­nial-age sedi­tion leg­is­la­tion.

SANTIAGO,  (Reuters) – South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co Ltd said yesterday it has resolved a dispute with the Chilean government over a $740 million suspension bridge in a deal that had required it to “give up its rights” in various areas.

(Barbados Nation) People with respiratory ailments are being asked to take precautions this week.

(Trinidad Express) Education Minister Anthony Garcia is warning school children about the dangers of the ‘jump/trip challenge’, after a child suffered a broken arm.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela said yesterday it would suspend TAP Air Portugal flights into and out of the country for 90 days, accusing the carrier of allowing opposition leader Juan Guaido’s uncle to bring explosives onto a flight to Caracas last week.

(Trinidad Express) A TAXI driver was hijacked, shot to the head and left for dead on Sunday by criminals wanting his car.

(Jamaica Star) A man was murdered on the grounds of a church in Kingston yesterday, moments after he exited his vehicle and was about the make his way to the place of worship.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The distraught mother of Rasheed Bullock, the 14-year-old Meadowbrook High student who became a victim of the ‘tripping jump challenge’ that has gone viral globally, said it was his close friend who lured him to his fall.