Regional News

(Trinidad Express) The oil price crash yesterday spells trouble for Trinidad and Tobago’s economy.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Prime Minister Andrew Holness has praised the late Rev Dr Carmen Stewart as an “outstanding Jamaican who dedicated most of her life in service to the Church and to communities”.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A Westmoreland man who was slain, allegedly by his partner, was a serial abuser who often accused his girlfriend of cheating on him, the deceased’s sister has revealed.

(Trinidad Express) What Sunil Ramsundar thought was a prank call a few weeks ago turned very real for him after a threatening phone call, and two men with guns showed up at his Charlieville home on Monday night ready to kill him.

(Trinidad Express) Two criminal suspects who played a game of hide and seek in a supermarket with dozens of heavily armed police officers, ended up the losers.

(Trinidad Guardian) The same man, Ken­neth “Span­ish” Ro­driguez, who was re­ferred to as a “known gang leader” in the In­ter­im Re­port from the Joint Se­lect Com­mit­tee (JSC) on Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty is still re­ceiv­ing lu­cra­tive Gov­ern­ment con­tracts from the cur­rent ad­min­is­tra­tion.

SANTIAGO/MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of women across Latin America’s biggest cities flocked to the streets for International Women’s Day yesterday, spurred by a growing outcry over inequality, femicide and strict abortion controls.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela’s elections council said yesterday that a fire over the weekend destroyed most of the voting machines stored in its main warehouse in the capital, Caracas, potentially complicating parliamentary elections scheduled for this year.

(Jamaica Observer) A St Ann mother is seeking justice for her 14-year-old son who alleges that he was sodomised by a pastor in the Seventh-day Adventist Church when he was just 13 years old.

(Jamaica Observer) Her face and form have graced the covers and pages of international fashion glossies and publications.

(Jamaica Observer) A St Ann mother is seeking justice for her 14-year-old son who alleges that he was sodomised by a pastor in the Seventh-day Adventist Church when he was just 13 years old.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A man who allegedly shot and injured a bus operator in Darliston, Westmoreland, on Thursday night, during an attempted robbery, was mobbed, beaten and then chopped to death by angry residents who cornered him.

(Jamaica Gleaner) After managing to complete a National Youth Service programme, Beverley Walters was placed on job experience in her community for three months.

(Trinidad Guaridan) Beetham Gar­dens com­mu­ni­ty ac­tivist An­der­son Wil­son has been sen­tenced to sev­en days in prison for curs­ing Laven­tille West MP Fitzger­ald Hinds in 2018. 

A 23-year-old has been charged with the murder of Charan Singh, the son of a retired superintendent of police.

(Trinidad Express)  Assistant Commission­er of Police Irwin Hack­shaw has been flagged by three finan­cial institutions for close to $2 million in suspicious activity.

(Trinidad Newsday) Two years after consensual homosexual sex acts were decriminalised by the High Court, gay rights activist Jason Jones wants to determine how heterosexuals feel about the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI+) community.

(Trinidad Guardian) Min­is­ter of State in the Of­fice of the Prime Min­is­ter Ayan­na Web­ster-Roy says govern­ment is rolling out pro­grammes and ini­tia­tives to help women, chil­dren, and men too.

PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) – President Donald Trump praised the United States’ relationship with Brazil under Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro yesterday, but declined to say whether he would impose steel and aluminum tariffs on the South American country.

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – A patient diagnosed with coronavirus died in Argentina yesterday, the Health Ministry said in a statement, marking the first death related to the virus in Latin America.