Regional News

(Trinidad Express) A 16-year-old girl who was critically injured in a crash on her way home from school on Thursday has died.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – A new scientific analysis of a large gold bar found decades ago in downtown Mexico City reveals it was part of the plunder Spanish conquerors tried to carry away as they fled the Aztec capital after native warriors forced a hasty retreat.

YAUCO, Puerto Rico,  (Reuters) – A 5.2 magnitude earthquake cracked walls and brought down power lines in Puerto Rico yesterday as the Caribbean island was recovering from its worst quake in over a century on Tuesday.

(Trinidad Express) In the last few days, three women have been killed by men with whom they had romantic relationships.

(Trinidad Express) Two children remained patients at the Mt Hope Hospital after they were struck by a vehicle along the Priority Bus Route (PBR) on Wednesday.

(Jamaica Star) Incarcerated dancehall artiste Vybz Kartel is the number one trending artiste in Jamaica yet again.

(Jamaica Star) The Westmoreland police have now deployed a strong detachment of officers in and around the relatively quiet community of Whitehouse in an aim to apprehend a group of gunmen responsible for the robbery and murder of a popular service station operator in the area on Wednesday night.

(Jamaica Observer) In an impassioned plea on Wednesday, Prime Minister Andrew Holness urged families that have been rocked by violence not to seek revenge.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Six persons, including a two-year-old infant, were shot about 6:30 yesterday evening on Bowens Road, off Waltham Park Road, in the St Andrew South Division, one of seven police zones under a state of emergency.

(Trinidad Express) A young mother who broke off a relationship and returned to the home of her parents recently, has been found shot dead.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Tesha Miller, the man convicted in relation to the 2008 murder of former chairman of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company Douglas Chambers, was yesterday sentenced to 38 years and nine months. 

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo yesterday called for Venezuelan negotiations to form a transitional government which would organize fair elections and end the country’s long-running political crisis.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido yesterday urged the European Union to officially label as “blood gold” the precious metal informally mined in the country’s southern jungles as he seeks to increase pressure on the government of President Nicolas Maduro.

(Trinidad Guardian) De­spite some ju­bi­la­tion for Lisa Melville and Shack­i­ba St Louis on the birth of their daugh­ter Mir­a­cle on New Year’s Day, the Coun­cil of Evan­gel­i­cal Church­es (TTCEC) says that a nat­ur­al fam­i­ly is the best en­vi­ron­ment for a child’s de­vel­op­ment.

(Trinidad Express) Attorney Sunil Rishi Nowbutt has been selected for the semi-finalists of the 2020 edition of Chutney Soca Monarch.

(Jamaica Star) Mark Brown, the older brother of slain Justice of the Peace (JP) Kevin Brown, said his family is in shock after police reports that their relative may have been involved in a visa and passport racket.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Municipal officials in the central Jamaica parish of Clarendon have been criticised for failing to intervene in the takeover of an abandoned house in May Pen by mentally ill vagrants who have turned it into a dump and a latrine.

(Trinidad Guardian) Three peo­ple were shot and wound­ed on Tues­day morn­ing, in the same area where three peo­ple were found mur­dered on Mon­day morn­ing in Ari­ma.

(Trinidad Express) Bangladeshi Jamil Ahmed came to Trinidad seeking a new life.

YAUCO, Puerto Rico,  (Reuters) – Two thirds of Puerto Ricans remained without power and nearly a quarter lacked drinking water yesterday after earthquakes battered the Caribbean island, including the most powerful to strike the U.S.