Regional News

(Trinidad Express) Police have killed a man who they say threatened to murder a female police officer, and who was wanted in at least one murder.

(Trinidad Express) Those with asthma, allergies and cardiac conditions, beware. Another wave of Saharan dust is expected to hit Trinidad and Tobago over the next two days.

(Jamaica Star) A 72-year-old deacon is singing praises to God after he ‘died’ last Sunday in church, but was miraculously raised by his pastor, Bishop Robert Coates.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A Guardsman Armoured vehicle was significantly damaged after it caught fire in Montego Bay, St James on Tuesday afternoon.

(Jamaica Observer) Police here are probing the parish’s first murder since the start of 2020 and have launched a manhunt for a man who is accused of fatally chopping his 63-year-old father in the community of New Green on Monday night The deceased, Pansford Thompson, otherwise called “Pops”, was described by residents as a loving, caring and peaceful man.

(Trinidad Guardian) Po­lice have de­tained a sus­pect in the mur­ders of three mem­bers of Chu­niesingh fam­i­ly who were found tied up at a house on Getwell Av­enue, Pin­to Road, Ari­ma, on Mon­day.

BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Iran launched a missile attack on U.S.-led forces in Iraq in the early hours of today in retaliation for the U.S.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, (Reuters) – Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vazquez declared a state of emergency yesterday after a series of earthquakes killed at least one person, toppled buildings and knocked out power to nearly the entire island of more than 3 million people.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido and allied legislators pushed past armed troops and forced open the doors of congress yesterday to hold a session two days after the ruling Socialist Party seized control of the body by proclaiming new leadership.

(Trinidad Guardian) As works con­tin­ue on the Curepe In­ter­change, one dri­ver is said to have ig­nored the height re­stric­tions while ap­proach­ing the work­site lead­ing to an ac­ci­dent, with a mo­torist nar­row­ly es­cap­ing with his life.

(Trinidad Express) A Bangladeshi gyro vendor was discovered dead with stab wounds at his apartment in Siparia on Tuesday.

Apache Corp of the US has a major discovery off Suriname, Bloomberg reported yesterday.

(Jamaica Star) A St Catherine woman who decided to dine at a Chinese restaurant in the parish last month was left with an unpleasant taste in her mouth when she discovered that her meal was complemented with three spiders.

As the Portuguese Man O’War continues to wash ashore in vast numbers along the east coast of Trinidad, related injuries are also on the rise.

(Jamaica Star) A team of police in St Mary is being blamed for a motor vehicle mishap that has left a pregnant 21-year-old hospitalised.

Toast, the hit song by Koffee, has been certified silver in the United Kingdom for sales of over 200,000 copies.

(Jamaica Observer) Four prisoners have been given the chance to gain a university education through a multi-agency partnership that will see them accessing scholarships to pursue associate of science degrees in business administration at the University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC).

(Jamaica Gleaner) Detectives assigned to the Manchester Police Division have charged a 30-year-old man following the shooting death of a woman at a food store on South Race Course Road in Mandeville last week Tuesday.

(Trinidad Newsday) Investigators of the police Financial Intelligence Branch have been given permission to retain an additional $2.6 million they seized from the Third Exodus Assembly Church in Longdenville.

(Barbados Nation) Former Prime Minister Professor Owen Arthur will be the new chairman of cash-strapped regional airline LIAT.