GUARENAS, Venezuela, (Reuters) – Since President Nicolas Maduro founded the Special Action Force of Venezuela’s National Police two-and-a-half years ago, the squad has earned a fearsome reputation in poor neighbourhoods across Venezuela.
(Jamaica Observer) A man authorities say killed the mother of his children in South Burlington and then fled to Jamaica, leaving the victim’s family starving for justice, pleaded not guilty yesterday in an emotional court hearing.
(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 Guardian) Evicted from state lands, Pastor Esther Cruickshank, head of the Soul Revival Kingdom Ministries, said she is not leaving Carlsen Field.
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) 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.
(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.