Regional News

(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.

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica and West Indies cricketer Oshane Thomas was last evening involved in a motor vehicle collision on Highway 2000.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Reggae artiste Jah9 has pointed the finger at the Church for helping to create a culture in which some members of society become judgemental against others, in terms of when, how and who they choose to be intimate with.

(Trinidad Guardian) A se­nior po­lice of­fi­cer from To­ba­go, who last month be­gan a law­suit against Po­lice Com­mis­sion­er Gary Grif­fith over his han­dling of pro­mo­tions to the rank of Su­per­in­ten­dent, was among 48 of­fi­cers who were pro­mot­ed by Grif­fith on Fri­day.

(Trinidad Guardian) Sev­er­al front­line UNC MPs — in­clud­ing MP Fuad Khan— have said peo­ple are swing­ing back to UNC and they’ve knocked for­mer par­ty leader Bas­deo Pan­day’s bid to uni­fy small par­ties in­to a po­lit­i­cal third force.

(Trinidad Guardian) De­spite its small size, T&T is among the top five coun­tries with the high­est car­bon emis­sions world­wide.

SANTO DOMINGO, (Reuters) – Dominican Republic’s nationwide municipal elections were suspended only four hours after voting began yesterday due to a glitch in the electronic voting system, officials said.

TORONTO, (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has canceled his planned trip to Barbados to help resolve widespread rail disruptions caused by indigenous rights activists opposing the construction of a natural gas pipeline, his office said yesterday.

SAN JOSE, (Reuters) – Police in Costa Rica seized more than 5 tons of cocaine bound for the Dutch port of Rotterdam in the country’s largest ever drugs bust, officials said.

SANTO DOMINGO, (Reuters) – Dominican Republic’s nationwide municipal elections were suspended only four hours after voting began today due to a glitch in the electronic voting system, officials said.

(Trinidad Express) Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith says the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) is doing all that can be possibly done to deal with the crime situation in Trinidad and Tobago.

(Trinidad Guardian) Ice, a large pri­vate yacht, docked in Port-of-Spain on Fri­day.

(Trinidad Guardian) Pi­o­neer­ing So­ca Pro­duc­er Dar­ryl Brax­ton, the man who made hits for Bun­ji Gar­lin and KMC, died on Thursday.

(Trinidad Express) The Child Protection Unit of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service is investigating three reports of children ingesting food items containing marijuana at schools in Central and North Trinidad.

(Jamaica Observer) Thousands of young people are to be trained for jobs in digitisation and animation in the new fiscal year.

(Trinidad Express) The Child Protection Unit of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service is investigating three reports of children ingesting food items containing marijuana at schools in Central and North Trinidad.

(Trinidad Guardian) A high court judge has found the South West Re­gion­al Health Au­thor­i­ty (SWRHA) guilty of med­ical neg­li­gence in the death of 30-year-old Navin Singh.

(Trinidad Guardian) Pi­o­neer­ing So­ca Pro­duc­er Dar­ryl Brax­ton, the man who made hits for Bun­ji Gar­lin and KMC, died yes­ter­day.

(Trinidad Express) Police have detained two men in connection with the killing of Freeport business analyst Charan Singh, who was shot and killed during a botched robbery on Wednesday night.