Regional News

(Barbados Nation) Screams and cries of students of St Alban’s Primary School pierced the air yesterday around 8:10 a.m..

(Jamaica Observer) The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, says it is moving forward with plans to unveil a statue of Jamaican Olympian Asafa Powell at the National Stadium in February .

(Trinidad Guardian) The Red House has been pro­claimed as the place for the con­tin­u­a­tion of Par­lia­ment.

(Jamaica Star) A Corporate Area store owner is livid after one of her former employees allegedly colluded with another and stole millions of dollars worth of items.

 (Trinidad Express) National Security Minister Stuart Young has given the assurance that Venezuelan migrants who were given registration cards will receive “an automatic six-month extension” at the end of the expiry period.

(Trinidad Express) A day after his 43rd birthday, Julien Christopher Caleb was gunned down.

(Trinidad Guardian) Broken pieces of red and blue ink pens on the road outside the Southern Girl Guides Headquarters marked the spot yesterday where Dr Rudradeva Sharma was kidnapped before being killed in a vehicular crash.

(Barbados Nation) As Barbados continues its move away from the mandatory death penalty, another legal first was created yesterday in the No.

(Trinidad Express) Who shot and killed two brothers and their cousin in Wallerfield yesterday morning?

(Barbados Nation) Former Barbadian Cabinet Minister Donville Inniss was today found guilty on all counts.

(Jamaica Star) What would you do if you gave your friend a set of numbers for the lottery and he hit the jackpot?

(Jamaica Observer) A 22-year-old Montego Bay man is urging Jamaicans to be on the alert when engaging in activities on social media after he was duped and mugged when he met up with an online friend.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Hundreds of Americans are flocking Jamaican shores annually to get a high from magic mushrooms in pricey rural retreats, but the naturally occurring hallucinogen presents dangers and local authorities warn that importation of the fungal drug is illegal.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Many of St James’ most ruthless gangsters and other migratory hoodlums are trading in slums for pricey villas and guest houses as hideouts in a bid to escape scrutiny from the police.

(Trinidad Express) Just two weeks after five people were wounded and one killed in Port of Spain, the capital city recorded another multiple shooting this afternoon.

(Trinidad Guardian) At­tor­ney Gen­er­al Faris Al-Rawi may have suf­fered an­oth­er big le­gal loss yes­ter­day in the mat­ter be­tween the State and in­ter­na­tion­al he­li­copter provider, Cob­ham PLC.

(Barbados Nation) Government has contracted an English law firm to help it find evidence of corruption.

(Jamaica Star) Fast-rising dancehall artiste, Quada is now in a police lock-up charged with murder and arson in relation to the 2019 mob killing of Miguel Williams.

(Trinidad Guardian) Trinidad and Tobago Olympian Michelle-Lee Ahye will miss this year’s Tokyo Olympics af­ter be­ing banned for two years due to “where­abouts fail­ures,” the Ath­let­ics In­tegri­ty Unit (AIU) an­nounced yes­ter­day.

(Trinidad Guardian) A 31-year-old man from Pin­to Road, Ari­ma is ex­pect­ed to ap­pear be­fore an Ari­ma Mag­is­trate charged with a triple mur­der which oc­curred in Ari­ma on Mon­day 6 Jan­u­ary.