Regional News

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.

(Trinidad Express) The three people found murdered in a house in Arima have been identified.

(Trinidad Express) The principal of a pre-school in Port-of-Spain was stabbed in the classroom on Monday.

(Trinidad Guardian) “It’s dis­taste­ful, im­moral, I am in shock about that.”

(Jamaica Gleaner) The mother of a teenage truck driver is on the hunt for justice after her son’s death several weeks ago, reportedly from eating a poisoned ackee breakfast.

(Trinidad Express) He tried saving two drowning girls, but paid with his life.

(Barbados Nation) The man who was shot and killed in Eden Lodge on Saturday night has been identified as David Bedford.

(Barbados Nation) At least one of the 14 villa owners who invested millions of dollars in the failed Four Seasons Barbados project will be able to claim capital gains tax losses in England on their investment.

(Trinidad Guardian) Pas­tor Vin­worth Day­al, head of the Third Ex­o­dus As­sem­bly, was un­re­pen­tant about the more $28 mil­lion he claimed he had ac­cu­mu­lat­ed in tithes over many years at his Long­denville church.

(Jamaica Observer) The New Year is off to a super start as a Jamaican has won the last Super Lotto jackpot for 2019.

(Trinidad Express) He tried saving two drowning girls, but paid with his life.

(Trinidad Guardian) The for­mer head of the Pro­fes­sion­al Stan­dards Bu­reau (PSB) of the T&T Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) To­taram Dook­ie, who was re­cent­ly pro­mot­ed to the rank As­sis­tant Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice, was sent on leave just over a week ago.

(Trinidad Guardian) Fi­nan­cial In­tel­li­gence Branch (FIB) in­ves­ti­ga­tors were on Friday count­ing “mil­lions of dol­lars” they seized from the Third Ex­o­dus As­sem­bly Church in Long­denville head­ed by Pas­tor Vin­worth Day­al on Thurs­day evening.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Miley Cyrus’ decision to settle a US$300-million (J$40-billion) copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Jamaican songwriter Flourgon has been hailed as a “win-win” for entertainers from the land of reggae.