Regional News

(Trinidad Guardian) Leg­is­la­tion to have mar­i­jua­na de­crim­i­nalised is to be laid in Par­lia­ment to­day.

Representatives of CARICOM had a fully attended Roundtable meeting on Tuesday with members of the U.S.

(Jamaica Observer) A St Andrew-based justice of the peace (JP) has found himself in trouble with the law after a flashing blue light and siren were affixed to his BMW X6 in an effort to beat a traffic jam in New Kingston.

(Trinidad Guardian) He is now be­ing called “snake boy”. Sai­fudeen Muham­mad the 13-year-old, Pre­sen­ta­tion Col­lege, Ch­agua­nas stu­dent went vi­ral af­ter a video was post­ed on so­cial me­dia of his brav­ery in re­mov­ing a wild maca­juel snake at the school com­pound this week.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The fate of a British Metropolitan police chief of Jamaican parentage is hanging in the balance after she was convicted of possessing on her cell phone indecent images sent via WhatsApp by her sister.

(Trinidad Guardian) Lennox Joseph, 65, sur­vived an at­tempt on his life where he was shot six times.

(Trinidad Guardian) A man, who was want­ed in con­nec­tion with ten mur­ders in­clud­ing Tues­day’s dou­ble mur­der of Mar­sha Joseph, 55, and her son, Shawn, 22, was killed in a po­lice-in­volved shoot­ing yesterday in San­ta Cruz.

(Trinidad Guardian) Few people knew the softer side of Sat Maharaj and many branded him as controversial not knowing that behind his acidic tongue, Maharaj had a heart that could have melted stone.

(Trinidad Guardian) The new license plate system, which would include radio frequency identification markers should be available from early next year, Minister of Works and Transport Rohan Sinanan has said.

(Jamaica Star)  Rapture, the five-song EP by teenage sensation Koffee, is among five albums nominated in this year’s reggae category of the Grammy awards.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaican Leroy Headley who has been wanted in the United States for the April 2018 murder of the mother of his two children, has been added to the US Marshal top 15 most-wanted-men list.

(Trinidad Newsday) A 42-year-old Freeport man was stabbed to death at a wake in his village on Monday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The St Mary Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 9-year-old boy who was found at his house in Mason Hall district on Monday.

(Trinidad Express) A mother and son were shot dead at a supermarket in Santa Cruz on Tuesday.

MANAGUA,  (Reuters) – The Organization of American States said yesterday that Nicaragua was experiencing a “critical human rights situation” that had upset the country’s constitutional order, following President Daniel Ortega’s crackdown on opponents.

(Barbados Nation) Calling the situation unacceptable and embarrassing, Prime Minister Mia Mottley has asked for a meeting with the chairman of Barbados Light and Power/Emera.

(Trinidad Express) The young man who founded the Matelot Facebook page and introduced the North Coast Trinidad village to thousands around the world, has been shot and killed.

(Trinidad Guardian) Mo­torists dri­ving along the Old Va­len­cia Road yes­ter­day made a grue­some find, as they spot­ted the bul­let-rid­dled body of a man ly­ing on the ground.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Hundreds converged on a packed the St Paul’s Cathedral in London this morning to witness history as the beloved and widely admired Jamaican priest, Reverend Rose Hudson-Wilkin, was ordained as Bishop of Dover.

BRIDGETOWN, (Reuters) – Barbados was hit by serious power outages for a second day today, forcing schools and some businesses to close and hitting water supplies on the island.