Regional News

(Trinidad Express) Arlene Blackman died on Thursday night after being shot in her car in Mt Hope.

(Trinidad Guardian) Short­ly af­ter UNC of­fi­cials spoke out against T&T’s run­away crime sit­u­a­tion at a po­lit­i­cal meet­ing on Thurs­day night came news that Princes Town MP Bar­ry Padarath had been robbed at gun­point.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaican dancehall entertainer Brigadier Jerry has been slapped with a battery of gun-related charges in the United States, but the incident may have been triggered by a prank gone wrong, his wife has said.

(Jamaica Gleaner) While travellers passing through United States airports will breathe easier after a federal court ruled warrantless searches of phones, tablets and laptops unconstitutional, several Jamaicans have recounted tales of trauma about what they deemed an invasion of privacy.

BARCELONA, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The Green Climate Fund, which provides finance for developing nations to tackle climate change, said yesterday it had reached a milestone of backing action in more than 100 countries, after approving $408 million for new projects.

(Trinidad Express) A CEPEP worker was shot dead in front of his children at their home in Marabella yesterday morning.

(Trinidad Guardian) A man who jumped bail 23 years ago on charges of rape, buggery and robbery with aggravation has been found by the police.

(Jamaica Gleaner) After spending the last four years doing damage control because of issues brought on by a name mix-up, Jamaican actress Shauna Chin is happy to finally be able to move on with her life.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Narcotics Police arrested and charged a British man on Tuesday at the Sangster International Airport for breaches of the Dangerous Drugs Act.

(Jamaica Observer) Twenty-year-old Russelle Foster, who was charged with the murder of 23-year-old national footballer, Tarania Clarke, was remanded in custody when she appeared before the court on Wednesday.

(Trinidad Newsday) A 31-year-old father on Tuesday found out in the Chaguanas magistrates’ court that he had been paying maintenance for two children whom, he later found out are not his.

(Jamaica Observer) THE driver of the garbage truck that killed seven-year-old Clan Carthy Primary School student Benjamin Bair was yesterday charged with manslaughter.

(Trinidad Guardian) The griev­ing moth­er of the eight-year-old Nathaniel Find­ley, who died af­ter suf­fer­ing a seizure at his Pri­ma­ry School on Mon­day, is call­ing for a full in­ves­ti­ga­tion in­to his death.

(Trinidad Guardian) An op­por­tunist!  That’s how Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC) pub­lic re­la­tions of­fi­cer Ani­ta Haynes de­scribed Christo­pher Wylie who worked with Cam­bridge An­a­lyt­i­ca (CA) and con­duct­ed da­ta min­ing and analy­ses in T&T.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) President Owen Speid said that the ongoing migration of the nation’s teachers to so-called greener pastures was having a negative impact on some schools, resulting in the merger of classes to make up for the shortfall.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The top American diplomat in Jamaica has questioned why local authorities have not been able to stem the flow of illegal guns coming into the island.

(Trinidad Guardian) Minister of National Security Stuart Young says he is very con­cerned about the in­for­ma­tion brought to light in Christo­pher Wylie’s book about how the UNC sanc­tioned a breach of cit­i­zens’ pri­va­cy.

(Trinidad Express) Months of investigations by the Special Operations Response Team (SORT), Fraud Squad and Anti-Corruption Investigation Bureau into a multi million dollar racket at the Licensing Department culminated on Tuesday night with a series of raids on homes around the country.

(Jamaica Star) Twenty-two-year-old Chanel Brown of Kemps Hill in Clarendon is a finalist in the Mr and Miss West Indies United Kingdom (UK) pageant.

(Jamaica Observer) Reggae artiste Shaggy is still basking in the success of The Little Mermaid Live, which aired on the American television network ABC last Tuesday.