Regional News

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – The son of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is under a new investigation by Rio de Janeiro state prosecutors for allegedly hiring fake employees during his time as a state lawmaker, the state prosecutor’s office said yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Three men and a woman were shot and killed in two sep­a­rate in­ci­dents be­tween Fri­day night and Sat­ur­day morn­ing.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Jamaican man who admitted to posting nude pictures and videos of his ex-girlfriend, American television anchor Darieth Chisolm, has been sentenced to two years in prison and fined $1 million.

(Trinidad Newsday) Officials at the Education Ministry requested copies of leave for the past three years for local government candidate and art teacher Richard Rampersad.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A Pembroke Hall High teacher’s fate hangs in the balance after she was videotaped on Thursday hurling death threats repeatedly at a student in a tirade that drew widespread public outrage, triggering an investigation by school authorities and the Ministry of Education.

MANAGUA, (Reuters) – When Nicaraguan police pulled over his luxury SUV, businessman Jose Adan Aguerri thought it was a routine traffic stop.

(Jamaica Observer) United States Ambassador to Jamaica, Donald Tapia and Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett, along with a raft of officials welcomed the commencement of daily nonstop American Airlines service between New York’s John F Kennedy International Airport and Montego Bay’s Sangster International Airport today. 

(Jamaica Observer) Jamaican-American Dale VC Holness was on Tuesday elected mayor of Broward County in Florida.

(Trinidad Guardian) The An­gli­can Church is still in­ves­ti­gat­ing the fi­as­co sur­round­ing the Style­Week Port-of-Spain fash­ion show at the Trin­i­ty Cathe­dral.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaican males have been urged to reject subcultural norms that define manhood by promiscuity, mass paternity, and crudeness.

(Trinidad Express) Point Fortin police rescued the kidnapped wife of an offshore service contractor within minutes of her abduction on Thursday night.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaican priest Rose Hudson-Wilkin, who was consecrated on Tuesday as the first black woman bishop in the Church of England, says she will cherish this “special” moment and be true to her island heritage while defending her religious mandate.

(Trinidad Guardian) Leg­is­la­tion to have mar­i­jua­na de­crim­i­nalised is to be laid in Par­lia­ment to­day.   The an­nounce­ment of the long-await­ed leg­is­la­tion was made by At­tor­ney Gen­er­al Faris Al-Rawi at last nights Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) Lo­cal Gov­ern­ment elec­tion meet­ing in La Hor­quet­ta.

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.   Since his brav­ery was high­light­ed, Sai­fudeen has re­ceived both prais­es and crit­i­cisms.

(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.