Regional News

(Jamaica Observer) Jamaica’s foremost ceremonial and protocol expert Merrick Needham yesterday added to the debate on whether or not American rapper Kanye West blundered in his use of the national emblems and symbols for profit, following his ‘Sunday Service’ pop-up concert at Emancipation Park in Kingston on Friday.

(Trinidad Guardian) A man from St James was on Sunday shot and killed with­in me­tres of the lo­ca­tion where his fa­ther met a sim­i­lar fate at the hands of the po­lice, a lit­tle over two years ago.  

(Trinidad Express) Police raided a house at Lady Chancellor Heights, St Anns, Port of Spain shortly after midnight.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Two brothers have been arrested following a gun-find at their home by the St Thomas police yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Mar­i­jua­na ac­tivist Naz­ma Muller is claim­ing that po­lice in­fringed her con­sti­tu­tion­al rights by ar­rest­ing her out­side of Par­lia­ment, last Fri­day. 

LA PAZ,  (Reuters) – Bolivian President Evo Morales led yesterday’s election but did not have enough votes to avoid a potentially risky runoff with chief rival Carlos Mesa in December, a preliminary count of nearly 84% of official results by the electoral board showed.

(Trinidad Guardian) The death threat made against Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi came from someone behind prison walls by a man already facing a murder charge on the high-profile matter.

SANTIAGO,  (Reuters) – Chile´s government will extend a state of emergency to cities in its north and south after at least seven people died amid violent clashes and arson attacks over the weekend, the interior minister said last night.

(Barbados Nation) Barbados’ energy sector is set for major transformation with the introduction of wind energy generation facilitated by the Barbados National Oil Company Limited (BNOCL), in conjunction with the National Petroleum Cor-poration (NPC).

(Jamaica Gleaner) A female passenger was removed from a Royal Caribbean cruise ship in Falmouth, Trelawny, this week after she “recklessly and dangerously” posed for a picture on a balcony railing over the Atlantic Ocean.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A gender-rights advocate has bemoaned the sentencing of Pastor Kenneth Blake, who, in July, pleaded guilty to having sex with a person under 16 years old.

(Jamaica Observer) Jamaicans are to benefit from the visit of the US Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), which will be anchored in Kingston to offer free medical services between October 28 to November 1, 2019, the US Embassy in Kingston said in a release.

(Trinidad Guardian) A hostage dra­ma in­volv­ing Danah Al­leyne, the sis­ter of Crime Watch host Ian Al­leyne, end­ed in the death of her boyfriend Keone Paryag last night af­ter po­lice in­ter­vened and shot him.

(Jamaica Observer) For many it was not surprising that there was a Jamaican, among the members of the 120-strong mass choir lead by American rapper Kanye West, which ministered inside Emancipation Park on Friday evening.

(Trinidad Newsday) In 2014, leading up to the 2015 general elections, two hitmen were offered US$2 million to assassinate the opposition leader – Dr Keith Rowley.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley has claimed that as­sas­sins were hired to kill him just be­fore the 2015 gen­er­al elec­tion and that an emer­gency meet­ing was held re­cent­ly to or­gan­ise protection for At­tor­ney Gen­er­al Faris Al-Rawi af­ter an­oth­er as­sas­si­na­tion plot was un­cov­ered.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Stung by defeat after a weeklong legal battle with the St James Municipal Corporation, gay rights lobbyist Maurice Tomlinson has vowed to reapply for permission to host a controversial forum after losing on a “technicality.”

(Trinidad Newsday) The Police Complaints Authority (PCA) has initiated an investigation into the police killing of 34-year-old Keone Paryag at Chaguanas, on Friday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley has claimed that as­sas­sins were hired to kill him just be­fore the 2015 gen­er­al elec­tion and that an emer­gency meet­ing was held re­cent­ly to or­gan­ise pro­tec­tion for At­tor­ney Gen­er­al Faris Al-Rawi af­ter an­oth­er as­sas­si­na­tion plot was un­cov­ered.

(Trinidad Express) The Ministry of Health employee whose image was plastered over social media earlier this month and labelled as a “bandit”, has instructed his attorneys to issue a pre-action protocol letter to the woman who made the original post seeking a public apology and “significant” monetary compensation for defamation of character.