Regional News

(Jamaica Observer) The original soundtrack to Watchmen, HBO’s recently launched series, features songs by two Jamaican acts — Desmond Dekker and The Aces’ Israelites and Do Your Thing by Leroy Sibbles.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A Stony Hill community has been plunged into mourning after a 15-year-old boy died in bizarre circumstances on Thursday, suffering a broken neck as he tried to flee a gun attack at a late-night party.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Tesha Miller was yesterday named by the star witness as the don of the Clansman Gang that unleashed murder and extortion in Spanish Town, creating an empire built on fear and force.

(Trinidad Guardian) Sec­re­tary Gen­er­al of the Sanatan Dhar­ma Ma­ha Sab­ha and a man who carved out a lega­cy for him­self as a fight­er, Sat­narayan Ma­haraj, 88, has died.

(Jamaica Star) When 33-year-old Nikaylia Johnson went to the St Ann’s Bay Regional Hospital in February, she thought the pain in her neck would be a quick fix.

(Trinidad Guardian) The pro­tract­ed “Pi­ar­co Two” pre­lim­i­nary in­quiry in­to fraud charges aris­ing out of the con­struc­tion of the $1.6 bil­lion Pi­ar­co In­ter­na­tion­al Air­port has to be restart­ed.

(Trinidad Guardian) Homi­cide de­tec­tives strong­ly be­lieve that a dead­ly hit was car­ried out on the life of Ar­lene Black­man, how­ev­er, a mo­tive is yet to be es­tab­lished for her killing.

(Jamaica Star) Internet sensation Ivany Wright has been released from the Kingston Public Hospital  (KPH) after she was shot and injured along Waterloo Road in St Andrew on Thursday night.

(Trinidad Newsday) Counsellors from the police Victim and Witness Support Unit have been assigned to ten children, eight of whom witnessed the killing of their father, Damian Howe, in the family’s Marabella home on Thursday morning.

(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.