Regional News

(Barbados Nation) Police have charged two men with the murder of 22-year-old Rahim Ward.

NASSAU,  (Reuters) – A tropical cyclone was forecast to move across the northwestern Bahamas in the coming days, potentially bringing more rain and wind to islands already devastated by Hurricane Dorian, the U.S.

(Trinidad Newsday) Trinidad & Tobago sprint queen and Commonwealth Games 100-metre champion Michelle-Lee Ahye has been provisionally suspended by the world track and field governing body IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federation).

NASSAU,  (Reuters) – Piles of debris, decaying human and animal corpses and fetid water on storm-hammered Great Abaco Island in the Bahamas are posing a new risk for those who survived Hurricane Dorian’s wrath: Disease.

(Barbados Nation) At least one Barbadian living in The Bahamas who was reported on social media as missing, is alive and well today.   But day by day, she continues to struggle with the sight of massive destruction and loss of lives caused by the passage of Hurricane Dorian.

(Jamaica Observer) Teenaged sprint sensation Briana Williams was provisionally named to Jamaica’s World Championships squad despite her anti-doping case being set to take place September 23-25, ending just two days before the start of the global event in Doha, Qatar.

(Trinidad Newsday) A Point Fortin family is mourning the loss of 20-year-old Kiara Alleyne, who was found dead in her Florida apartment on Wednesday by detectives.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prais­es are pour­ing in for a re­tired po­lice su­per­in­ten­dent whose brav­ery may have saved the lives of bar pa­trons from trig­ger-hap­py ban­dits yes­ter­day.

(Trinidad Express) Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force (TTDF) Task Force officers were airlifted from their base operations in Nassau, Bahamas, to the hurricane ravaged Grand Bahama Islands on Tuesday to begin assessment for relief operations.

(Trinidad Newsday) A man has appeared in court for committing a grievous sexual assault on his wife with a broom handle.

(Barbados Nation) Make that two CEOs Government has parted ways with in the last fortnight.

(Trinidad Express) Naresh Basant was trying to earn an honest living when he was gunned down by criminals in Carapi-chaima on Tuesday night.

NASSAU, Bahamas, (Reuters) – Bahamian officials said today that 2,500 people have been registered as missing in the wake of the devastating Hurricane Dorian but cautioned the full list of missing has not been checked to see if any of those people are in shelters.

(Jamaica Observer) Prime Minister Andrew Holness says that 21 Jamaicans, who sought refuge from hurricane ravaged Great Abaco Island in the northern Bahamas, have been evacuated.

(Trinidad Express) A woman who allegedly stabbed her boyfriend and cut him on the throat on Valentine’s Day, was arrested at the police station for breaching a condition of her bail.

(Trinidad Express) Who is Miriam Rautert? This question has been on the minds of many Trinidadians since they found out Rautert, who is Miss Universe Germany 2019, has Trinidadian roots.

(Jamaica Observer) Jamaica’s Under-20 World double sprint champion Briana Williams’ dream of participating at the IAAF Doha World Championships appears doomed as her anti-doping case has been set for September 23, 24 and 25.

(Trinidad Guardian) Naresh “Ve­nesh” Bas­ant, 40, of Char­lieville was lured to his death un­der the pre­tence that some­one need­ed him to do a job es­ti­mate for a roof at Ko­rea Vil­lage in Cara­pichaima.

(Trinidad Guardian) An in­con­gru­ous po­lit­i­cal sit­u­a­tion led Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley to re­veal to the Par­lia­ment that Op­po­si­tion Leader Kam­la Per­sad Bisses­sar tipped off her po­lit­i­cal ad­ver­sary, Mar­lene Mc Don­ald one month be­fore her ar­rest.   “I didn’t know Mar­lene Mc Don­ald was go­ing to get ar­rest­ed but one month be­fore she was ar­rest­ed the Leader of the Op­po­si­tion could have called her to her of­fice and tell her she was go­ing to be ar­rest­ed,” Row­ley said.

(Trinidad Express) The killings that started with the slaying of multi-millionaire auto and real estate dealer Sheron Sukhdeo, continue.