Regional News

(Trinidad Guardian) Two mur­ders have been record­ed in the past 15 hours in Ch­agua­nas and Mal­oney.

(Trinidad Express) A nervous-looking Kerry Phillips appeared before an Arima magistrate yesterday charged with the murder of a 71-year-old retired nurse.

(Trinidad Guardian) Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Roger Gaspard, SC, has advised police to charge Public Service Association (PSA) Watson Duke with sedition.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Another Jamaican restaurateur in the United States has died suddenly.

(Jamaica Observer) MONTEGO BAY, St James — Pointing to statistics showing that four out of every five young girls lost their virginity to rape or molestation, Attorney General Marlene Malahoo Forte yesterday lamented that Jamaica has a serious problem with sexual abuse.

(Jamaica Observer) Ato Boldon, coach of embattled teenage Jamaican sprint phenomenon Briana Williams, is confident his athlete will beat the charges against her as they continue preparation for the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships in Doha, Qatar, next month.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Di­rec­tor of Pub­lic Pros­e­cu­tions (DPP) Roger Gas­pard was on Wednes­day evening locked in dis­cus­sions with the po­lice on whether or not sedi­tion charge/s should be laid against Pub­lic Ser­vices’ As­so­ci­a­tion (PSA) pres­i­dent Wat­son Duke.

(Trinidad Guardian) A sev­en-month preg­nant woman, her com­mon-law hus­band and one of their neigh­bours from Diego Mar­tin have been de­nied bail af­ter be­ing charged with be­ing mem­bers of a gang.

(Trinidad Express) A nine month old baby boy suffering from a cough and cold was found dead in his bed at his Ste Madeleine home on Tuesday morning.

BRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said yesterday he would meet with other South American countries to set common policy for defending the Amazon rain forest, while his foreign minister told Reuters the nation should be seen as an environmental hero.

COATZACOALCOS, Mexico,  (Reuters) – At least 26 people were killed in an arson attack by suspected gang members on a bar in the southern Mexican port of Coatzacoalcos late on Tuesday, authorities said, in a fresh blow to the government’s efforts to curb violence.

(Trinidad Newsday) BULGARIAN FIDE grandmaster (GM) GM Marian Petrov led a chess training workshop for some ten inmates at the Maximum Security Prison, Arouca, as part of a nine-day trip, in which he gave a number of workshops at varying levels for the chess-playing community.

(Reuters) – President Donald Trump called Puerto Rico “one of the most corrupt places on earth” in a swipe at the U.S.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – At least 23 people died in a bar fire in the southeastern Mexican port of Coatzacoalcos late yesterday after a suspected attack, authorities said, in what appeared to be one of the most deadly acts of criminal violence under the current government.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said today  that South American countries would meet to determine a common policy in defense of the Amazon rainforest, and took another swipe at France for an offer of $20 million in aid.

(Trinidad Guardian) Ac­cus­ing Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley of “us­ing the might of his of­fice to at­tack cit­i­zens,” Op­po­si­tion Leader Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar says the Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress will sup­port any­one who faces po­lit­i­cal per­se­cu­tion.

(Jamaica Observer) Noted sports law professor Dr Emir Crowne, counsel for the outstanding Jamaican sprinter Briana Williams, who has returned a positive test for the diuretic hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ), will ask for an “open hearing” at an expedited date, possibly by next week, he told the Jamaica Observer last evening.

(Trinidad Guardian) A war of words has bro­ken out be­tween Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley and for­mer di­rec­tor of in­tel­li­gence at the Strate­gic Ser­vices Agency (SSA) Carl­ton Den­nie and at the cen­ter of it is the is­sue of race, which has pushed Row­ley in­to a de­fen­sive mode.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Gleaner can now report that double World Under-20 sprint champion and national junior record holder Briana Williams has tested positive for the banned diuretic Hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ).

(Trinidad Express) A woman died on the Churchill Roosevelt Highway on Tuesday afternoon after her Toyota Hilux spun out of control on the rain swept road, and crashed into a light pole on the median.