Regional News

(Trinidad Guardian) Po­lice are try­ing to de­ter­mine a mo­tive for the killing of a Care­nage man which oc­curred ear­ly yesterday morn­ing.

(Barbados Nation) THE BARBADOS METEOROLOGICAL Services has issued a Tropical Storm Watch for Barbados.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley has said a crime-fight­ing ex­pert will be brought in­to the coun­try soon to dis­cuss crime and vi­o­lence as a pub­lic health is­sue.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Six states in Brazil’s Amazon region requested military help yesterday to combat record fires that are tearing through the rainforest, provoking an international outcry because of the Amazon’s central role in combating global warming.

(Trinidad Guardian) After spending almost 11 days on remand, Michael Carew, the long-time companion of former government minister Marlene McDonald was on Friday able to access bail.

(Trinidad Express) A man is dead following a crash along the Sir Solomon Hochoy Highway, near Claxton Bay, on Saturday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) One lawmaker last week came face-to-face with the terror on the roadways caused by rowdy taxi drivers, and the incident has left her traumatised.

(Trinidad Newsday) Besson Street police found a silver Nissan B14 car in the Western Division this morning, 15 years after it was reported stolen.

(Trinidad Guardian) Tak­ing home her new­born ba­by should have been ex­pec­tant San Juan mom Crys­tal Car­ring­ton’s birth­day gift to her hus­band Curt God­dard and her­self.

(Trinidad Guardian) Af­ter spend­ing al­most 11 days on re­mand, Michael Carew, the long-time com­pan­ion of for­mer gov­ern­ment min­is­ter Mar­lene Mc­Don­ald was yes­ter­day able to ac­cess bail.

(Trinidad Guardian) Al­though the Avengers, who brought jus­tice to the peo­ple of Earth, maybe a work of fic­tion, Open Bible Pas­tor Kem­raj Ram­nar­ine told mourn­ers bid­ding farewell to Kris­t­ian Sir­jus­ingh yes­ter­day that God was their Avenger.

CANUTAMA, Brazil,  (Reuters) – Members of Brazil’s Mura indigenous tribe painted their bodies with orange-red paint and took up long bows and clubs as they headed into the jungle this week, prepared for battle.

(Trinidad Guardian) Af­ter re­ceiv­ing heavy crit­i­cism for his com­ments that some pub­lic ser­vants have been col­lect­ing a salary even though they “pro­duce noth­ing when the day comes,” Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley has now is­sued a state­ment deny­ing that he ever ac­cused the Pub­lic Ser­vice work­ers of be­ing lazy.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica has been named by United States President Donald Trump among major drug-transit or illicit drug-producing countries.

An innocent Jamaican man spent months in jail for bringing honey back to the U.S. Customs agents thought the three jars of honey he had brought from Jamaica were actually meth.

(Trinidad Express) Gunmen showed no regard for the cries of four children to spare their father when they came after 30-year-old Akil Sutherland on Tuesday evening.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – In December 2007, Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez suffered his first defeat at the polls.

(Trinidad Express) Pastor Christopher Parriera has been placed on $75,000 bail charged with sex crimes against a man who worshiped at his church.

(Trinidad Express) Roman Catholic Priest, Father Urban Hudlin’s car was stolen last Saturday while he was visiting a home in Diego Martin.

(Jamaica Observer) A Connecticut woman who federal prosecutors say helped arrange 28 sham marriages to obtain immigration benefits for non-citizens has pleaded guilty.