Regional News

(Trinidad Guardian) Four pop­u­lar free to air net­works are ex­pect­ed to be pulled from lo­cal sub­scrip­tion TV broad­cast­ers from Jan­u­ary 1, 2020.

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Government through the Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) and China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) yesterday signed $9.5 billion in contracts for the construction of 1650 houses at Catherine Estates in St Catherine.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Haitian President Jovenel Moise said yesterday he was making moves to end the country’s corrupt political and economic system, acknowledging one of the opposition’s demands yet failing to convince protesters, who again took to the streets.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Cuba said yesterday it plans to allow some stores to sell domestic appliances and other goods in U.S.

(Trinidad Guardian) An Arima man was killed during a shoot-out with police officers on Monday evening. 

QUITO,  (Reuters) – Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno yesterday officially scrapped his own law to cut expensive fuel subsidies after days of violent protests against the IMF-backed measure, returning fuel prices to prior levels until a new measure can be found.

WASHINGTON/CARACAS, (Reuters) – The Trump administration is preparing new sanctions on Cuba over its support for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and is taking a “closer look” at Russia’s role in helping him remain in power, the U.S.

(Trinidad Guardian) Church ser­vices re­sumed on Sat­ur­day at the Trans­formed Life Min­istry, East­ern Main Road in Arou­ca and the at­ten­dance was de­scribed as “the usu­al.”

(Trinidad Guardian) A Tri­nidad-born sur­geon prac­tis­ing in Eng­land is be­ing hailed as a hero by many for suc­cess­ful­ly re­con­struct­ing the jaw of a 15-year-old girl fol­low­ing a horse-rid­ing ac­ci­dent.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A Jamaican man is now facing a long prison sentence and deportation following his second conviction in the United States on charges related to a prize scam.

(Jamaica Observer) The police are urgently seeking the public’s assistance in finding five-week-old Nyyear Frank of Hopewell district, St Andrew, who was stolen from his mother yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Two men were ar­rest­ed and a quan­ti­ty of forged US cur­ren­cy seized by of­fi­cers of the Spe­cial Branch and North­ern Di­vi­sion dur­ing an an­ti-crime ex­er­cise con­duct­ed in the Tu­na­puna dis­trict last week.

(Trinidad Guardian) A lum­ber­er by trade, Bryan Fe­lix, 40, was asked by his neigh­bour Aleem Khan, 50, on Fri­day to help cut down some logs and build up a wood­en struc­ture on a par­cel of land in Cu­mu­to.   The pair, who both lived off the Cu­mu­to Main Road in Coryal Vil­lage, re­turned home on Fri­day evening, hav­ing com­plet­ed some work.

(Jamaica Observer) A 26-year-old woman who was attacked by dogs in her Fair Prospect community in East Portland last month is demanding compensation from the owner, after stating that the incident has not only left her traumatised, but seriously injured.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Prime Minister Andrew Holness yesterday stressed that the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) would not interfere with the ongoing investigation and court case involving former Minister of Education Ruel Reid, even as he fired shots at the People’s National Party (PNP).

(Trinidad Guardian) The company that brought in the tainted eye injections that left seven patients blinded in one or both eyes was awarded over $15 million in tender awards by the Ministry of Health.

(Trinidad Guardian) A lumberer by trade, Bryan Felix, 40, was asked by his neighbour Aleem Khan, 50, on Friday to help cut down some logs and build up a wooden structure on a parcel of land in Cumuto.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The Cayman Islands said on Wednesday it would make public information on the beneficial ownership of companies, prompting anti-corruption campaigners to call on other offshore jurisdictions to follow suit as part of a global crackdown on money-laundering.

(Barbados Nation) A St Michael man is dead following a shooting incident at Golden Rock, The Pine on Saturday night.

(Trinidad Guardian) A brazen rob­bery by three gun­men at Gold King­dom Jew­el­ry, Trinci­ty Mall cre­at­ed a pan­ic amongst mid­day shop­pers and mall-go­ers yes­ter­day af­ter shots were fired in­side the packed es­tab­lish­ment while the men es­caped on foot.