(Trinidad Express) Akani “Dole” Adams died as a result of multiple gunshot wounds according to an autopsy done yesterday at the Forensic Science Cen-tre, St James, but Adams’ mother Chandradaye Maraj-Adams is having a second autopsy done privately at a funeral home in Belmont.
(Trinidad Express) With their savings stolen by thieves who shot and killed Moruga grandmother Merle Singh-Subero, her family said they do not have money for her funeral expenses.
(Jamaica Observer) Paul Burke, the outspoken former general secretary of the People’s National Party (PNP), has reacted with disbelief at the decision of his wife, Dr Angela Brown Burke, to endorse Peter Bunting over Dr Peter Phillips in the Opposition party’s presidential race.
(Trinidad Newsday) A Businessman told a High Court judge yesterday how he had to sell off his business and migrate because of a robbery in which his family was terrorised.
SAO PAULO/RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – A bloody clash between two prison gangs yesterday left at least 57 inmates dead with 16 of them decapitated, authorities in the state of Para said, the latest deadly clash as Brazil’s government struggles to control the country’s overcrowded jails.
(Trinidad Express) Police are yet to establish a motive for the murder of Mario “Tattoo Man” Francis who was shot dead on Sunday night in Diego Martin.
(Trinidad Guardian) One day after the relatives of Himraj Sooknanan said prayers and held out hope that he would return home safe and sound, his body was found in the waters off La Brea.
(Trinidad Express) Three teenagers from the St. Judes Home for Girls in Belmont are now warded at hospital after they broke into a room with medical supplies at the facility and ingested drugs to get high.
(Barbados Nation) Police are on the hunt for a man who barged into a house, choked a woman, doused her with a flammable substance and then set the house on fire yesterday.
(Trinidad Newsday) The day after he was killed in a shootout with police, Akanni “Dole” Adams was scheduled to meet with his attorney to discuss taking legal action against the State for what he considered harassment.
(Trinidad Guardian) With just three days to go before a special sitting of Parliament to debate the Bail Amendment bill, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley is levelling criticism in the direction of the Judiciary and the opposition United National Congress.
(Trinidad Guardian) Two teen brothers and a pensioner were arrested at their respective homes in Maraval on Saturday morning for drug possession.
(Trinidad Guardian) A house that was left abandoned six weeks ago in Las Cuevas, close to where Vaughn “Sandman” Mieres, 44, lived and was killed last Thursday, along with his wife and two bodyguards, was burnt flat on Saturday.
(Jamaica Observer) TORONTO, CANADA — In what seemed an unprecedented operation, the entire plane load of passengers on Air Canada flight AC 1803 from Kingston, Jamaica, had every piece of their luggage searched and some items confiscated by customs agents at Pearson Toronto International Airport here in Canada.
(Trinidad Guardian) A daring robbery at a San Fernando bar Saturday was short-lived for a bandit who was killed during a shootout with police.
(Trinidad Guardian) A high court judge who has been a fierce critic of Chief Justice Ivor Archie is challenging his decision to transfer her to head the Judiciary’s new Family Court in Tobago.