Regional News

SAN JOSE,  (Reuters) – Costa Rica’s education minister Edgar Mora resigned yesterday following protests against policies including his support for gender-neutral bathrooms, in a sign the cultural issues that dominated last year’s presidential election remain divisive.

(Jamaica Observer) The police high command has announced changes in the leadership of some of its divisions as the latest crime statistics show that the 28 murders last week pushed the total above the figure for the corresponding period last year.

(Barbados Nation) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley met today with members of the family of missing tourists Oscar Suarez and Magdelena Devil at Ilaro Court.

(Trinidad Guardian) A Ja­maican na­tion­al and three Cubans are among 14 ten­ants left home­less af­ter fire gut­ted their apart­ment com­plex in Curepe on Mon­day evening.

(Trinidad Express) A BICHE man who is a State witness in a murder case was lured out of his home on Monday night by a gunman who pretended to have car trouble.

(Trinidad Guardian) A 25-year-old man from West­moor­ings has plead­ed guilty to hav­ing a small in­door mar­i­jua­na grow­ing op­er­a­tion at his home.

(Jamaica Observer) Junior Rose, who has been on trial for allegedly being a member of the notorious Uchence Wilson Gang and who spent the last 16 months behind bars, could not contain his excitement yesterday when he and co-accused Shadday Beckford walked free from the Supreme Court.

It turned out to be a grave error. A grave was dug and all funeral arrangements were made after a Muslim family received news from a public hospital official that their relative had died.

(Trinidad Guardian) For­mer min­is­ter in the Min­istry of Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty Sub­has Pan­day is call­ing on Po­lice Com­mis­sion­er Gary Grif­fith to ex­pose the names of the 50 dan­ger­ous shoot­ers re­spon­si­ble for the rise in homi­cides in T&T.

(Jamaica Observer) One of Aneacia Neita’s worst fears after her daughter Gabrielle Fennell removed a tumour from the centre of her brain in 2017, was that she would have lost her memory.

(Jamaica Gleaner) United States Senator Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign has pushed back against online attacks about her race, comparing the latest jabs to racism faced by former President Barack Obama, as fellow 2020 candidates rallied to her defence.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Nickala Facey, the St James man who allegedly set an elderly woman on fire in April after he failed in his bid to rape her, had his bail application put off until July 24 when he appeared in the St James Parish Court last Thursday.

(Trinidad Express) The slaying of citizens multiple times a day is no longer big news in a country where upwards of 400 people are murdered every year.

(Trinidad Guardian) Three men were shot and killed and three oth­ers in­jured in four sep­a­rate shoot­ing in­ci­dents across north Trinidad yesterday.

CARACAS, (Reuters)  – Venezuela’s defense ministry yesterday confirmed the death of a military officer who opposition leaders and family members said was tortured in custody after his detention over alleged involvement in a coup plot against President Nicolas Maduro.

(Trinidad Express) Police have obtained closed circuit television footage of the paedophile who allegedly raped a 14 year old girl at a sporting complex last week Saturday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Reg­is­tra­tion cards have not yet been is­sued to Venezue­lans who reg­is­tered re­cent­ly since Gov­ern­ment is still work­ing out who should be in T&T, who should not be and who are crim­i­nals.

(Trinidad Guardian) The com­mon-law wife of 69-year-old co­me­di­an and ac­tor Den­nis “Spran­galang” Hall is call­ing on the na­tion to pray for his speedy re­cov­ery and to bless the hands of the ten doc­tors at­tend­ing to the en­ter­tain­er.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s government yesterday deported 59 Colombian citizens who had been “arbitrarily” detained there almost three years ago, the United Nations human rights office said, applauding it as a “positive sign.”

(Trinidad Guardian) A se­nior US mil­i­tary of­fi­cer is warn­ing that the re­turn of T&T ter­ror­ist fight­ers can pose a ma­jor threat to this coun­try.