Regional News

(Trinidad Guardian) A Trinidad & Tobago-born stu­dent has made his­to­ry at a uni­ver­si­ty in the US, be­com­ing the first woman of African her­itage to earn a PhD in physics at the school.

(Jamaica Observer) Pat Kelly, whose Curtis Mayfield-inspired falsetto was one of the most identifiable voices in reggae, died here Tuesday from complications of kidney disease.

(Trinidad Express) Although the murder toll for 2019 is lower than last year’s figure, Criminologist Darius Figuera is concerned as he has noticed several alarming trends, including ‘mass shootings’.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Prime Minister Andrew Holness has reported that since the start of the year, a total of 726 persons have been murdered in Jamaica – that’s a one per cent increase when compared with the corresponding period last year or an average of just over three killings per day.

(Jamaica Gleaner) United States President Donald Trump’s announcement last week of impending sweeping deportation raids beginning on Sunday has rattled communities across the North American country, sending several undocumented immigrants, including Jamaicans, into lockdown.

(Trinidad Guardian) A tremendous blow to Arima and the rest of the country.

(Trinidad Guardian) The de­com­pos­ing body of a miss­ing WASA se­cu­ri­ty of­fi­cer was found off Mafek­ing Branch Road, in Ma­yaro end­ing hope that the woman was still alive.

(Trinidad Guardian) A Trinidad & To­ba­go na­tion­al, An­dre Sted­man, has been sen­tenced to eight years in prison for rap­ing a mi­nor girl.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Five Jamaicans were among 13 persons apprehended at sea in The Bahamas on Friday.

(Trinidad Express) Famed local actor Raymond Choo Kong was found dead in Arima this afternoon.

(Trinidad Express) Bullets meant for a man, instead killed his girlfriend in Carenage on Sunday night.

(Trinidad Guardian) A 31-year-old Cen­tral bus dri­ver, who was re­leased from po­lice cus­tody on Sun­day in con­nec­tion with the death of three-year-old Isa­iah Hazel, is now fear­ful for her life.

(Jamaica Observer) Thirty-six-year-old amputee, David Daley, is determined to support his family and himself despite having to live with one leg.

(Trinidad Guardian) Chelsea Re­nee, the now es­tranged wife of Trinidad &Tobago’s Olympic ath­lete Michelle-Lee Ahye, has ad­mit­ted that Ahye was ar­rest­ed by po­lice be­cause of a mar­i­tal dis­pute but added that she did not press charges.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Joint Con­sul­ta­tive Coun­cil (JCC) has filed a Free­dom of In­for­ma­tion Act (FOIA) re­quest­ing de­tails of the State’s US $71 mil­lion deal with a Chi­nese-based hous­ing con­struc­tion com­pa­ny.

(Trinidad Newsday) Fired CEO of the Trinidad Tourism Ltd (TTL) Camille Campbell maintains she did her best for the company in the six months she was there, and her work had only just begun when she was axed.

(Trinidad Express) Mother of two, Roslyn Rivers, has a bad feeling about her younger daughter’s disappearance.

(Jamaica Observer) Michael O’Hara has refuted claims that he has disrespected Racers Track Club Head Coach Glen Mills.

(Jamaica Observer) Jamaican animator living in Japan, Michelle Keane is using her work to address mental health, racism and black negative stereotypes in an industry where being black and female is an anomaly.

(Jamaica Observer) A former Jamaica Defence Force soldier who has reportedly been stalking his ex-lover and assaulted both her and her current young lover on separate occasions, claiming the young man had destroyed his family, was remanded for psychiatric evaluation when he appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court last week.