Regional News

(Trinidad Express) Former National footballer and father of one Jason Marcano has been killed in a car crash in Arima.

(Trinidad Express) Three men have been shot and killed at Wharf Trace, Maracas, St Joseph.

(Jamaica Gleaner) With an expression of shock as he collected his medal, The Gleaner’s Children’s Own 2019 Spelling Bee champion Darian Douglas has landed a spot in finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in the United States.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A British woman and her Jamaican boyfriend who are charged with trying to smuggle five pounds of cocaine disguised in packs of seasoning out of the island were remanded when they appeared in the St James Parish Court on Tuesday.

(Trinidad Guardian) A Mara­bel­la man, ac­cused of burn­ing the hands of a three-year-old boy and hit­ting him, was warned to have no in­ter­ac­tion with the in­fant as he was grant­ed bail yes­ter­day.

(Trinidad Guardian) A Face­book squab­ble be­tween two women es­ca­lat­ed in­to a fist fight in a po­lice sta­tion on Tues­day and they both end­ed up in court for the of­fence.

(Jamaica Gleaner) After 31 years behind bars without standing trial and having not entered a guilty plea for the murder charge levelled against him, 61-year-old Walter Blackstock is set to be a free man, following a declaration on Tuesday by Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn that her office will not be embarking on a trial of the matter given the circumstances.

(Trinidad Guardian) Shocking statistics were revealed yesterday that three primary school pupils were among 169 school children who became pregnant in the last five years.

BOGOTA,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Gangs in El Salvador who force women to wed only to kill their husbands for the life insurance are on notice after a top prosecutor won a landmark conviction of seven gangsters and said more cases were to come.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Entertainer Daniel Rose, who was charged with the December 2011 shooting of his neighbour in Lawrence Tavern, St Andrew, was today freed in the Gun Court in downtown Kingston. 

(Trinidad Guardian) Among the some 3,577 re­port­ed cas­es of teenage preg­nan­cies be­tween 2014 and March 2019, three were pri­ma­ry school stu­dents.

(Trinidad Express) HOURS after two women fought at a police station over alleged social media posts, they stood side by side in the prisoners’ dock at the court.

(Trinidad Express) A high-speed car chase in the D’Abadie area on Tuesday resulted in the arrest of a 27-year-old man, for possession of a firearm and ammunition.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Cen­tral Bank Gov­er­nor has es­ti­mat­ed that it will cost the state around $620 mil­lion dol­lars a year to sup­port the Venezue­lans who have mi­grat­ed to this coun­try.

(Jamaica Observer) Academic and political commentator Martin Henry died suddenly last night, sending shock waves throughout the media and education fraternities.

(Trinidad Guardian) The moth­er of a preg­nant Siparia pupil on Tues­day begged Po­lice Com­mis­sion­er Gary Grif­fith to ar­rest an al­leged rapist whom she claims ru­ined her daugh­ter’s life.

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica — Prime Minister Andrew Holness announced this afternoon that State protocol has already been engaged, and that the body of former Prime Minister Edward Seaga will be flown back to Jamaica “at the earliest possible  time”.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Edward Philip George Seaga, Jamaica’s fifth Prime Minister and longest-serving Member of Parliament, has died.

(Trinidad Guardian) Homicide investigators suspect three Point Fortin men were lured to their death in a well-known drug area in Penal on Sunday night.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Edward Phillip George Seaga, Jamaica’s fifth Prime Minister and longest serving Member of Parliament, has died.