(Trinidad Guardian) Villagers at Saroop Trace in Las Lomas No. 2 were left traumatised and forced to lock up in their homes early yesterday afternoon, after the two remaining prisoners who escaped from Golden Grove in Arouca were seen running through the area.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – U.S. refiner Citgo sought to sign a contract with a firm owned by a Venezuelan accused of involvement in the drug trade by the U.S.
(Trinidad Guardian) Part of Charlotte Street, from Park Street to Independence Square, is to be officially designated as ‘Chinatown’ and archways are to be built by the Shanghai Construction Group to signify it.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – An investigation into the crash a year ago in Havana of a Boeing 737 jet that killed all but one of the 113 people aboard suggests the most probable cause was errors by the crew who died in the crash, Cuba said yesterday.
(Trinidad Guardian) David Phillip, the alleged bandit who was fatally shot during a robbery in Fyzabad on Wednesday is actually Gary Govindass of Fyzabad.
(Trinidad Express) The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) is investigating a breach in examination security, after a video surfaced on Facebook showing students of Central Trinidad school using their cellular phones and chatting during a CSEC Mathematics examination.
(Jamaica Observer) Christopher Townsend, attorney-at-law representing Munga Honorebel, says he is in preparation mode for his client’s June 6 appearance in the Supreme Court in downtown Kingston.
(Jamaica Observer) The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) and the police have launched an investigation into Tuesday night’s fire which destroyed a bus on Hope Road that was coming from downtown Kingston, via Mountain View Avenue.
(Trinidad Guardian) The National Helicopter Services Limited (NHSL) is now investigating what caused a multi-million dollar helicopter that was part of a joint law enforcement search for eight prisoners to crash shortly after one yesterday.
(Trinidad Guardian) Five of the eight men who made a daring dash for freedom from the Golden Grove Remand Yard in Arouca were recaptured by a joint team of army, police and prison officers shortly before 7 pm yesterday.
(Barbados Nation) A man and a church have been threatened with legal action if they conduct a memorial service for Shane Brathwaite, who was gunned down on February 27.
(Trinidad Express) Shazana Hosein has been sent to St Ann’s Hospital after she appeared before the court charged with the Valentine’s Day attempted murder of her boyfriend.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Tullow Oil wants to drill for oil in select countries next year, including Jamaica, where it recently concluded a 3D seismic survey with promising results.
(Trinidad Newsday) A 30-year-old Princes Town woman who stabbed her boyfriend, for no reason according to police, after having lunch with him on a beach in Siparia, is expected to face a magistrate today charged with attempted murder.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Alleged quack doctor Alicia England was denied bail yesterday when she made her second appearance in the St James Parish Court to answer to fraud charges as her true identity has not yet been verified despite a previous court order to have this done.