Regional News

(Jamaica Observer) Dujon DaCosta was killed before he could take up a scholarship at Excelsior High School where his football skills were in demand.

(Jamaica Gleaner) One of Jamaica’s top marine biologists, Dr Dayne Buddo, has been invited to speak at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York City, USA, this week.

(Trinidad Guardian) T&T could earn as much as $10 bil­lion over the next nine years fol­low­ing the sign­ing of a deal be­tween Gov­ern­ment and Roy­al Dutch Shell.

(Barbados Nation) There will be  no extension on the ban of single-use plastics, says Minister of Maritime Affairs, Kirk Humphrey.

(Trinidad Guardian) Just over two years after his father was fatally shot close to his home, 28-year-old Sebastian “Buju” Julien was killed in similar circumstances on Monday in Diego Martin.

(Trinidad Guardian) Justin Sow­ley was de­ter­mined to make the most of the op­por­tu­ni­ties avail­able to him as he cared for his broth­er who was un­der­go­ing phys­io­ther­a­py in Cana­da fol­low­ing a car ac­ci­dent in Trinidad in 2005.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica’s High Commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago Arthur Williams is urging Jamaicans entering the twin-island republic to be mindful of the communities they enter, even while assuring there is no reason to be fearful in the wake of the recent kidnapping of businessman Yohan Chin.

(Trinidad Guardian) A mass appeal by at least 30 private bodies, including the Law Association of T&T (LATT) is trying to force the Government to withdraw the Clause 7 amendment to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).

(Trinidad Express) A Venezuelan mother of three was shot dead allegedly by her Venezuelan boyfriend in Carapichaima early ­yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) Killers pretending to have car trouble shot and killed an ex-convict outside his house in Biche on Saturday night.

(Barbados Nation) It is estimated that about 2 700 Barbadians are living with HIV.

BOGOTA (Reuters) – Hollywood star Angelina Jolie yesterday urged the international community to provide more support to three South American countries with the most migrants from crisis-hit Venezuela, saying 20,000 Venezuelan children are at risk of being without basic citizenship rights.

(Trinidad Guardian)  A Clax­ton Bay grand­moth­er who al­leged­ly failed to report a sex­u­al of­fence against a child was on Fri­day grant­ed $45,000 bail.

(Trinidad Express) A Venezuelan woman was shot and killed early Saturday.

(Trinidad Express) Just under a week after he casually walked out of Piarco International Airport despite being denied entry into this country, 29-year-old O’Shane Bailey has been held.

An elderly woman appeared before the court charged with failing to report a sexual act against a seven-year-old girl to the police.

(Trinidad Express) A soldier and a police officer appeared before the court charged with maliciously wounding a DJ.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Come mid-July, 150 persons will be out of work in St Thomas as manufacturing conglomerate Seprod turns off the lights at the Golden Grove Sugar Factory.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) is reporting that the recently concluded first phase of its Dead Elector Removal Exercise identified 106,000 dead electors. 

(Trinidad Express) An underground explosion in the city of Port of Spain yesterday morning triggered a national security alert over fears that someone had set off a bomb.