Regional News

(Trinidad Guardian) Spe­cial Op­er­a­tions Re­sponse Team (SORT) po­lice of­fi­cers raid­ed sev­en man­sions in the posh res­i­den­tial com­mu­ni­ty of Gulf View, La Ro­maine, yes­ter­day, break­ing down doors and pre­vent­ing home­own­ers from en­ter­ing their premis­es.

(Trinidad Guardian) For much of Friday, Ja­far Howe’s phone would not stop ring­ing, as scores of peo­ple reached out to pledge mon­e­tary sup­port to get him to Prince­ton Uni­ver­si­ty.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Chinese Ambassador Tian Qi has praised Jamaica’s decision to sign on to the mammoth Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), saying that it has opened a new era of mutual development and cooperation between the two nations.

(Trinidad Express) A series of corruption charges were last night being laid against former attorney general Anand Ramlogan, SC, and United National Congress (UNC) Senator Gerald Ramdeen by officers of the Anti-Corruption Investigative Bureau (ACIB).

(Trinidad Guardian) The State’s co-op­er­at­ing wit­ness in the on­go­ing cor­rup­tion in­ves­ti­ga­tion in­to for­mer at­tor­ney gen­er­al Anand Ram­lo­gan, SC, and Op­po­si­tion Sen­a­tor Ger­ald Ramdeen has struck a deal over his role in the le­gal fees kick­back scam.

(Trinidad Guardian) One day af­ter cel­e­brat­ing his 70th birth­day, John “Jok­er” Mills, 70, a for­mer Amo­co oil work­er and his com­mon-law wife of 40 years, Eu­lyn John, 61, were found mur­dered in their home yes­ter­day.

(Jamaica Observer) The cash reward for information on the suspect in the killing of a Vermont woman last year has been increased.

(Trinidad Guardian) Over 90 Venezue­lan pas­sen­gers try­ing to get in­to Trinidad & Tobago through the Ce­dros port were turned back by T&T Coast Guard as pa­trols on the bor­der height­ened yes­ter­day.

(Trinidad Guardian) Po­lice in­ves­ti­gat­ing an al­leged le­gal fee kick­back scam in­volv­ing for­mer at­tor­ney gen­er­al Anand Ram­lo­gan, SC and Op­po­si­tion Sen­a­tor Ger­ald Ramdeen are mov­ing to com­plete their in­ves­ti­ga­tion short­ly.

(Trinidad Express) UK-based Queen’s Counsel Vincent Nelson has appeared in court charged with conspiring with former attorney general Anand Ramlogan and UNC senator Gerald Ramdeen, to financially reward Ramlogan for cases in which Nelson represented the State.

(Trinidad Express) A man courageous enough to help police solve a crime, was shot dead on Wednesday night near his home at Don Miguel Road, El Socorro.

(Reuters) – Health officials for the Caribbean island of St. Lucia furnished 100 free doses of measles vaccine to a Church of Scientology cruise ship placed under quarantine in port after the highly contagious disease was diagnosed on board, the island’s chief medical officer said on Thursday.

(Jamaica Observer) A Clarendon businesswoman yesterday provided details about a frightening three-hour experience she had with armed, masked men who broke into her home and robbed her, her daughter, and partner of two guns, a large sum of money, clothes, and other items.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A deportee who resides in Woodland district in the parish of Hanover is among five persons taken into custody in connection with the murder of 11-year-old Trisha Morris, whose body was discovered on Tuesday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Boat­loads of Venezue­lans are still con­tin­u­ing to se­cret­ly en­ter Trinidad through Ica­cos even though the Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty Min­is­ter Stu­art Young an­nounced that all bor­ders are now in lock­down.

(Jamaica Observer) Five men have been taken into custody for questioning as police intensify their probe into the death of 11-year-old Trisha Morris of Woodland district, Hanover.

(Trinidad Newsday) Police believe the murder of a 42-year-old man and the wounding of four others during a lime at Almond Drive, Morvant, earlier this week may have been linked to the theft of some goods from the home of a man in the area last week.

(Trinidad Guardian) For­mer At­tor­ney Gen­er­al Anand Ram­lo­gan was ar­rest­ed at the Pi­ar­co air­port ear­ly yester­day, and Ger­ald Ramdeen, a UNC col­league, was tak­en in cus­tody by an­ti-cor­rup­tion po­lice who are in­ves­ti­gat­ing al­le­ga­tions of kick­backs and mon­ey laun­der­ing linked to high le­gal fees paid dur­ing the at­tor­ney gen­er­al’s tenure.

(Trinidad Guardian) Fish­er­men in the south­west­ern penin­su­la say mas­sive quan­ti­ties of sar­gas­sum sea­weed is ham­per­ing their abil­i­ty to fish.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The body of an 11-year-old girl who was reported missing four days ago was discovered yesterday with signs of a brutal sexual attack, a gut-wrenching discovery on the eve of Child Month in Jamaica.