Regional News

(Jamaica Gleaner) A St James taxi operator, who first held his eight-year-old son hostage and then tried to kill him, was shot dead by the police following a bizarre six-hour stand-off in Comfort district, near Anchovy in St James, yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) Former Attorney General, Anand Ramlogan SC remains in police custody after being arrested early this morning at Piarco International Airport by detectives of the Anti-Corruption Bureau.

(Trinidad Guardian)  T&T’s bor­der is now locked down! Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty Min­is­ter Stu­art Young con­firmed this was in train yes­ter­day as word spread of an up­ris­ing in neigh­bour­ing Venezuela.

(Jamaica Gleaner) An investigation by the Office of the Contractor General (OCG) has singled out Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Daryl Vaz, for strong criticism in relation to the divestment of the Rooms on the Beach Hotel and beach lands in St Ann accusing him of undue influence.

(Trinidad Guardian) Al­though there are ru­mours that rel­a­tives of both Carmeli­ta Gar­cia-Quin­tero and her hus­band George Quin­tero had mo­tives for the slay­ing of the cou­ple and their daugh­ter, in­ves­ti­ga­tors said that there is no ev­i­dence to sup­port the claims.

(Trinidad Guardian) The mes­sages from Venezuela start­ed dry­ing up at around noon yes­ter­day, but Venezue­lans liv­ing in T&T who sup­port Juan Guai­do are hope­ful their coun­try is head­ing back to democ­ra­cy.

(Barbados Nation) LIAT is staying in the air in spite of its financial challenges.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Trinidadian recording artiste Fay-Ann Lyons, in her song Girls, sings, “Carnival is woman, carnival is girls, girls, girls”.

(Trinidad Express) The three people found dead in a pick-up truck parked on the shoulder of the highway near the Golconda Interchange in San Fernando yesterday, have been identified.

(Trinidad Guardian) There are now many ques­tions as to what ex­act­ly hap­pened at Singh’s Liquor Store at Bournes Road in St James which re­sult­ed in a 14-year-old boy, a pupil of St An­tho­ny’s Col­lege, be­ing fa­tal­ly shot, while his friend land­ed in a crit­i­cal con­di­tion at hos­pi­tal af­ter he was al­so shot by a busi­ness­man yes­ter­day.

A St James businessman shot dead two suspected bandits who attempted to rob his liquor mart on Monday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Po­lice have iden­ti­fied the three peo­ple who were found dead in a ve­hi­cle along the Solomon Ho­choy High­way in Ste Madeleine on Mon­day.

(Jamaica Observer) As the debate on the legalisation of abortion in Jamaica continues to make the rounds, the Anglican Church here has made it clear that it supports the act, but only under specific circumstances.

(Jamaica Gleaner) At least three top-level probes have been launched into a dramatic early morning murder in St Catherine yesterday that culminated in a high-speed car chase and a deadly shoot-out involving an off-duty cop and the alleged attackers, who turned out to be his colleagues.

(Trinidad Guardian) As the Op­po­si­tion Leader Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar launched her lo­cal gov­ern­ment elec­tion cam­paign she promised to cre­ate 50,000 jobs if she is re-elect­ed Prime Min­is­ter.

(Trinidad Guardian) Caribbean Community (Caricom) leaders will meet in Port-of-Spain on Friday to discuss security issues within the 15-member regional integration movement.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – The leader of Venezuela’s opposition-controlled National Assembly, Juan Guaido, cancelled a rally scheduled to be held in the country’s fourth-largest city yesterday and said the “dictatorship” had prevented him from entering.

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) has confirmed that three police officers were involved in a shooting incident yesterday morning at the intersection of Jobs Lane and Brunswick Avenue in Spanish Town, St Catherine which left a civilian  dead.

(Trinidad Guardian)  “Deaf peo­ple can do any­thing hear­ing peo­ple can ex­cept hear.”

(Trinidad Guardian) A Cunu­pia woman was chopped to death on Fri­day night in one of five mur­ders that oc­curred on Fri­day night across the coun­try.