Regional News

(Trinidad Guardian) US au­thor­i­ties who dis­cov­ered the body of a Nicaraguan mi­grant in­to Texas this week, say that among the things they found on him was a phone num­ber for some­one in Trinidad and To­ba­go.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A new mandatory requirement for Jamaicans and other citizens across the globe to disclose all the social-media platforms they have visited in the last five years, along with their user names, when they apply for American visas will have a “chilling effect” on free speech, a Jamaica-born immigration attorney based in the United States (US) has said.

(Trinidad Express) A drive-through robbery was carried out at a Burger King outlet located at the Gulf City Mall, La Romaine, on Monday night.

(Jamaica Observer) A teacher who was chopped and injured in the parish last Thursday, allegedly by her child’s father, is still undergoing treatment in hospital.

(Jamaica Observer) MONTEGO BAY, St James — Police were, up to late yesterday evening, combing the home of popular Montego Bay businessman Raymond Kerr after his decomposing body was found with multiple stab wounds and his throat slashed.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Ja­maican man want­ed by lo­cal au­thor­i­ties for es­cap­ing from a hold­ing room at Pi­ar­co In­ter­na­tion­al Air­port on Fri­day says he is now fear­ful for his life.

(Trinidad Guardian) A de­ci­sion by Di­rec­tor of Pub­lic Pros­e­cu­tions (DPP) Roger Gas­pard, SC, to con­tin­ue to pros­e­cute a triple mur­der case af­ter the State’s main wit­ness ad­mit­ted to fab­ri­cat­ing ev­i­dence has led to three men be­ing freed.

(Trinidad Guardian) When news came in late on Sun­day night that PH dri­ver Ru Seecha­ran’s body was found, the fam­i­ly was in a state of shock, but in par­tic­u­lar, his 87-year-old moth­er Cha­naradai Seecha­ran was dev­as­tat­ed.

(Trinidad Express) A protest at the unfinished Reform Hindu School turned into a police investigation on Friday.

(Trinidad Express) A bride and groom in Central Trinidad pledged love and commitment to each other in their wedding on Saturday, then distributed meals to the homeless after the wedding reception.

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON and St Andrew Parish Judge Maxine Ellis has sent a strong warning to individuals who dress inappropriately for court, after turning away two accused who were clad in extremely tight pants last Tuesday.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Ja­maican man who was de­nied en­try at the Pi­ar­co In­ter­na­tion­al Air­port on Fri­day says he did not es­cape cus­tody and claimed he paid US$500 to an Im­mi­gra­tion of­fi­cer to se­cure his free­dom.

(Trinidad Guardian) Di­rec­tor of Eco­nom­ics at the Caribbean De­vel­op­ment Bank Dr Justin Ram says T&T must fo­cus on di­ver­si­fi­ca­tion and ways to boost the oth­er sec­tors in the econ­o­my such as tourism, agri­cul­ture, and the cre­ative in­dus­tries.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The body of former Prime Minister Edward Seaga arrived in Jamaica yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) A Diego Mar­tin fa­ther of three is striv­ing to en­ter the 2020 Guin­ness Book of World Records as he works to build the world’s longest and high­est high-rid­er bi­cy­cle.

(Trinidad Guardian) A Ja­maican na­tion­al who was re­fused en­try in­to Trinidad on Fri­day night and was de­tained by im­mi­gra­tion of­fi­cers lat­er es­caped from the Pi­ar­co In­ter­na­tion­al Air­port.

(Trinidad Guardian) Venezue­lans who risked their lives to cross the ocean in search of a bet­ter life in Trinidad are now cel­e­brat­ing hav­ing com­plet­ed reg­is­tra­tion, which al­lows them to live and work in Trinidad for a year.

(Trinidad Express) A woman who allegedly facilitated a sexual act between a 13-year-old girl and a 27-year-old man was ordered to stay away from the alleged victim as she faced the court on Friday.

(Trinidad Newsday) The 34-year-old man who allegedly kept a woman a prisoner in her home, where she became a sex slave since March, has been charged.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Five young men, including four high school students, were left nursing injuries after gunmen sprayed a popular hang-out spot in their Manchester community with bullets on Thursday.