Regional News

(Trinidad Guardian) For­mer min­is­ter in the Min­istry of Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty Sub­has Pan­day is call­ing on Po­lice Com­mis­sion­er Gary Grif­fith to ex­pose the names of the 50 dan­ger­ous shoot­ers re­spon­si­ble for the rise in homi­cides in T&T.

(Jamaica Observer) One of Aneacia Neita’s worst fears after her daughter Gabrielle Fennell removed a tumour from the centre of her brain in 2017, was that she would have lost her memory.

(Jamaica Gleaner) United States Senator Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign has pushed back against online attacks about her race, comparing the latest jabs to racism faced by former President Barack Obama, as fellow 2020 candidates rallied to her defence.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Nickala Facey, the St James man who allegedly set an elderly woman on fire in April after he failed in his bid to rape her, had his bail application put off until July 24 when he appeared in the St James Parish Court last Thursday.

(Trinidad Express) The slaying of citizens multiple times a day is no longer big news in a country where upwards of 400 people are murdered every year.

(Trinidad Guardian) Three men were shot and killed and three oth­ers in­jured in four sep­a­rate shoot­ing in­ci­dents across north Trinidad yesterday.

CARACAS, (Reuters)  – Venezuela’s defense ministry yesterday confirmed the death of a military officer who opposition leaders and family members said was tortured in custody after his detention over alleged involvement in a coup plot against President Nicolas Maduro.

(Trinidad Express) Police have obtained closed circuit television footage of the paedophile who allegedly raped a 14 year old girl at a sporting complex last week Saturday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Reg­is­tra­tion cards have not yet been is­sued to Venezue­lans who reg­is­tered re­cent­ly since Gov­ern­ment is still work­ing out who should be in T&T, who should not be and who are crim­i­nals.

(Trinidad Guardian) The com­mon-law wife of 69-year-old co­me­di­an and ac­tor Den­nis “Spran­galang” Hall is call­ing on the na­tion to pray for his speedy re­cov­ery and to bless the hands of the ten doc­tors at­tend­ing to the en­ter­tain­er.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s government yesterday deported 59 Colombian citizens who had been “arbitrarily” detained there almost three years ago, the United Nations human rights office said, applauding it as a “positive sign.”

(Trinidad Guardian) A se­nior US mil­i­tary of­fi­cer is warn­ing that the re­turn of T&T ter­ror­ist fight­ers can pose a ma­jor threat to this coun­try.

(Trinidad Guardian) There is an es­ti­mat­ed back­log of 20,000 peo­ple in T&T re­quir­ing ac­tion on their agri­cul­tur­al State land leas­es – and Cab­i­net has been put on no­tice to deal with 400 ap­pli­ca­tions next Thurs­day.

MEDELLIN, Colombia,  (Reuters) – Members of the Organization of American States (OAS) ended two days of meetings yesterday without a clear plan for increasing pressure on embattled Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, despite a majority vote to recognize a representative from the country’s opposition.

(Trinidad Express) A Jamaican national who went mining for gold in Guyana and then came to this country to sell it to jewellery stores in Port of Spain, only to later break into the business places and steal the jewellery claiming he was underpaid for his “hard work” has been sentenced to four years’ imprisonment.

(Jamaica Observer) An additional 44 foreigners living in Jamaica were today granted citizenship by the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA).

LIMA,  (Reuters) – Indigenous groups in Peru are turning to the courts with a new legal strategy for keeping mining and oil projects off their lands, racking up victories that could make it harder for companies to secure permits in the Andean country, a major minerals producer.

(Trinidad Express) For the second time in just over one month and the third time in two years, a Claxton Bay man has been awarded compensation by the court for wrongful arrest and malicious prosecution.

(Barbados Nation) MISSING WITHOUT a trace. That seems to be the situation surrounding Monday’s disappearance of American visitors Magdalena Devil, 25, and Oscar Suarez, 32, who went missing at sea after renting a jet ski at Holetown, St James, for a half-hour ride.

(Trinidad Express) One of the arguments offered by anti-migrant proponents is that the 14,000 -plus Venezuelans registered to live and work in Trinidad and Tobago for one year, will take the jobs of locals.