Regional News

(Trinidad Guardian) Three el­der­ly women were among 20 peo­ple who were res­cued from a se­nior cit­i­zens’ home in Ari­ma that was de­scribed as a “House of Hor­rors” by state of­fi­cials and po­lice of­fi­cers.

(Jamaica Observer) It was her deceased parents’ wish for her to return to Jamaica.

(Trinidad Express) A Chi­nese na­tion­al de­scribed by po­lice as one of the mas­ter­minds be­hind a ma­jor sex and drug ring op­er­at­ing in West­ern Trinidad that was smashed more than two weeks ago was cap­tured on Tues­day.

(Jamaica Observer) The US$300-million lawsuit brought by Jamaican deejay Flourgon against American singer Miley Cyrus over alleged copyright infringements, has been given a possible lifeline.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – For the first time since the 1959 Revolution, Cuban voters on Sunday may express significant dissent, when they go to the polls to ratify a new constitution that institutes modest economic changes while maintaining the one-party system.

(Trinidad Express) Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith is responding to concerns that the camouflaged outfit he is wearing on duty, is in violation of the police dress code.

(Trinidad Express) After more than 40 years, Basdeo Panday has been evicted from his office at the Rienzi Complex, Couva.

(Trinidad Express) A Point Fortin man jumped into an oil well and rescued his two sinking stepsons on Wednesday afternoon.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The public will soon have to receive special instructions on how to dispose of discarded electrical and electronic devices, or e-waste.

(Trinidad Guardian) A chut­ney/ca­lyp­so artiste has a mes­sage for Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice Gary Grif­fith which he penned in a song ti­tled Fix It Mr Grif­fith, Fix It.

(Barbados Nation) Three Green Monkeys caused a power outage in The City yesterday morning.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Jamaican economy experienced real gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 1.8 per cent for the 2018 calendar year, according to Dr Wayne Henry, director general of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ).

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley has said over-in­flat­ed en­gi­neer es­ti­mates at gov­ern­ment min­istries have cost this coun­try mil­lions of dol­lars over the years.

(Trinidad Guardian) Crim­i­nals are shift­ing from the use of hand­guns to com­mit crimes to more so­phis­ti­cat­ed mil­i­tary-type ri­fles.

(Trinidad Express) Gunmen opened fire on a car along Hubert Rance Street, San Fernando, killing one of the occupants yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) She had no idea this was going to happen. Analysts Keshala Mahabir and Ishan Gosine will tie the knot this year after Gosine got down on one knee and proposed to his sweetheart, Mahabir last night at 519 Restaurant at the C-3 Mall, San Fernando.

(Trinidad Express) A 24-year-old man has been charged with murdering Parliament clerk Mariana Moonisar and the wounding her father.

(Trinidad Guardian) A Moru­ga man who climbed a 200-foot cell tow­er, singing so­ca and per­form­ing ac­ro­bat­ics has been tak­en to hos­pi­tal for ob­ser­va­tion.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Five persons, including two children, were seriously injured yesterday morning in a three-vehicle collision along the Montpelier main road, which also left several other persons nursing minor injuries.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The social media pages of Jamaican athlete Asafa Powell have been overflowing with congratulatory messages following his weekend marriage to Canadian model, Alyshia Miller.