Regional News

(Trinidad Guardian) Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty Min­is­ter Stu­art Young ac­cused the Op­po­si­tion of be­ing racists, spark­ing a shout­ing match and name call­ing in the Par­lia­ment on Fri­day night.

(Trinidad Guardian) Gangs are re­spon­si­ble for the mur­ders of at least 2,100 peo­ple in this coun­try ac­cord­ing to sta­tis­tics from the Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS).

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaican athlete Kemoy Campbell has been taken to hospital after he collapsed during the Millrose Games now taking place in New York, in the United States.

(Trinidad Guardian) A so­cial me­dia post deemed racist, which was made by a To­ba­go-based fe­male po­lice of­fi­cer, has been re­ferred to Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice Gary Grif­fith.

(Trinidad Guardian) The State has been or­dered to pay over $280,000 in com­pen­sa­tion to a woman and her two teenage sons who were wrong­ful­ly de­tained by po­lice dur­ing a rou­tine traf­fic stop.

(Jamaica Observer) SUZZETT Whyte, the mother of the baby who was snatched from the Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH) had been harbouring hatred towards the woman who took her child a month ago.

(Trinidad Express) A fight between a woman and two teenage girls which was filmed and later went viral may have caused her murder.

(Jamaica Observer) Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Wednesday participated in the official ground-breaking ceremony for the US$250-million ($34-billion), 1,000-room H10 Ocean Coral Spring now under construction in Trelawny.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Collaring corrupt criminal actors and untouchables will require the Government to adopt tougher legislation that forces them to prove their sources of wealth or be thrown into prison, says Howard Mitchell, leader of Jamaica’s most powerful business lobby.

(Trinidad Express) A 16-year-old boy expected to appear in court today, charged with sexual penetration of a 15-year-old girl.

(Trinidad Express) Police are trying to find out why Mariah Neptune was shot and killed in Tunapuna on Thursday night.

(Trinidad Express) Frustrated at the slow pace of development and the terrible road conditions within their community, Fyzabad residents took up the onus of repairing the road themselves.

(Jamaica Observer) The police are now investigating the possible existence of a baby-stealing ring after recovering an infant that had been snatched from Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH) last month.

(Trinidad Express) Purported Unruly ISIS gang member Allan Muhammad died yesterday morning.

(Trinidad Guardian) A 61-year-old man, who was left per­ma­nent­ly scarred af­ter doused with acid by his sis­ter-in-law, has fi­nal­ly re­ceived com­pen­sa­tion af­ter an al­most two-decade-long le­gal bat­tle.

(Trinidad Express) A Moruga fisherman was fined $35,000 for possession of protected animals found in a mini zoo at his home on Wednesday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Baby Sae’breon, the newborn stolen from the Victoria Jubilee Hospital last month, could be united with his parents today.

(Trinidad Express) A week after their kidnapping for a ransom in Venezuela, five fishermen have returned home.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Fifty-five-year-old Pam (last name withheld), the lone female among 29 deported migrants who were processed at Harman Barracks after being sent from the United Kingston on a charter flight to Kingston yesterday, has castigated the Jamaican Government for failing to protect the rights of emigrants.

(Jamaica Observer) The father of the newborn who was snatched from the Victoria Jubilee Hospital last month says he believes the child who was taken from a woman at the Registrar General Department (RGD) in Twickenham Park, St Catherine, on Tuesday is his.