Regional News

Vishal Birju, the man charged for the murder  of Gabriella Dubarry, shook his body as he appeared before the court.

(Jamaica Star) “Come ‘Bringle’, mi don’t want you go on the road.

(Trinidad Guardian) New year, new me, that’s the in­ten­tion of many as they make New Year’s res­o­lu­tions each year.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The kitchen knife used in the preparation of Sunday dinner at Neville Sinclair’s home in Brinkley district, St Elizabeth, became an instrument of death a few short hours later as it was used to slaughter the senior justice of the peace’s (JP) daughter, Nevia Sinclair, who was allegedly murdered in her sleep by her estranged boyfriend.

(Jamaica Gleaner) It was a bizarre end to an afternoon of grief that rapidly boiled up into anger in the cool climbs of Manchester on Sunday.

(Trinidad Express) The Court has ruled that Sections 3 and 4 of the Sedition Act are unconstitutional, as they impose disproportionate and unjustified restrictions on a citizen’s free speech, expression and thought.

(Jamaica Gleaner) United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will be in Jamaica on a two-day working visit, beginning next Tuesday, a Gleaner source has revealed.

(Jamaica Star) An official at the Portland Health Department said that the KFC outlet in Port Antonio has been given the green light to operate after a recent rodent scare.

(Jamaica Star) A widow Jennifer Johnson is complaining that a funeral home in St Ann cut off the dreadlocks of her husband Errol Johnson, which he had grown for nearly 40 years.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Before Jamaica Defence Force Corporal Doran McKenzie took his life with a Glock pistol on Sunday morning, he allegedly posted graphic images of his girlfriend’s body on his WhatsApp status and distributed a voice note explaining why he committed the act, The Gleaner understands.

(Trinidad Express) A MOTORCYCLIST was killed instantly this evening after he lost control of his bike while riding along the Churchill Roosevelt Highway in Wallerfield.

(Trinidad Guardian) More than 20,000 peo­ple have lost their jobs in T&T since 2015.

(Trinidad Express) Two more men were shot and killed during separate shooting incidents in Arouca and Aranguez.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The United States Embassy in Kingston has dismissed social media rumours that Washington is demanding the extradition of a current minister of the Jamaican government.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica-born pilot Marlon Dean Dayes was this morning close to tears as he achieved his lifelong dream of flying a plane back to his homeland.

(Jamaica Observer) ALEX Dormer is a fighter. Born with Down’s syndrome, Alex has also suffered from congenital heart disease for his six years of life.

(Trinidad Express) Over the past five years, there have been 579 breaches of restraining orders and 168 persons, mostly women who sought protection from the courts, were killed.

(Trinidad Newsday) Just over one year since state-owned Petrotrin closed its doors in November 2018, approximately 2,000 workers are still awaiting proper compensation packages from the company.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Questions have been raised about how Tesha Miller, leader of the Spanish Town-based Clansman Gang, could have been convicted for ordering the murder of then Jamaica Transit Urban Company (JUTC) Chairman Douglas Chambers when his hitman, Andre ‘Blackman’ Bryan, was acquitted of the 2008 killing.

(Trinidad Express) A 16-year-old girl who was critically injured in a crash on her way home from school on Thursday has died.