Trinidad: ‘Church lady’ charged with armed robbery
(Trinidad Express) A woman described as an avid church member appeared in the San Fernando Magistrates Court on Thursday charged with armed robbery at a gas station in August.
(Trinidad Express) A woman described as an avid church member appeared in the San Fernando Magistrates Court on Thursday charged with armed robbery at a gas station in August.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaican expatriates have generally reacted with dismay to Democratic candidate Senator Kamala Harris’ decision to pull the plug on her presidential election race, but some believe that the pragmatism of money in politics and her failure to energise black voters ultimately cost her the campaign.
(Trinidad Newsday) A gunman who shot at and missed his intended target in the streets of San Fernando on Thursday morning fled police by running into an all-girls’ school.
(Jamaica Observer) Regional telecommunications giant, Digicel is currently evaluating its refinancing options over part of its debt pile, which currently stands at around US$7 billion (€6.35bn).
The Chair of the Commonwealth Observer Group (COG), is encouraging ‘peaceful elections’ in Dominica today.
(Barbados Nation) Former Barbadian Prime Minister , Professor Owen Arthur, says Barbados has to urgently build “a new economy”, warning that “the boat is pulling out of harbour and we are not on it”.
(Trinidad Express) The body of an unidentified woman was found yesterday afternoon near a sweet potato garden in Cunupia.
(Trinidad Guardian) Two men are dead after gunmen opened fire on a group of people in Covigne Diego Martin last night.
(Jamaica Star) Sixty-year-old Donovan Stewart, who became an Internet sensation after a US interview of him describing his ordeal with a robber went viral, is now being hailed as a fearless hero and modern-day Teddy Brukshut.
(Jamaica Gleaner) A motorcyclist was killed in a bizarre case of apparent road rage yesterday afternoon after he was kicked off course by a fellow angry biker before ploughing into a utility pole at the end of a chase on a busy Kingston street.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The police have for the past two years failed to execute a warrant of committal on Jamaican cricketer-turned-politician Daren Powell, who has been held in contempt because of his failure to comply with a 2016 court order.
(Trinidad Guardian) Prisoners in local jails are communicating on the Internet using 4G and LTE technology, prompting the Government to amend the Interception of Communication law soon to deal with this.
(Trinidad Guardian) The Oilfield Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU) has been notified that 178 out of the total unionised workforce of 286 workers at Unilever Caribbean Ltd (UCL) workers are being sent home.
(Barbados Nation) Authorities are hastening to correct an error in the court system which left hundreds of couples believing they were divorced, when they were not.
BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombian unions and student groups marked a third national strike yesterday with marches, chants and dancing, ahead of additional dialogue between protest leaders and the government over President Ivan Duque’s social and economic policies.
(Trinidad Guardian) The Election and Boundaries Commission (EBC) says the voter turnout in Monday’s Local Government Elections was 34.49 per cent of the voting population.
(Trinidad Guardian) A seven-seven tie result for People’s National Movement and United National Congress!
(Trinidad Guardian) The Ministry of Health says it has conducted an epidemiological examination of the Influenza deaths for this season.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Tesha Miller has been found guilty in relation to the murder of former chairman of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), Douglas Chambers.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States yesterday blacklisted the former Guatemalan infrastructure minister for his alleged involvement in “significant corruption,” U.S.
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