Regional News

(Jamaica Observer) For many it was not surprising that there was a Jamaican, among the members of the 120-strong mass choir lead by American rapper Kanye West, which ministered inside Emancipation Park on Friday evening.

(Trinidad Newsday) In 2014, leading up to the 2015 general elections, two hitmen were offered US$2 million to assassinate the opposition leader – Dr Keith Rowley.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley has claimed that as­sas­sins were hired to kill him just be­fore the 2015 gen­er­al elec­tion and that an emer­gency meet­ing was held re­cent­ly to or­gan­ise protection for At­tor­ney Gen­er­al Faris Al-Rawi af­ter an­oth­er as­sas­si­na­tion plot was un­cov­ered.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Stung by defeat after a weeklong legal battle with the St James Municipal Corporation, gay rights lobbyist Maurice Tomlinson has vowed to reapply for permission to host a controversial forum after losing on a “technicality.”

(Trinidad Newsday) The Police Complaints Authority (PCA) has initiated an investigation into the police killing of 34-year-old Keone Paryag at Chaguanas, on Friday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley has claimed that as­sas­sins were hired to kill him just be­fore the 2015 gen­er­al elec­tion and that an emer­gency meet­ing was held re­cent­ly to or­gan­ise pro­tec­tion for At­tor­ney Gen­er­al Faris Al-Rawi af­ter an­oth­er as­sas­si­na­tion plot was un­cov­ered.

(Trinidad Express) The Ministry of Health employee whose image was plastered over social media earlier this month and labelled as a “bandit”, has instructed his attorneys to issue a pre-action protocol letter to the woman who made the original post seeking a public apology and “significant” monetary compensation for defamation of character.

(Trinidad Guardian) A to­tal of 156 peo­ple were ar­rest­ed dur­ing Op­er­a­tion Strike Back II ex­er­cis­es, in­clud­ing 45 sus­pects want­ed by po­lice for var­i­ous of­fences.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Honduran politician Juan Antonio “Tony” Hernandez was found guilty of U.S.

(Barbados Nation) There has been a breakthrough in debt restructuring negotiations between Government and the Barbados External Creditor Committee, which represents foreign bondholders.

(Barbados Nation) Barbados-based Elegant Hotels Group is being acquired by well-known global hotel group Marriott International in an “all cash offer” worth about $260.2 million.

 (Trinidad Guardian) The pri­vate sec­tor must play a big­ger role in dri­ving the na­tion’s econ­o­my said Ryan Lewis, Di­rec­tor, Trinidad and To­ba­go Man­u­fac­tur­ers’ As­so­ci­a­tion (TTMA).

(Trinidad Express) A Cedros woman who was snatched by criminals during a power outage on Wednesday, has been found dead.

(Trinidad Express) A police officer was found dead near a primary school this afternoon, shortly after he called his wife and said he loved her.

(Trinidad Express) Some lucky citizens were on Tuesday night treated to what appeared to be a meteor blazing its way into Earth’s atmosphere, looking much like a comet as it streaked across the sky.

(Trinidad Guardian) BHP, the Australian outfit drilling in T&Ts deep water has announced that its latest well, Carnival-1 failed and was a dry hole.

(Trinidad Express) Someone in central Trinidad captured video footage of a meteor flashing across the night sky over Trinidad on Wednesday night.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren has listed United States Ambassador to Jamaica Donald Tapia among five persons whom she claims are “unqualified” and only got the job because they made financial donations to President Donald Trump.

(Jamaica Observer) American rapper, songwriter, producer and entrepreneur Kanye West will bring his Sunday Service music worship experience to Emancipation Park in Kingston on Friday.

(Reuters) – The United States yesterday restored economic aid to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras that had been cut off after the Trump administration complained the three Central American countries had done too little to halt a surge in migration.