Regional News

(Barbados Nation) A St Michael man is dead following a shooting incident at Golden Rock, The Pine on Saturday night.

(Trinidad Guardian) A brazen rob­bery by three gun­men at Gold King­dom Jew­el­ry, Trinci­ty Mall cre­at­ed a pan­ic amongst mid­day shop­pers and mall-go­ers yes­ter­day af­ter shots were fired in­side the packed es­tab­lish­ment while the men es­caped on foot.

(Jamaica Observer) The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is looking to set up a 24-hour helpline that will provide support for children with mental health issues.

(Barbados Nation) The Psychiatric Hospital is seeing an increase in new admissions, as well as young people utilising mental health services.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Montego Bay Mayor Homer Davis is expressing gratitude to the Church and some members of the public for their support as he prepares for his legal face-off against gay rights group Montego Bay Pride, which is set to begin in the Supreme Court in Kingston tomorrow.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The measures mandated by the Financial Action Task Force, FATF, and its regional arm, while meant to constrain illicit financing of terrorists and other schemes, is now putting undue burden on non-profit operations that could drive then into the ground.

(Trinidad Newsday) A statement issued by the Office of the President (OTP) does not appear to have answered questions about why guests invited to functions that it hosts may only bring legally married partners.

(Trinidad Guardian) Po­lice of­fi­cers are not done with their in­ves­ti­ga­tion in­to the Trans­formed Life Min­istry and Re­ha­bil­i­ta­tion Cen­tre.

(Trinidad Guardian) New multi­na­tion­al cor­po­ra­tions will pre­fer to in­vest in Guyana rather than Trinidad & Tobago be­cause of poor reg­u­la­to­ry con­trols by the Min­istry of En­er­gy and lack of trans­paren­cy, says geo­physi­cist Javed Raza­ck.

(Jamaica Observer) The Financial Times has given recognition to Jamaica’s stock market success story in a piece entitled ‘Jamaican stock exchange rallies to become world’s best performing’.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Dis-carded Education Minister Ruel Reid is alleged to have sent WhatsApp messages to Caribbean Mari-time University (CMU) President Professor Fritz Pinnock instructing him, among other things, to hire his wife, Sharen Reid.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Neighbours in Hellshire, St Catherine, of Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) President Professor Fritz Pinnock yesterday said that since news broke of his connection to accusations of corruption involving the Ministry of Education and the CMU, his behaviour has changed drastically.

(Jamaica Observer) Two of three lawyers representing the five people accused of milking State coffers of over $50 million, among other illegal acts, yesterday came out swinging in defence of their clients, charging that the allegations were false and unsubstantiated while lambasting the investigators for using unnecessary tactics to detain the individuals.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley said yesterday State-owned Caribbean Airlines is in the black “for the first time”.

(Trinidad Express) Police constable Vishram Ragoo has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for five offences including the 2008 rape of a teenager.

(Trinidad Guardian) Two po­lice of­fi­cers have been charged with mis­be­hav­iour in pub­lic of­fice, fol­low­ing an in­ci­dent in­volv­ing a male vic­tim which oc­curred in March 2018.

(Trinidad Express) I am not a monster! Pastor Glen Awong, the founder of Transformed Life Ministry and Rehabilitation Centre in Arouca where 69 people were “rescued” from cages yesterday says Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith got it all wrong.

(Trinidad Express) Residents of Embacadere, San Fernando had become so accustomed hearing gunshots that when they rang out on Wednesday night no one checked.

(Trinidad Express) An eighteen-year-old pupil charged with the rape of a 15-year-old has been granted bail.

(Trinidad Express) Several workers of the Transformed Life Ministry (TLM) came to the defence of their employer and church owner, Glen Awong, yesterday.