Regional News

(Trinidad Newsday) Last Wednesday, Dana Lemessey, 29, from Icacos, Cedros, gave birth to triplets at the San Fernando General Hospital.

(Trinidad Guardian) Op­po­si­tion Leader Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar says the Prime Min­is­ter’s re­cent ‘at­tack’ on pub­lic ser­vants could be an in­di­ca­tion that he plans to fire them.

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan migrants will be provided with a regional vaccination card beginning in October, health officials from 10 countries agreed yesterday, in an effort to ensure they receive needed vaccines and are not given double doses.

(Trinidad Guardian) A wit­ness in a kid­nap­ping case was gunned down and his girl­friend shot and wound­ed while at their home in Cau­ra on Sun­day night.

(Trinidad Guardian) It’s being described as an unfair and horrific tragedy, for 83-year-old Polly “Mama” Bahadoor to be murdered in the way she was—her head completely bashed in exposing her brain tissues and her face smashed into the skull.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – A Brazilian Supreme Court justice believes jailed ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva deserves a retrial after leaked social media conversations appeared to show the judge hearing Brazil’s largest-ever corruption case collaborated with prosecutors.

BRIDGETOWN, (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Dorian gathered strength today as it barreled west toward Barbados, where residents stocked up on food to hunker down for an onslaught of heavy wind and rain.

(Trinidad Guardian) Two teenagers are in po­lice cus­tody af­ter they killed and in­jured close rel­a­tives in what po­lice of­fi­cers have de­scribed as hor­rif­ic and bru­tal at­tacks.

(Barbados Nation) Prime Minister Mia Mottley has called on Barbadians to be their brother’s keeper as preparations take place for the passage of Tropical Storm Dorian.

(Trinidad Express) A pregnant woman was chopped to death in an attack at her home at Chin Chin Road, Las Lomas No.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The St Mary police made a massive ganja seizure on Friday evening after raiding premises in the Boscobel area in the parish.

(Trinidad Express) One week after she went missing, a retired nurse and sister of an Independent senator was found murdered and her body stuffed in a barrel yesterday afternoon.

(Trinidad Guardian) Po­lice are try­ing to de­ter­mine a mo­tive for the killing of a Care­nage man which oc­curred ear­ly yesterday morn­ing.

(Barbados Nation) THE BARBADOS METEOROLOGICAL Services has issued a Tropical Storm Watch for Barbados.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley has said a crime-fight­ing ex­pert will be brought in­to the coun­try soon to dis­cuss crime and vi­o­lence as a pub­lic health is­sue.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Six states in Brazil’s Amazon region requested military help yesterday to combat record fires that are tearing through the rainforest, provoking an international outcry because of the Amazon’s central role in combating global warming.

(Trinidad Guardian) After spending almost 11 days on remand, Michael Carew, the long-time companion of former government minister Marlene McDonald was on Friday able to access bail.

(Trinidad Express) A man is dead following a crash along the Sir Solomon Hochoy Highway, near Claxton Bay, on Saturday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) One lawmaker last week came face-to-face with the terror on the roadways caused by rowdy taxi drivers, and the incident has left her traumatised.

(Trinidad Newsday) Besson Street police found a silver Nissan B14 car in the Western Division this morning, 15 years after it was reported stolen.