Regional News

(Trinidad Guardian) A night of cel­e­bra­tion spurned in­to life­time of tragedy for a Gas­par­il­lo fam­i­ly af­ter ban­dits shot dead a po­lice of­fi­cer’s broth­er and wound­ed his friend af­ter a rob­bery at a vil­lage bar.

(Trinidad Express) In the last four years, Chinese tech firm, Huawei, has invested $272 million (US$40 million) in Trinidad and Tobago.

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – A Honduran court convicted the wife of former President Porfirio Lobo on graft charges, including siphoning funds from programmes designed to help poor children, a judicial official said yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) For­mer gov­ern­ment min­is­ter Mar­lene Mc­Don­ald’s long-time com­pan­ion Michael Carew and an­oth­er man charged along­side the cou­ple for cor­rup­tion and mon­ey laun­der­ing, are yet to ac­cess bail.

LIMA (Reuters) – Uruguay’s President Tabare Vazquez announced yesterday that doctors detected a likely malignant growth in his right lung during a routine checkup.

(Jamaica Observer) When Jamaica’s youngest detective sergeant Adrian Wellington returns to the island in 2020, equipped with an MSc in Forensic Accounting, he intends to undertake an extensive study into financial crimes in the country.

(Trinidad Guardian) The moth­er of a woman who was shot dead by po­lice in San­ta Cruz be­lieves her daugh­ter’s death may be linked to a car which she bought four days be­fore the in­ci­dent.

(Jamaica Observer) One of the island’s top plastic surgeons is advocating the establishment of a specialist registry in light of a significant increase in the demand for body contour surgeries across the island.

(Trinidad Guardian) A 64-year-old woman and her grand­daugh­ter, 20, were ar­rest­ed af­ter po­lice of­fi­cers found an as­sault ri­fle at her home in San­ta Cruz, Trinidad.

(Trinidad Guardian) The at­tacks against prison of­fi­cers con­tin­ued on Sun­day morn­ing af­ter a prison officer’s house was shot at in Pleas­antville.

(Trinidad Express) Police have rescued a 17-year-old Venezuelan national who was abducted and being kept in a house in exchange for drugs.

(Trinidad Express) Three men who held employees of a popular ice cream establishment at gunpoint and robbed them of cash and cellphones were held on Sunday night.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Vigilant nurses at the busy Spanish Town Hospital in St Catherine recently accosted a man who posed as a doctor for over a week in the accident and emergency (A&E) department.

(Trinidad Express) Radio announcer Justin Dookhi drowned in a pond at the La Vega Estate in Gran Couva on Sunday.

(Jamaica Observer) Renowned musical arranger, composer and choirmaster Noel Dexter is being remembered as a gentle giant whose legacy will be the impact of his work on thousands of Jamaicans.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Constable Merrick Nelson said his life was saved because of a swift decision by a woman and her spouse to transport him to the hospital after he sustained serious injuries resulting in a motor vehicle collision along the Spanish Town Road in Kingston on October 19 last year.

(Trinidad Guardian) A High Court Judge has blocked the de­por­ta­tion of a Ja­maican man ac­cused of drug traf­fick­ing.

(Trinidad Guardian) Di­ag­nosed with cere­bral pal­sy at birth years ago, doc­tors ini­tial­ly said Josi­ah At­i­ba Man­dela Thomas might nev­er walk or talk.

(Trinidad Guardian) Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice Gary Grif­fith says de­spite his achieve­ments over the last year in of­fice, mur­ders and the fear of crime con­tin­ues to be his biggest chal­lenges.

(Trinidad Express) A man and his female companion are dead following a shoot-out with police on Friday night.