Regional News

 (Trinidad Guardian) In­ter-Caribbean air­line Li­at Ltd on­ly has enough cash to func­tion for the next 10 days and will face a shutdown if Cari­com does not in­ter­vene.

(Jamaica Observer) While acknowledging that the Catholic community has been hurt by the sex scandals that have rocked the Church globally, Archbishop of Kingston Most Rev Kenneth Richards says the Jamaican priest fingered by one alleged victim has said their relationship was consensual.

(Trinidad Newsday) A 19-year-old Laventille man was arrested for robbing a La Romaine vendor on Wednesday afternoon and tried to explain his behaviour by blaming it on Carnival, police said.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Harry ‘Danny’ Myers could barely contain his excitement and emotions after he was conferred with Jamaican citizenship this morning. 

(Trinidad Guardian) Which one of this sea­son’s ca­lyp­soes might be a “night­mare” for Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty Min­is­ter Stu­art Young?

(Trinidad Guardian) Po­lice of­fi­cers were called to the Hous­ing De­vel­op­ment Cor­po­ra­tion’s Clifton Tow­ers at St Paul Street, Port-of-Spain, yes­ter­day, af­ter il­le­gal oc­cu­pants at the com­plex al­leged­ly van­dalised a ve­hi­cle be­long­ing to a le­gal ten­ant.

(Reuters) – Venezuela’s oil exports sank 40 percent in the first full month after the beginning of U.S.

(Trinidad Express) A despicable act of violence and a sad day for education.

(Barbados Nation) There are six major gangs in Barbados, and guns are being circulated or rented for up to Bds$10 000.

(Trinidad Guardian) A T&T-born woman and her British hus­band are mak­ing waves on so­cial me­dia as a video of them danc­ing to Kees Di­ef­fen­thaller’s So­ca hit Sa­van­nah Grass has now been viewed more than two mil­lion times.

(Trinidad Express) Former prime minister, Basdeo Panday, has issued a pre-action protocol letter to the All Trinidad General Workers’ Trade Union claiming that he is being illegally and wrongfully evicted from his office at the Rienzi Complex in Couva.

(Jamaica Observer) A group of seven young adults have complained to the Jamaica Observer that weeks after attending interviews and paying money for uniforms to secure jobs at a call centre they are now unable to contact the ‘company’.

(Trinidad Guardian) Po­lice are in­ves­ti­gat­ing a bru­tal at­tack on the prin­ci­pal of the Tu­na­puna (Simb­hoonath Capildeo) Hin­du Pri­ma­ry School by two men yes­ter­day.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Terror reigned in the parish of Westmoreland between midday Monday and Tuesday morning as eight persons were killed by bloodthirsty gunmen in a murderous rampage that spanned several communities.

(Trinidad Express) Two men appeared before a Chaguanas Magistrate yesterday charged with the possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Cabi-net has approved a partnership between the Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) and China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) Limited for the construction of between 1,650 and 1,900 housing solutions at Bernard Lodge in St  Catherine.               

(Jamaica Gleaner) Six years ago, Guyanese reggae singer Mark Batson had given up on his music career.

(Barbados Nation) A teenager was shot dead on Tuesday night during a police operation at London Road, Brittons Hill, St Michael.

(Trinidad Express) Trinidad’s iconic sites, scenery and culture, are being featured as the cast of Love and Hip Hop Atlanta, shoots on the island.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Terror reigned in the parish of Westmoreland between midday Monday and yesterday morning as eight persons were killed by bloodthirsty gunmen in a murderous rampage that spanned several communities.