Regional News

(Jamaica Observer) DESPITE the arrest of four police officers in connection with a robbery in Hellshire, St Catherine, last week, the female victim says she is still terrified.

(Trinidad Guardian) A Matu­ra pen­sion­er was yes­ter­day chopped to death by a woman who claimed she act­ed in self de­fence af­ter he tried to have sex with her.

(Trinidad Guardian) A pro­pos­al to of­fer all Venezue­lans a one-year amnesty to live and work in T&T will be tak­en to Cab­i­net soon says Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty Min­is­ter Stu­art Young.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – A top Russian security official yesterday accused Washington of deploying forces in Puerto Rico and Colombia in preparation for a military intervention in Venezuela to topple Moscow’s ally, President Nicolas Maduro, something the United States denied.

(Trinidad Express) Sital College is mourning and celebrating the life of Pandroutie “Pamela” Sinanan, who was killed and her body found in the Fullerton Beach last Thursday, four days after she disappeared.

(Trinidad Express) Marcia McClean has been committed to stand trial before the High Court for the murder of her four year-old step-daughter Jenice Figaro.

(Jamaica Observer) Police are currently piecing together clues in a deadly gun attack in Williamsfield, Westmoreland last night.

(Trinidad Express) Tobago has recorded its second road fatality for the year.

(Trinidad Guardian) The moth­er of two boys res­cued from an oil pit in Point Fortin last week wants com­pen­sa­tion and prop­er med­ical care for her chil­dren and her hus­band.

(Trinidad Guardian) Op­po­si­tion Leader Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar is ex­treme­ly con­cerned about the in­volve­ment of the Elec­tions and Bound­aries Com­mis­sion (EBC) in the reg­is­tra­tion of Venezue­lans, es­pe­cial­ly with two up­com­ing elec­tions and the coun­try’s his­to­ry of vote rig­ging.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Melissa Harriot, the woman who allegedly stole a three-week-old baby at the Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay last month, had her bail reduced to $200,000 when she appeared before the St James Parish Court yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) A High Court judge has threat­ened con­tempt of court pro­ceed­ings against Po­lice Com­mis­sion­er Gary Grif­fith for fail­ing to obey a court or­der.

(Trinidad Express) Guyanese national Balgobin Doodnath appeared in the Chaguanas Magistrates’ Court yesteday charged with last week’s murder of doubles vendor Dhroop Jagessar.

(Jamaica Observer) Four policemen have been detained in connection with a robbery in Hell-shire, St Catherine, last week when thieves made off with $17 million worth of jewellery, US$5,500 in cash, and other items.

(Trinidad Express)  A 27-year-old woman was shot nine times about the body in Malabar on Sunday night.

(Trinidad Guardian) A third police officer has been detained for allegedly helping criminal gangs.

(Trinidad Express) A 27-year-old woman was shot nine times about the body in Malabar on Sunday night.

(Jamaica Observer) Jamaica’s distance runner Kemoy Campbell says doctors have been unable to diagnose his heart condition and will be inserting an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) in the left side of his ribs tomorrow.

(Jamaica Observer) Four policemen have been detained in connection with a robbery in Hellshire, St Catherine, last week when thieves made off with $17 million worth of jewellery, US$5,500 in cash, and other items.

(Trinidad Guardian) The State has ac­cept­ed li­a­bil­i­ty in a ma­li­cious pros­e­cu­tion law­suit in which a pun­dit com­plained that the po­lice fab­ri­cat­ed crim­i­nal charges against him.