Regional News

(Trinidad Guardian) Valen­tine’s Day turned out to be a scary ex­pe­ri­ence for an el­der­ly cou­ple when they woke up to find a four-feet maca­juel in their bed­room ceil­ing yes­ter­day.

(Trinidad Guardian) Two suspected gang leaders from West Trinidad and Laventille, along with three other suspected gang members, were detained by police during a massive intelligence-led dragnet-styled operation yesterday.

(Jamaica Observer) Florida-based, Jamaican-born entreprenuer Rishielle Giscombe-Smith is aiming to tap into the United States billion-dollar beauty industry with her app, Glamo.

Grenadian soca sensation Hollis “Mr Killa” Mapp’s 2019 release ‘Run With It’ has incited soca lovers at various Carnival fetes to pick up something and do exactly as the song says and ‘Run With It’.

(Jamaica Observer) A suspect has been held in the investigation of the murder or Dr Lynvale Bloomfield, the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) parliamentarian who represented the Portland Eastern constituency.

(Trinidad Guardian) Af­ter be­ing kid­napped at sea and held cap­tive in a Venezue­lan for­est for over a month, 17-year-old Ken­rick Mor­gan has height­ened his am­bi­tion to join the Coast Guard so that he can pro­tect oth­ers from suf­fer­ing the same fate.

(Trinidad Express) Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith has with immediate effect, raised the policing alert from ‘Amber’ to ‘Red’, as a result of ongoing gang activities and homicides.

(Barbados Nation) SOME BEACH OPERATORS on the South Coast are in a financial bind as an invasion of Sargassum seaweed chokes their business.

(Trinidad Guardian) The increase of murders and gun violence in the Sea Lots, East Port-of-Spain and Carenage is now believed to be directly linked to the ongoing gang rivalry between two main gangs—the Rasta City and the Muslims.

(Jamaica Observer) Olympian and National Record Holder Kemoy Campbell yesterday walked for the first time since he collapsed at the Millrose Games in New York over the weekend.

(Trinidad Express) Prime minister Dr Keith Rowley has hauled Opposition Leader Kamla Persad Bissessar over the coals for her appeal this week to people of African descent to blank the People’s National Movement.

(Trinidad Express) After losing money at a casino in Chaguanas, a man drove his car off a multi-storey car park and plummeted 30 feet to the ground early Wednesday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Corn soup ven­dor Leopold Adams was among four peo­ple who were killed be­tween Mon­day night and yes­ter­day.

 (Trinidad Guardian) The in­crease of mur­ders and gun vi­o­lence in the Sea Lots, East Port-of-Spain and Care­nage is now be­lieved to be di­rect­ly linked to the on­go­ing gang ri­val­ry be­tween two main gangs—the Ras­ta City and the Mus­lims.

(Jamaica Observer) President of Reebok, Matt O’Toole says the sportswear company will be donating USD$50,000 to assist with the medical expenses for professional distance runner Kemoy Campbell.

(Trinidad Express) Agriculture Minister Clarence Rambharat says he was shocked by a recent revelation by the National Flour Mills (NFM) that 95 per cent of the rice paddy it buys from local rice farmers ends up as pet food and not on the plates of taxpayers.

(Trinidad Express) A man who gang members accused of being an “informant” was shot dead in the living room of his Sea Lots, Port of Spain home yesterday morning.

(Jamaica Observer) The Ministry of Health says there have been six confirmed deaths from dengue fever as at February 8.

(Trinidad Guardian) Less than an hour af­ter four men ap­peared in court on Tues­day charged with pos­ses­sion of a pro­tect­ed green tur­tle, the an­i­mal was re­leased back in­to the sea.

(Trinidad Express) The $750 fine for an overweight truck is no deterrence, says acting Transport Commissioner Basdeo Gosine.