Regional News

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaican-American Assemblyman Michael Blake is vying for the race for New York City Public Advocate.

(Trinidad Express) Most of the Venezuelan women detained by police at bars on Friday in Penal have been released from custody.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley has called on res­i­dents of To­ba­go to frown up­on crimes against tourists.

(Barbados Nation) There is an upsurge in the rodent population in Barbados and it is costing Government almost $200 000 annually in its baiting programme.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Senator Kamala Harris said Monday that she is in favour of legalising marijuana at the federal level, pushing back against detractors in her own party who say she has a history of being too aggressive on drug offenders.

Amid a crescendo of crackling and soot-choked air, firefighters battled bravely as a section of Jamaica Packaging Industries (JPI) on Marcus Garvey Drive, Kingston, was transformed into a furnace yesterday, millions of dollars worth of stock going up in smoke.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Police investigators in New York in the United States have charged a Jamaican man they believe stabbed his elderly mother to death before burning her body and stuffing it in a closet.

(Trinidad Guardian) Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC) ac­tivist De­vant Ma­haraj has won the fi­nal leg of his le­gal bat­tle chal­leng­ing the com­po­si­tion of the Ju­di­cial and Le­gal Ser­vice Com­mis­sion (JLSC).

(Trinidad Express) A sound engineer who was charged with the sexual penetration of two girls appeared before the San Fernando Magistrates’ Court.

(Trinidad Express) A man was shot and killed while liming with friends on Sun-day night in Fyzabad.

(Jamaica Observer) The People’s National Party (PNP) yesterday expressed shock and sadness at the killing of former Councillor Marjorie “Madge” Morris in St Thomas.

(Trinidad Guardian) So­ca su­per­star Machel Mon­tano last night said his chant­i­ng of Hin­du de­vo­tion­al songs dur­ing a re­cent per­for­mance was not meant as a dis­re­spect to any­one and apol­o­gised to any­one who was of­fend­ed by it.

(Trinidad Express) A LABOURER has been held in connection with the shooting death of Parliament clerk Mariana Moonisar.

(Trinidad Guardian) The mur­der toll now stands at 62 fol­low­ing two more mur­ders on Sat­ur­day night.

(Trinidad Express) Calypsonian Cro Cro (Weston Rawlins) is being slammed on social media for a new song he penned following an incident last month.

(Trinidad Express) ANSA McAL, Trinidad and Tobago’s largest conglomerate by assets and profits, has put in a bid to acquire the T&T operations of the Bank of Baroda, which is owned by the government of India.

(Trinidad Guardian) Ro­man Catholic Arch­bish­op Fa­ther Ja­son Gor­don is re­it­er­at­ing his call for Venezue­lans to be giv­en the chance to have a bet­ter life in T&T.

(Jamaica Observer)The People’s National Party (PNP) has condemned the murder of Marjorie ‘Madge’ Morris, former Councillor for the White Horses Division in St Thomas.

(Jamaica Gleaner) There are growing fears that Jamaica could be facing another ‘bad gas saga’, as more and more motorists express concern about the smell of the gas they are receiving at the pumps.

(Trinidad Guardian) Po­lice are cur­rent­ly hunt­ing for an Ari­ma busi­ness­man who is the reg­is­tered ex­porter of a con­tain­er found with some $9 mil­lion worth in co­caine hid­den in­side.