(Jamaica Observer) Police say sharks hindered the recovery yesterday of the body of a 26-year-old Northern Caribbean University (NCU) student — one of two beachgoers who drowned at Frenchman’s Bay in Treasure Beach, about 20 miles south of here, on New Year’s Eve.
(Trinidad Express) A WOMAN who stole money from a bar patron’s wallet, denied that she had taken $1,500.
(Trinidad Express) Sixteen-year-old Rachael Ramkissoon had studied late into the night back in January 2017 and woke up late the next morning.
(Jamaica Observer) Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sports, Olivia Grange says she is happy to receive word that the Jamaican sculptor, Basil Watson, has been selected to create a monument in honour of the American civil rights icon, Martin Luther King Jr.
(Trinidad Express) A Fyzabad man was killed by a single gunshot fired from a police officer’s gun in Vessigny Village, La Brea early Monday.
(Trinidad Express) A fireman passing by minutes after a three car collision assisted two children found in the wreckage of one of the vehicles in Princes Town on Monday night.
(Jamaica Observer) Ten-year-old Sean throws a fit whenever he misses his imprisoned father.
(Trinidad Guardian) A near-fatal accident three weeks before their wedding almost derailed the plans of a Sangre Grande couple.
(Trinidad Guardian) Discharge of gas caused the evacuation of staff in the Area Control Centre of Piarco International Airport, disrupting air traffic services and resulting in delays in flights yesterday.
(Jamaica Observer) Just 18 months since the dramatic resumption of bauxite and alumina production at the JISCO Alpart facility at Nain in St Elizabeth, concern is being raised about its future.
(Trinidad Express) A man and his wife were killed in a crash near Princes Town early on Sunday.
(Jamiaca Observer) A wedding reception on the grounds of a popular restaurant came to an abrupt end after a shooting incident left the operator of the music system dead and a close family member of the operator of the facility shot and injured in Rock, Trelawny Friday afternoon.
(Trinidad Guardian) It is estimated that more 100 T&T citizens have left this country to join Islamic State, including about 70 men who were joined by dozens of children and women.
(Trinidad Guardian) An international nonprofit organisation is trying desperately to secure travel documents for two T&T bothers currently stranded at a camp for women and children linked to Isis in Syria.
(Trinidad Guardian) Former United States President Barack Obama has listed A House for Mr Biswas by Trinidad-born Nobel laureate Sir VS Naipaul among the list of best books he read this year.
The bodies of eight persons, including several children who were involved in a boat accident on the Coppename River in Suriname early Friday morning, have been recovered, however, up to late yesterday, authorities were still searching for a pregnant woman and her three-year-old son.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Gunmen went on a rampage in Clarendon Friday evening leaving two men dead and six persons injured.
(Trinidad Express) A biker was killed in a crash in La Romaine on Friday night.
Prime Minister Andrew Holness, has donated $500,000 to support the education of a young physically/mentally challenged resident of the Mustard Seed Communities.
(Trinidad Express) Scratch bomb users are facing stiff penalties if caught in the act following yesterday’s signing of the Explosives (Prohibition of Scratch Bombs) Order 2018 by National Security Minister Stuart Young.
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