Regional News

(Jamaica Observer) IT’S official. Buju Banton’s first major performance will be held on March 16 at National Stadium in St Andrew.

(Trinidad Guardian) Three peo­ple were killed and one in­jured in two sep­a­rate po­lice-in­volved shoot­ings in east Trinidad yes­ter­day.

(Trinidad Guardian) A pastor, of Consolation Ministry in Arima, has appeared in court charged with grievous sexual assault.

(Barbados Nation) The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has ruled in favour of Trinidad Cement Ltd (TCL) and Arawak Cement Ltd in their battle with local importer Rock Hard Cement to have tariffs on imported cement remain at 60 per cent, and not five per cent as argued by the company.

(Jamaica Observer) Sandals Resorts has strongly denied allegations that it was covering up allegations of sexual assault on two American female guests and said it stands ready to “vigorously defend itself in court” against the case that is now a subject of litigation.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Bandele Sankofa’s plans to watch the English Premiere league match between Liverpool and Manchester United on Sunday were cut short by a horrific nightmare for him and his family after he received a call that his niece, Dr.

(Trinidad Guardian) A soured love af­fair is be­lieved to have led to the mur­der of a moth­er of one and her new boyfriend at the woman’s Para­mond Street, To­co Main Road, Ve­ga De Oropouche home ear­ly yes­ter­day.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has announced that lands belonging to State-owned Petrotrin will be made available to former workers for housing and agriculture.

(Trinidad Guardian) Po­lice be­lieve a hit was called on the life po­lice con­sta­ble Krys­ton Ramirez.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The family of 82-year-old returned resident Seymour Samuels is upset that for the seven weeks he was reported missing, he had been lying dead in a Westmoreland morgue.

(Trinidad Express) A 22 year old man was shot dead just after midnight outside a club in Penal.

(Jamaica Observer) The man who was arrested and charged in connection with the murder of Karen Cleary-Brown, a returning resident from the United Kingdom, was remanded when he appeared before the St Mary Parish Court on Friday.

(Trinidad Express) A mother appeared before the San Fernando Court on Monday charged with neglecting her two children.

(Jamaica Observer) A father who cut his 10-year-old daughter’s forehead while beating her, claimed he panicked and ended up stitching the wound with needle and thread.

(Jamaica Gleaner) It comes as no surprise that of the fewer than 100 African-American female commercial pilots in the United States, one of two employed to American Airlines (AA) is Jamaican-American.

(Trinidad Guardian) Five-year-old Joshua Ru­fus is lit­er­al­ly get­ting a help­ing hand from a Point Lisas-based en­gi­neer­ing com­pa­ny.

(Jamaica Observer) THE gun is still the weapon of choice for co mitting violent crimes in Jamaica, with the deadly weapon being used in 78.9 per cent of murders and 67.8 per cent of robberies in 2018.

(Trinidad Guardian) The po­lice of­fi­cer slain at a Cara­po bar yesterday may have been shot dead in a case of mis­tak­en iden­ti­ty.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – A Brazilian faith healer who was accused of sexual abuse by more than 300 women has turned himself in a day after being officially ruled a fugitive, local news media reported yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Nine months af­ter his old­er broth­er Sheron Sukhdeo was mur­dered, his younger broth­er Shel­don Sukhdeo has been kid­napped by men pre­tend­ing to be po­lice of­fi­cers.