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.
(Jamaica Gleaner) While most Jamaicans are preparing for the usual festivities which surround the Christmas period, more than 40 residents of premises on Fifth Street in Cockburn Gardens, St Andrew, are now homeless and trying to figure out their next move.
(Jamaica Observer) A St Elizabeth woman is asking the Government to help her get her son back from her husband of 11 years who, she said, sold their assets, moved back to his native India, and has alienated her from her nine-year-old son after she asked for a divorce.
(Trinidad Express) Just days before Christmas, five families have been left homeless after fire destroyed their homes at a squatting village in Couva on Friday.
(Trinidad Guardian) An agreement between BP T&T (bpTT) and the Government will see the energy company investing some US$1.8 billion (TT$12 bn) in two new energy projects.
(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley said he will not be rushed to decide on the Law Association’s report on Chief Justice Ivor Archie.
(Trinidad Guardian) A month after the owner of 4Play Sports Bar and Lounge was murdered, one of his employees was shot in the carpark of the hostel on Friday night.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Senior Superintendent of Police Anthony Castelle, who collapsed in court three weeks ago when he was found guilty for shooting a pregnant woman in Montego Bay, escaped a prison term but was fined $1 million when he appeared in the St James Parish Court for sentencing yesterday.
(Jamaica Observer) A musician from Panama was arrested and charged with several breaches of the Dangerous Drug Act after he was nabbed with several pounds of ganja at the Sangster International Airport in St James yesterday.
(Trinidad Guardian) Stephen “Yankee” Lopez, who confessed that he murdered his friend 15 years ago, yesterday expressed his remorse and thanked a judge for bringing closure in the matter.
(Trinidad Guardian) A shipment of marijuana and cocaine totalling 13 bags were discovered by employees as they were offloading a container on the compound of Caribbean Bottlers Limited along the Churchill Roosevelt Highway in Tunapuna yesterday.
(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has the power to trigger an impeachment process against Chief Justice Ivor Archie although he may be called as a potential witness in the matter, says former Caribbean Court of Justice president Michael de la Bastide.
(Trinidad Guardian) A Police Constable attached to the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) is currently in police custody after being charged with two counts of common assault and obstruction of justice.
GENEVA, (Reuters) – Brazil won part of its appeal at the World Trade Organization yesterday in a dispute over its industrial stimulus programmes, successfully challenging an earlier ruling that had faulted tax breaks for predominantly exporting companies and capital goods.
(Trinidad Guardian) The parents of Krystiana Sankar will try again today to get her out of jail after her attorney, Larry Williams, successfully filed an application to have the terms of her bail adjusted.