Regional News

(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.

(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 minutes after he posted a photograph on social media, Troy Mitchell was gunned down in Maloney on Saturday.

(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.

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) 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 Express) A Longdenville air-conditioning technician has been charged with the murder of 13-year-old Trinity College pupil Joash Pantin.

(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.