Regional News

(Trinidad Guardian) Trinidad & Tobago’s mur­der toll reached the 500 mark yes­ter­day.

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) has made history as the first member of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)  to decriminalize marijuana for medical purposes and scientific research.

(Trinidad Express) Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT) yesterday  fired 51 more employees.

(Trinidad Express) An argument over an Orchard fruit drink at a mini-mart in Tunapuna has led to the shooting death of 47-year-old Lester “Bellyman” Sookhai on Tuesday.

(Jamaica Observer) The post-mortem conducted on Karen Cleary-Brown — who was found dead at her home in Boscobel, St Mary, last week — has revealed that she was stabbed nine times.

(Trinidad Express) Bail has been set at $300,000 for a 32-year-old financial advisor and managing director of an investment company.

(Jamaica Observer) A man who was taken into custody on Sunday after he crashed a stolen taxi into the perimeter fence of a church on Lyndhurst Road, St Andrew is yet to be charged.

(Jamaica Observer) A two-year-old parliamentary committee reviewing sexual offences legislation has recommended that buggery, abortion and other issues of “broad public divide” could be put to a referendum.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Law As­so­ci­a­tion of T&T (LATT) mem­ber­ship has vot­ed to re­fer al­le­ga­tions of mis­con­duct against Chief Jus­tice Ivor Archie to Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley for his con­sid­er­a­tion of im­peach­ment pro­ceed­ings against the CJ.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Estate Police Association of T&T yesterday said it stood behind officer Kelvon Alexander in the recent issue involving Foreign Minister Dennis Moses at the Piarco International Airport.

(Trinidad Guardian) A fam­i­ly of three has ap­peared in the the San­gre Grande Mag­is­trates’ Court charged with pos­ses­sion of a firearm and am­mu­ni­tion.

(Barbados Nation) A PRISON OFFICER who had been charged with knowingly associating with an ex-convict, whom she eventually married, walked out of the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court yesterday with the matter no longer hanging over her head.

(Trinidad Guardian) The or­gan­is­ers of Sex Is­land say this is not the first time they’ll be us­ing Trinidad and To­ba­go as the venue for their con­tro­ver­sial sex and drugs event.

(Trinidad Express) Prostitute and drug-fueled Sex Island will be hosted at a resort on a private island off the coast of Trinidad and Tobago, a representative from the company has told the New York The Post.

(Jamaica Gleaner) News has emerged that 25-year-old District Constable Toyan Ormsby reportedly shot 62-year-old Dawnette Maxwell to death before turning the gun on himself as a mark of revenge, after one of Maxwell’s grandsons had refused the lawman’s homosexual advances.

(Jamaica Gleaner) An increasing number of assault, rape, negligence and personal-injury cases are being filed against Jamaican resorts in federal courts in the United States (US).

(Trinidad Express) Tabaquite MP, Surujrattan Rambachan, has revealed alarming statistics on the high number of people living in poverty in Trinidad and Tobago.

(Trinidad Guardian) Se­cu­ri­ty Guard Jodie Awai was mer­ci­less­ly beat­en to death dur­ing a rob­bery at his work­place at Mac­foods Meat Proces­sors Lim­it­ed in Laven­tille Sun­day night.

(Barbados Nation) Just over 1 000 civil servants have been severed so far during Government’s retrenchment programme.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica is now developing its renewable-energy potential at a leading pace among its Caribbean neighbours with support from private investment, says David Delaire, managing director, Germany-based MPC Capital.