(Trinidad Guardian) Less than a week after saying a final farewell to Winston “Mighty Shadow” Bailey, the calypso fraternity is mourning the death of another veteran calypsonian in Winston ‘The Original De Fosto Himself’ Scarborough.
(Jamaica Observer) THERE was mourning yesterday at Central High School in Clarendon for 16-year-old Leroy Hamilton, who fell victim to the rage of his sister’s jealous ex-lover, when he torched their dwelling, killing the boy and leaving his 24-year-old sister nursing severe burns.
(Trinidad Guardian) Police have arrested a 31-year-old Diego Martin man who allegedly beat a Venezuelan woman with a wheel spanner after she threatened to end their relationship and then videotaped her injuries on Tuesday.
(Trinidad Guardian) The award of million-dollar contracts to three companies owned by a serving police officer is now the subject of an audit initiated by State-owned Angostura Ltd and has been linked to the absence of the company’s chief executive officer from work.
(Trinidad Express) Prepare, don’t panic.
This was the advice from seismologist Dr Joan Latchman on what to do when earthquakes occur, especially with the expected “big one”.
(Barbados Nation) Central Bank Governor Cleviston Haynes accepts Government’s “strong” austerity measures will be “tough” for Barbadians over the next two years.
(Trinidad Guardian) Power 102.1FM talk show host Garth Christopher has been pulled off the air over “offensive comments” he allegedly made towards Police Commissioner Gary Griffith in relation to the recent police killing of five Laventille youths.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s environment and agriculture ministers yesterday criticized President-elect Jair Bolsonaro’s plans to merge their departments, saying it would hurt the country’s agenda on both fronts.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Two Venezuelan firefighters who were jailed last month after mocking unpopular President Nicolas Maduro in a viral video portraying him as a donkey were freed yesterday, two human rights groups said.
(JAMAICA GLEANER) Jamaica’s tourism sector has been left with the difficult task of trying to cauterise serious damage being done to its reputation, following an investigative story published in the international media, which outlined terrifying incidents of sexual assault on several United States tourists at some of the country’s leading resorts.
(TRINIDAD EXPRESS) Caribbean Airlines is confirming reports that an emergency evacuation of flight BW 1526 took place at the Piarco International Airport, Trinidad on Tuesday.
(JAMAICA OBSERVER) MINISTER without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation Daryl Vaz says several additional State assets have been identified and shortlisted for privatisation by the Government.
(TRINIDAD EXPRESS) A man is in police custody after he attempted to sexually assault a woman at the Scarborough Library in Tobago shortly before noon yesterday.
(JAMAICA OBSERVER) A man was shot dead and another left nursing injuries after they were pounced on by armed men while playing dominoes at a shop in Three Miles River district, Westmoreland last night.