Regional News

(Trinidad Express)  Occupational Safety and Health Authority and Agency has extended condolences to the family of Ryan Rambaran who died after a crash on the Solomon Hochoy Highway on Sunday night.

(Jamaica Observer) Andrew Wheatley has been stripped of the energy portfolio in his ministry as the Government moves to cauterise the haemorrhaging it has been suffering from the Petrojam scandal.

(Jamaica Gleaner) CARICOM’s Office of the General Counsel has produced two legal opinions defending the right of Haitians to move freely within CARICOM.

(Trinidad Express) Despite the global threat of terrorism, State-owned Caribbean Airlines recently hired new staff, including managers, without conducting the security background checks.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The dismantling of the prohibition of marijuana in its totality across member states is a key recommendation contained in the report of the CARICOM Regional Commission on Marijuana 2018, which will be reviewed by heads of government at the 39th conference of the regional body to be held in Montego Bay, St James, from July 4-6.

U.S. Virgin Islands Governor Kenneth E. Mapp announced yesterday an agreement which would reopen one of the world’s largest refineries, create hundreds of jobs in the territory and buttress the solvency of the Government Employees Retirement System (GERS).

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Assets Recovery Agency is seeking the forfeiture of over $203 million from Chinese-Jamaica businesswoman Lan Yan as her alleged benefit from the retailing of counterfeit goods.

(Trinidad Guardian) Police are investigating what they described as another gang-related murder that took place just after midnight yesterday in Morvant.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A key moderate Republican U.S. senator said yesterday that she will not support a nominee to fill a soon-to-be-vacated seat on the Supreme Court who would overturn a landmark legal ruling that supports a woman’s right to abortion.

(Trinidad Express) Brian Lara Cancer Treatment Centre may soon have to pay millions of dollars in compensation to the widow of businessman Ricardo “Smokey” McKenzie after the High Court on Saturday found it was negligent in its duty of care towards him seven years ago, which resulted in his death just months later.

(Trinidad Guardian) Minister of National Security Edmund Dillon on Saturday admitted that there are major issues affecting the smooth running of the Immigration Detention Centre in Aripo, chief among them being the repatriation of detainees who have been there for several years.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has called for a rejection of conversations about anti-Muslim policies in this country.

(Trinidad Guardian) Minister of National Security Edmund Dillon yesterday admitted that there are major issues affecting the smooth running of the Immigration Detention Centre in Aripo, chief among them being the repatriation of detainees who have been there for several years.

(Jamaica Gleaner): Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke has advised Jamaicans to take their business elsewhere if commercial banks fail to follow the lead of the central bank in reducing their interest rates.

(Trinidad & Tobago Guardian): Immigration Officers yesterday said that while the situation at the Immigration Detention Centre (IDC) in Aripo is a very sensitive one they added that “their hands are tied” with respect to speeding up the repatriation process.

(Barbados Nation): Barbadian fishermen stand to reap real rewards from the influx of the Sargassum seaweed plaguing the beaches.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexico’s three leading presidential candidates have not declared a single peso in direct private financial contributions to their election campaigns, federal records show, raising concerns from corruption watchdogs about the potential influence of dark money in a pivotal contest.

(Jamaica Observer) An audit into the management of Petrojam, commissioned by the oil refinery’s Venezuelan partners, uncovered operational inefficiencies that, according to the investigators, led to “opportunity losses” estimated at just over US$22 million.

(Trinidad Guardian) Riot police were called to the Immigration Detention Centre (IDC) in Aripo on Thursday after a “normal” demonstration by frustrated Nigerian detainees turned into a hostage-like situation.

(Trinidad Guardian) Riot police were called to the Immigration Detention Centre (IDC) in Aripo yesterday after a “normal” demonstration by frustrated Nigerian detainees turned into a hostage-like situation.