(Trinidad Guardian) The Tobago Regional Health Authority (TRHA) has been ordered to pay compensation to the mother of a 17-year-old boy who died days after he was discharged from the Scarborough General Hospital with stab wounds.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The Agriculture Ministry says the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed with China does not allow Chinese vessels or fishers to fish in Jamaican waters.
(Trinidad Guardian) Education Minister Anthony Garcia has once again made the call to principals to enforce the ban on cell phones with cameras in all schools.
(Trinidad Express) A man who allegedly set his wife on fire because he did not want the meal of patchoi and roti she was cooking went on trial on Wednes-day.
(Trinidad Express) While Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley was addressing the media yesterday afternoon regarding his trip to Belize and flood-related matters, the country was recording its 400th murder.
(Trinidad Guardian) Education Minister Anthony Garcia has once again made the call to principals to enforce the ban on cell phones with cameras in all schools.
CARACAS/SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela, (Reuters) – With some nursing wounds, others jailed and many heading abroad, Venezuela’s young opposition supporters are demoralized by the ruling socialists’ shock election win this month, after prolonged protests failed to oust President Nicolas Maduro.
(Trinidad Guardian) Four days after saying he felt no need for him to resign, Office of Disaster Preparedness Management (ODPM) deputy CEO Dave Williams on Tuesday tendered his resignation with immediate effect.
(Trinidad Express) A Couva mother was killed on Monday during a robbery at her home.
(Trinidad Express) My mom is my hero! These are the words from 14 year-old, Rodrigo Darius Sanchez, who obtained passes in seven subjects after completing the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations recently.
(Trinidad Express) BULLETIN: Weather activity associated with the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) is forecast to affect Trinidad and Tobago in 12 to 24 hours, from early Wednesday morning.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s Supreme Court has suspended a decree issued by President Michel Temer’s government changing the definition of slavery that was widely condemned as a reversal in the fight against forced labour.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, (Reuters) – A new United Nations-backed mission to support Haiti’s justice system has had a mixed reaction from local politicians and civil society groups after long-standing criticism of its predecessor.
(Trinidad Express) Six days after it began, the rains continued to pound parts of south Trinidad yesterday.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Businessman Dennis Ramdial was yesterday afternoon shot dead outside his business place on Beechwod Avenue, St Andrew, just three months after his son, Richard, was murdered in a sports utility vehicle along Ruthven Road.
(Trinidad Express) A Moruga man is expected to appear before a Couva Magistrate yesterday, charged with the September 21 murder of hospital attendant Aaron Kim Goorachan.
PANAMA CITY, (Reuters) – A group including China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd (CHEC) has started building a $165 million port in Panama for cruise ships, the first project announced between China and the Latin American nation since they re-established diplomatic ties this year.
(Trinidad Guardian) Expect heads to roll at the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management (ODPM) for its poor performance in alerting citizens of the flooding disaster which affected communities across eastern, central and southern Trinidad.
(Jamaica Observer) The integrity of the region’s secondary examination has been brought into question as some educators are uncomfortable with the recently implemented electronic marking system.
Police are continuing their investigations into the shooting incident which occurred around 11:35 p.m.,
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