Regional News

(Barbados Nation) NO EVENT in recent memory has plunged a tranquil, if anxious, Barbados into a greater state of shock and dismay than the action taken on Monday by the Police Service Commission (PSC) to retire Police Commissioner Darwin Dottin with a day’s notice.

(Trinidad Express) In the face of a raging controversy over his meeting with Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley at his personal residence, Integrity Commission chairman Ken Gordon is certain he did the right thing.

(Jamaica Observer) ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica – Six men, including three Costa Ricans, were arrested in connection with the seizure of half a ton of ganja and more than 600 gallons of gasoline in Morningside district, St Elizabeth.

(Barbados Nation) Commissioner Darwin Dottin has been removed as head of the Royal Barbados Police Force (RBPF) after nine years on the job.

(Trinidad Express) Owners of dangerous dogs, beware! You are facing a ten-year jail sentence and a TT$200,000 fine if your dog kills someone.

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched through the streets of Brazil’s biggest cities yesterday in a growing protest that is tapping into widespread anger at poor public services, police violence and government corruption.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis met Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro yesterday for the first time since Maduro won a narrow and disputed election victory to succeed late Socialist leader Hugo Chavez.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) will make history in Grenada this week with the recording of its first-ever completely video-based syllabus orientation. The

(Jamaica Gleaner) Opposition spokesman on foreign affairs and foreign trade, Dr Christopher Tufton, has stopped just short of describing the staging of diaspora conferences as a waste of time, arguing that Jamaica has yet to benefit significantly from the planning of these events.

(Jamaica Observer) Over 400 members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) have been dismissed since 2007, staining the organisation that, among other things, pledged to protect and serve the public, and poking more fingers at it from critics that corruption abounds within.

(Trinidad Express) Missing Princes Town mother of three Bissoondaye Geeta Seenath turned up on Saturday shortly before around 3 p.m.

(Trinidad Guardian) China came bearing gifts in its recent visit, but T&T has to exact certain concessions to ensure “it isn’t rolled over by the juggernaut that has now become China.”

(Trinidad Express) United States-based computer forensics expert Jon Berryhill has determined that the alleged e-mail addresses read out in Parliament last month by Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley to be fake.

(Jamaica Observer) Over 400 members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) have been dismissed since 2007, staining the organisation that, among other things, pledged to protect and serve the public, and poking more fingers at it from critics that corruption abounds within.

(Trinidad Express) Missing Princes Town mother of three Bissoondaye Geeta Seenath turned up yesterday shortly before around 3 p.m.

T&T AG slams ‘secret’ meeting between Integrity boss and Opposition Leader (Trinidad Express) Once again, the Integrity Commis-sion finds itself mired in controversy, as Government on Friday suggested that its chairman, Ken Gordon, had been compromised.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Small but violent protests in several Brazilian cities this week have added to a sense of growing unrest in Brazil at a time when inflation, crime and President Dilma Rousseff’s popularity are all taking a turn for the worse.

QUITO, (Reuters) – Ecuador’s Congress yesterday passed a law creating a state watchdog to regulate newspaper and television content, a move critics called a blow to free speech but the government hailed as a step toward more balanced media.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s Congress will discuss legislation next week that would prohibit bottle feeding of infants to try to encourage breast feeding and reduce the use of baby formula, said a lawmaker of the ruling Socialist Party.

(Trinidad Express) Once again, the Integrity Commission finds itself mired in controversy, as Government yesterday suggested that its chairman, Ken Gordon, had been compromised.