GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The parliamentary opposition has called for a thorough investigation into the accident that claimed the lives of five members of the Guyana Defense Force (GDF). 

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – Grenada police say a Trinidad and Tobago national is assisting their investigations into the August 14 murder of Delvon Thomas, 30, of Carriacou, who was shot and killed in the upscale Mt Edmont, south of here on Carnival Monday.

WASHINGTON, DC – The United States has increased the reward offer for information leading to the arrest and or conviction of the  Haitian gang leader, Vitel‘homme Innocent, with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) placing him on its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.

ROSEAU, Dominica – The police have taken three individuals into custody for questioning, as an investigation has been launched following the identification of what is believed to be the remains of two French Canadian citizens who were reported missing. 

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The human rights group, Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ), Monday described as “disturbing and distressing” a video on social media showing a police officer kneeling on the chest of an 11-year-old male primary school student.

BELMOPAN, Belize – Taiwan is providing a grant of US$1.4 million to help Belize launch the second phase of its low-income housing program.

MIAMI, FL – Former Managing Director of the BVI Ports Authority, Oleanvine Pickering Maynard, is scheduled to testify against former Premier Andrew Fahie when his drug and money laundering trial begins in January next year.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – A popular radio disc jockey died Sunday when the car in which he was traveling flipped before it crashed into a light pole along the recently opened San Fernando to Point Fortin Archibald-De Leon Highway.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Prime Minister Gaston Browne has named Avery Henry to act as chief executive officer of the Antigua and Barbuda Airport Authority (ABBA) after the incumbent submitted her resignation claiming among her reasons Browne’s “unbridled attempt to assassinate my personal character”.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados on Tuesday night unveiled a monument to the local family at the National Heroes Square, with Prime Minister Mia Mottley calling on the extended family to continue the Barbadian tradition of looking out for and assisting in the rearing of children.

BELMOPAN, Belize -Police have detained the foster parents of a four-year-old child, whom a postmortem had found died from multiple trauma last weekend.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved a US $50 million grant to continue addressing food insecurity among vulnerable populations in Haiti and increase the use of preventive and essential health services.