KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica is reporting a slight decrease in murders so far this year, with official figures putting the murder toll at 1,251 as of December 17 this year as compared with 1, 471 for the same period last year. This represents a decline of 8.2 percent.

COCKBURN TOWN, Turks and CAICOS ISLANDS -A Grenadian national will take up the appointment of police commissioner in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) in February next year, the Governor of the British Overseas Territory, Dileeni Daniel-Selvaratnam announced on Monday.

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.

ROSEAU, Dominica – Dominica's government says it is planning to hold an official funeral for the former director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa Etienne, who died in the United States on December 1.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica is partnering with Canada in strengthening the institutional capacity of the Haitian National Police (HNP).

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.

MIAMI, FL – Ahead of the start of the drug and money laundering trial against former Premier Andrew Fahie in January, the prosecution has disclosed a list of six persons expected to take the stand. Fahie, 53, is charged with one count of conspiracy to import a controlled substance, conspiracy to engage in money laundering, and attempted money laundering. 

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.

PORT OF SPAIN , Trinidad –  A  Trinidad  and Tobago national, Kim Maharaj, has been extradited to the United States where he  will begin serving a 12-year sentence, on Thursday,  for a 1998 gang assault in the State of New York.

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.