GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Attorney General, Anil Nandlall says the embattled Assistant Police Commissioner, Calvin Brutus, will go down in Caribbean history as the highest ranking police officer in Guyana “to be implicated in this level of criminality” as the authorities prepare to lay several fraud related charges against him.

ST.  JOHN’S, Antigua – Air Peace, a private Nigerian airline with controlling shares in the newly formed LIAT 2020,  is defending two senior officials, including the chief executive officer, Dr. Allen Onyema, who have been indicted by United States authorities for obstruction of justice.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana marked the 48th anniversary of the Cubana Air Disaster, renewing its commitment to maintaining and preserving peace within the Caribbean region.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) will be installing smoke detectors in several homes across the island, as part of efforts to incorporate the use of technology to minimize fire-related deaths and injuries in the country.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – President Irfaan Ali says his administration is laying the groundwork for a national film commission in an effort to inspire a world-class film production environment in Guyana.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – Despite a vow by Prime Minister Garry Conille  to crack down on the gangs, at least 20 people, including children, were reported killed on Thursday, as an armed gang attacked a small  town in Haiti.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Police say they have shot and killed one of  the people involved in Monday night’s killing of five people at a football game as Prime Minister Andrew Holness urged the perpetrators to decide on whether they want to  “meet a judge or meet their maker”.

KINGSTON, Jamaica –  The Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ) has called on the country to join it “in condemning this attack on press freedom” after expressing concern about claims by supporters of the two main political parties here against media houses and journalists.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Trinidad and Tobago is celebrating its 48th anniversary as a Republic with three people, including a prominent attorney being awarded the country’s highest honors.

ROSEAU, Dominica – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit Wednesday met with  representatives of the Tipper Truckers Association, (TTA), as police officers in riot gear used teargas in a bid to end protest action by truckers, who used their vehicles earlier to block the main highway on the west coast of the island, leaving hundreds of people stranded and unable to travel to work and school.

SANTO DOMINGO – Several Haitian nationals on Friday objected after being detained by the Immigration authorities in the Dominican Republic, despite allegedly having their documentation.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – A female vendor who was seen urinating in bottle near the Charles  Gordon Market in the second city of Montego Bay in western Jamaica, is facing six charges and is scheduled to appear in court later this month