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Acting Prime Minister, Phillip J Pierre has paid condolences to the family of the late Jon Odlum. The former Minister and parliamentary representative for Castries South passed away on Tuesday morning at the Victoria Hospital. 

Kaieteur News : "Police in Brazil are trying to locate a native of the Portuguese-speaking territory who is believed to have fled back to her homeland following the brutal murder of businesswoman Elisangela Silva Figueara in her Bartica residence last week."

Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday : : "Some parents go beyond the call in disciplining their children and most times end up in trouble and having to face the court. This is the case with a 25-year-old mother of Sangre Grande, who was arrested yesterday by CID officers from Sangre Grande Police Station and is presently assisting police in their enquiries into the alleged burning of the hands of her three children. "

 JamaicaObserver.com : "MANDEVILLE, Manchester — The Manchester police have confirmed that the mother of 16-year-old Martha Byrowe, who was found dead at her home Wednesday, was charged Friday evening. She was slapped with charges for breaches of the Child Care and Protection Act."

A Police Constable was taken before the Second District Court, Vieux Fort Wednesday to answer to the charge of Aiding and Abetting the Escape of Deno Brown.

Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday  "GRIEVING relatives of 21-year-old murder victim Shinelle Nelson are appealing to police to find parts of her body which were missing, so that she can have a proper burial which would bring a measure of closure for relatives on this tragedy. On Wednesday, Nelson’s body was found floating in the Guayamare River minus its head, arms and feet. An autopsy revealed that a sharp instrument, possibly a cutlass, was used to sever Nelson’s head and her limbs. Prior to the autopsy, police believed that caimans may have bitten off and eaten Nelson’s missing body parts"

 Antigua Observer Newspaper : "St. John’s Antigua- A teenager who said he felt that he was about to be violated by a Cuban doctor whose life he took has been jailed for six years. Zenroy Denzil Howell was charged with the murder of Dr Nivaldo Quintana but pleaded guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter."

 Amandala Newspaper : "Two weeks ago it was the students of the University of Belize who were protesting in Belmopan what they consider to be an unwarranted increase in their fees. Today it was the lecturers and staff members of the national university who felt they had reason to protest."

nationnews.com : "Sir Branford Mayhew Taitt, the charismatic, dapper politician who served with distinction as Cabinet minister and Member of Parliament for more than two decades, is dead."

Amandala Gary Bowen, 33, was shot multiple times on Partridge Street at about 8:20 this morning, a short distance from its junction with Banak Street, while riding his bicycle towards his family home on Morning Glory Street, near the Sadie Vernon High School. A gunman rode up on a bicycle behind him and after a short exchange of words fired three shots at Bowen, hitting him into the back of the head, causing him to fall off his bicycle.

The gruesome discovery of the lifeless body of 47 year Simone Garnier on Friday morning sent shock waves not only through the family, but through the entire community.