Regional News

(Jamaica Gleaner) A nutrient cost analysis has revealed that on average, Jamaican minimum wage earners spend close to half, or 48 per cent, of their weekly income of $7,000 on food.

(Trinidad Express) Retired principal of Blackman’s Private School in Maraval, Arlene Blackman, has been ordered by the court to compensate two former pupils in the sum of $20,000 each for putting their heads in a toilet bowl and flushing it back in 2012.

(Trinidad Guardian) The calypso fraternity was plunged into mourning yesterday with news of the passing of Sandra Des Vignes-Millington, known and loved for her hard-hitting social commentaries and being tow-time Calypso Monarch, Singing Sandra.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – An area the size of Israel was deforested in the Amazon biome last year as destruction surged 21% in the region spanning nine countries that is home to the world’s largest rainforest, according to the Amazon Conservation organization.

(Trinidad Express) A 44-year-old woman was ordered to move out of a residence she shared with her common-law husband.

(Trinidad Express) Veteran calypsonian Singing Sandra (Sandra Des Vignes-Millington) has died.

(Jamaica Star) A broken-down Toyota Corolla motor car stationed on the side of Caymanas Road in Waterford, Portmore, is where Leroy ‘Papa Dadaz’ Grant, 65, has been living for more than a year.

(Trinidad Express) The death of nine-year-old Emmanuel Poteon is being linked to the TikTok “Blackout Challenge”.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaicans Candice Johnson-Rowe and Marvin Rowe have called the high-rise and fast-paced country, Japan, their home for more than 10 years.

(Jamaica Gleaner) One man has been taken into custody in relation to the brutal slaying of three of four homeless men in the Corporate Area on Monday. 

(Jamaica Star) The emotional wounds are still very deep for relatives and friends of Canadian national Latoya Alcindor as they try to make sense of her tragic death.

(Trinidad Express) Over 70 people, including children, were detained at a nightclub in One Woodbrook Place this morning.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Health facilities have been partnering with hotels to offer PCR tests for as much as US$300 (J$43,000) following requests from some of Jamaica’s main international travel partners for a negative COVID-19 test from travellers.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The cold, haunting streets of Kingston were frozen with fear on Monday night as the capital’s nomads snuggled in corners or retreated to shelters in the aftermath of the grisly murders of four homeless men and the wounding of two others.

(Trinidad Express) United National Congress (UNC) has pulled off an upset in the bye election for the Arima Central seat, one of five contested on Monday.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – The Mexican president’s announcement he had COVID-19 just a few hours after taking a commercial flight unleashed renewed criticism of his handling of the pandemic, which has left the country with the fourth-highest death toll worldwide.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro, a longtime China skeptic, thanked Beijing yesterday for rapidly approving the export of active ingredients for local COVID-19 vaccine production, as his government scrambles to secure scarce shots.

(Trinidad Guardian)  Environmental non-profit Fishermen and Friends of the Sea (FFOS) has emerged victorious in its legal battle with the Environmental Management Authority (EMA) over access to its Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) records.

BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s Juan Guaido is a “privileged interlocutor” but no longer considered interim president, European Union states said in a statement yesterday, sticking by their decision to downgrade his status.

(Trinidad Express) Two men were shot dead in St James yesterday morning.