Regional News

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley says he is “worried” that the first case of the more contagious UK COVID-19 variant is in Trinidad and Tobago.

(Jamaica Star) Etta Isatu Findlay was on her way to earning a medical degree from the Carlos J.

(Trinidad Guardian) Australian outfit BHP has confirmed that it’s recent search for oil in Trinidad and Tobago’s deep water ended in failure with the Broadside-1 well being a dry hole.

(Trinidad Guardian) A repatriated national has brought the new strain of COVID-19 (Variant B117) from the United Kingdom into the country, increasing fears now over whether health officials will be able to control its spread.

ITAITUBA, Brazil,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – One man working deep in Brazil’s Amazon said he knows how to stop the illegal logging, gold mining, deforestation and fires plaguing the region: let President Jair Bolsonaro carry out his plans to develop the rainforest.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Ronnie Nasralla, well-known for his role in the Jamaican music industry, died yesterday at age 90 in his Atlanta, Georgia home.

(Trinidad Express) A D’Abadie woman was attacked and killed by her pet Rottweiler yesterday evening.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Claudius Brown, the ex-cop who has a master’s degree and wanted to become a taxi driver this year, is no longer homeless.

(Jamiaca Gleaner) Jamaican Jason W arrived in New York 10 years ago, seeking the American dream.

(Jamaica Star) In 2015 when Carl Williams returned to Jamaica after spending 30 years of his life in the United States of America, his plans were to invest in his country and relax after escaping the fast-paced first-world country.

(Jamaica Gleaner) In the wake of a deadly weekend in which bloodthirsty gangsters snuffed out the lives of 25 Jamaicans and left several nursing injuries, the State has pledged to ramp up the fight against crime and rein in the raw brutality.

(Trinidad Express) Will the Government allow Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to purchase the Petrotrin refinery?

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s administration will continue to recognize Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as the South American country’s president, Anthony Blinken, Biden’s nominee for secretary of state, said yesterday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona has cut $1 billion in scholarships this year as it grapples with the financial fallout caused by COVID-19.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump yesterday ordered a halt to removal of certain Venezuelans from the United States for 18 months, citing conditions in the South American country.

(Barbados Nation) Barbadian students will be taking their issues with the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) and its controversial 2020 revised testing and grading methodology to court.

(Trinidad Guardian) Relatives of 24-year-old Kristian Nanan, who was shot dead in Princes Town on Sunday night, believe someone ordered a hit on his life.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Brazil kicked off a nationwide COVID-19 immunization programme yesterday by distributing doses of a vaccine from China’s Sinovac Biotech following an emergency use authorization, although the pace of vaccination will depend on delayed imports.

(Jamaica Observer) A damning assessment of the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI), in a recent study, has revealed major environmental oversight failures in the country’s bauxite-alumina industry.

(Trinidad Guardian) Police Commissioner Gary Griffith is calling for special training for all Special Branch Police officers, after he saved one member of his own security detail from drowning at Store Bay, Tobago, yesterday.