(Jamaica Gleaner) Detectives attached to the Barnett Street and Freeport police stations in Montego Bay are probing whether gunmen who snatched an 18-month-old infant from her mother’s arms on Monday are holding her at ransom to bait her father.
(Trinidad Express) The office of the Member of Parliament for Moruga/Tabeland was severely damaged by fire on Thursday.
(Trinidad Guardian) A steelpan tutor who began a sexual relationship with a then 12-year-old student in 2009, which eventually resulted in three children, has been sentenced to nine years in prison.
OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Canada yesterday approved its first COVID-19 vaccine and said initial shots will be delivered and administered across the country starting next week, while every Canadian will be able to be inoculated as early as the end of September.
(Trinidad Express) The autopsy done on the body of murdered 18-year-old Ashanti Riley has found a cause of death, and it was brutal.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Allies of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro won 91% percent of the legislature’s seats following a vote on Sunday that was boycotted by the opposition and disavowed by the United States and the European Union.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Two-time Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Henrique Capriles called for end to an interim government created in 2019 by congress chief Juan Guaido with U.S.
(Jamaica Observer) APPROXIMATELY 450,000 Jamaicans are to be immunised against the novel coronavirus next year, when the first batch of vaccines are expected to be shipped to the island, Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has reported.
(Jamaica Observer) After a nine-month hiatus from the Panama/Jamaica airspace due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Panamanian-owned Copa Airlines soared to the skies on Monday (December 7), at almost full capacity, to regain its slot at Sangster International Airport (SIA) in Montego Bay.
(Jamaica Gleaner) It’s not often that a mother and her daughter graduate at the same time, from the same university, with the same degree.
(Trinidad Express) POLICE suspect that one of three people who perished in a fire at St James early Tuesday was a woman.
(Trinidad Guardian) Police Commissioner Gary Griffith is encouraging more women to apply for Firearm Users Licences (FUL) to protect themselves against criminal elements.
(Trinidad Express) Three teenagers have been charged for the murder of robbery victim Mickel Berrot.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Infuriated that her son had not heeded her many warnings, an elderly woman yesterday landed a kick to his corpse, shocking onlookers, including law enforcement personnel, at the crime scene.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – The United States, the European Union and more than a dozen Latin American countries said on Monday they would not recognize the results of a parliamentary election in Venezuela, which saw allies of President Nicolas Maduro win a majority.
(Jamaica Gleaner) United States authorities have admitted that China’s role in the Caribbean remains a talking point in discussions on a range of bi-lateral and other issues of national interest among the US and its regional partners.
TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – The Honduran economy is expected to shrink by a record 10.5% this year due to the combined crisis of the coronavirus and two deadly hurricanes last month, President Juan Orlando Hernandez said yesterday, its worst performance in more than six decades.
BRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Brazil’s government will offer COVID-19 vaccines to all Brazilians free of charge, once health regulator Anvisa gives it scientific and legal approval, President Jair Bolsonaro said yesterday.
(Jamaica Observer) Fears that United States Vice President-elect Kamala Harris is not making much of her Jamaican heritage and might be unaware of Caribbean community hopes are unfounded, a leading Diaspora spokesman has said.
(Trinidad Guardian) Police have released a man who was caught on camera taking a teenage girl into his car after the girl refused to give them a statement.
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