HAVANA, (Reuters) – Wealthy nations grouped together in the Paris Club of creditors have waived Cuba’s annual payment for restructured debt but plan to impose a penalty on the Communist–run island, according to five Western diplomats with knowledge of the situation.
(Trinidad Express) Police have arrested a young couple in connection with the gruesome murder of of Princes Town businessman Christopher Hosein, whose body was discovered burnt and bound next to his torched sports utility vehicle in Ste Madeleine on Wednesday.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The old shop by the roadside in Huddersfield, St Mary, that Beverley Dressikie uses as classroom for her two daughters has been destroyed by winds associated with Hurricane Zeta whose outer bands affected the island recently.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The November 3 United States presidential election has been cast in existential terms amid criticisms by Jamaican expatriates that Donald Trump has damaged the White House and lowered America’s standing in the world.
(Trinidad Guardian) North-East Tobago has been awarded the prestigious UNESCO Man and the Biosphere designation.
BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – A vaccine scheme co-led by the World Health Organization is setting up a compensation fund for people in poor nations who might suffer any side-effects from COVID-19 vaccines, aiming to allay fears that could hamper a global rollout of shots.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil expects to have a vaccine against COVID-19 approved and ready for use in a national inoculation programme by June, the head of the country’s health regulator Anvisa, Antonio Barra Torres, said yesterday.
(Jamaica Gleaner) United States (US) Ambassador Donald Tapia has apologised for controversial tweets made from his official Twitter account on Tuesday.
(Jamaica Observer) The Chinese firm Huawei Technologies has rejected claims that it could be a threat Jamaica’s security if it is given the nod to roll out the country’s 5G technology.
(Jamaica Gleaner) STUNG BY a corruption probe in 2017, People’s National Party (PNP) presidential candidate, Lisa Hanna, has declared that a future government led by her would reduce the role of members of parliament (MPs) in selecting contractors for work projects in constituencies.
(Trinidad Express) Forty-year-old Daren Mohammed was found dead at his home in Rio Claro two weeks ago.
(Trinidad Guardian) A woman and a man have been detained for questioning in the grisly murder of businessman Christopher Hosein.
(Trinidad Guardian) To add to his long list of accolades, Slinger “Mighty Sparrow” Francisco will now be immortalised at the Caribbean Wax Museum in Norman Centre, Bridgetown, Barbados.
(Trinidad Express) Trinidad and Tobago has hit a grim milestone with the death of its youngest Covid-19 patient.
(Jamaica Star) Jamalco is reporting that the driver of the train that derailed in Clarendon on Monday is okay.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Around noon last Friday, Sadesha McKenzie sat inside her beauty shop, Mummy’s Hair Spot, in Seaview Gardens, St Andrew, showcasing products when gunmen sneaked up on patrons, killing one man and injuring the proprietor.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaican Ingrid Murray, who serves as president and director of facilities of the United States-based family-owned Prospect Cleaning Services (PCS), which she runs with her husband Courtney Murray, was earlier this year commissioned by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) – the nation’s largest commuter system – to oversee the cleaning, disinfecting and sanitisation of the Metro-North and Harlem Hudson train stations which operate in seven counties in New York State and two in Connecticut.
(Trinidad Express) A 60-year-old woman was detained by police yesterday after a wounding incident in Siparia.
(Trinidad Express) MICHAEL Burnette – the suspected criminal who was shot during a home invasion at a police officer’s house on Saturday night – has died at hospital.
(Trinidad Express) Some TT$55 million worth of apples and grapes are imported to Trinidad and Tobago annually says Finance Minister Colm Imbert.
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