(Jamaica Gleaner) Scotiabank says it has started discussions with the union representing its employees about potential job losses with the impending closure of its Black River, St Elizabeth and Old Harbour, St Catherine branches next year.
MANAGUA, (Reuters) – Nicaragua’s congress overwhelmingly passed legislation yesterday to regulate what can be published on social media and in the news, a move critics condemned as a brazen at-tempt to muzzle opposition to President Daniel Ortega.
(Jamaica Gleaner) A man wanted in connection with eight contract killings is among two shooters killed in a confrontation with the police in Duncans Pen, St Catherine on Monday night.
(Barbados Nation) The state of emergency for the COVID-19 pandemic in Barbados has been extended until March 27, 2021.
(Jamaica Observer) ATTORNEYS representing singer George Nooks are seeking the return of his Mercedes-Benz GL 450 SUV which was seized by police during his arrest on drug charges last Thursday.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Uncertainty clouds the search for missing 35-year-old businessman Andre Burnett, who was reportedly swallowed up by a large wave while swimming off the coast of St Elizabeth on Sunday, as body parts believed to be his were discovered yesterday.
(Trinidad Express) Trinidad and Tobago’s ability to repatriate nationals sheltering in place in foreign jurisdictions is highly dependent on the country’s parallel healthcare system capacity to house and quarantine them upon their return.
(Jamaica Star) Member of Parliament for East Rural St Andrew, Juliet Holness, is urging persons in the Nine Miles, St Andrew, area of her constituency to evacuate their homes after the Chalky River in the area broke its banks late yesterday.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Fire fighters had to cut a man from a mangled Toyota Probox motor car that crashed along Marcus Garvey Drive in Kingston this afternoon.
(Jamaica Observer) The United States has fired a shot across the bow of the Jamaican Government in relation to the installation of fifth generation (5G) mobile technology infrastructure, saying that any decision to engage China or a Chinese firm poses several risks to the island, particularly to the financial sector.
MADRID, (Reuters) – Venezuelan opposition politician Leopoldo Lopez arrived in Madrid yesterday, Spain’s foreign ministry said, after spending the past year at the Spanish ambassador’s residence in Venezuela to escape house arrest.
(Trinidad Express) Chairman of One Caribbean Media (OCM) Faarees Hosein has requested that the Trinidad and Tobago Securities and Exchange Commission (TTSEC) investigate a number of purchases and sales of the group’s shares since the start of the year.
(Trinidad Guardian) Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA supplied this country with footage of the recent inspection done by a local team to the oil tanker Nabarima.
(Trinidad Express) A Canadian tobacco farmer has claimed that seven Trinidadian workers are stuck on his farm and efforts to get them home are meeting with no response.
(Trinidad Guardian) Joshua Noor and his wife, Rena Noor of 337 Southern Main Rd, La Romain will be celebrating a milestone this coming Thursday (October 29) – 60 years of marital bliss.
(Jamaica Gleaner) It was the afternoon of Friday, October 17, 2014 when Joan Martin was at home in the United Kingdom (UK) with a church sister and her phone rang.
(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has announced adjustments to the COVID-19 restrictions, including a full return of public servants to work from tomorrow, and the reopening of gyms, places of worship, cinemas and members’ clubs with some caveats.
(Trinidad Guardian) The impact of COVID-19 on the countries of the region has been likened by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to a heart attack.
(Trinidad Guardian) Another woman has been killed in a domestic violence dispute and police say her husband has confessed to the murder.
(Jamaica Gleaner) A Jamaican ex-pastor, could face deportation from the US after serving a 30-year sentence for rape.
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