Regional News

(Trinidad Express) A 109-year-old woman passed away peacefully at her home in Belmont last month.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The 14 year-old brother of a nine year-old girl who died yesterday, after being shot with a fish gun in St Elizabeth yesterday, is being interviewed by the police. 

(Trinidad Guardian) MovieTowne has announced it will be closing its Chaguanas branch permanently after being in operation for over 10 years.

(Trinidad Guardian) Before dawn yesterday, a phone call from Crystal Baboolal’s cell phone came through to her father, Frank Baboolal.

(Jamaica Gleaner) President Donald Trump and Joe Biden are entering the final stretch of the campaign in a fierce battle for Latino voters who could sway the results in Florida and determine who wins the White House.

(Jamaica Observer) HOUSEHOLD worker Sharon Ferguson has seemingly, in cricket terms, been given out off a no-ball after spending over 15 years at the crease batting for one of Jamaica’s legends.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Amid the throes of the coronavirus pandemic, more than 700 people have been murdered across Jamaica since the dreaded respiratory ailment reached local soil.

(Trinidad Express) A 109-year-old woman passed away peacefully at her home in Belmont last month.

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – A judge yesterday lifted a house arrest order against former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, who is under investigation for alleged witness tampering.

(Trinidad Express) Reshma Kanchan’s alleged killer has been charged. Sunil Dookie, 36 years old of Thompson Trace, Siparia was charged for the murder of his ex-wife who he was found dead on the morning of September 29 at Laltoo Branch Road, Penal.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has some news for Trinidad and Tobago.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A well-known and influential Jamaican in Britain, Paulette Simpson, is to be made Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). 

(Jamaica Gleaner) As a medical doctor, Roselyn Brown Fuller tries to meet the needs of her demanding profession while raising twin sons, who both recently copped scholarships to attend the top secondary school in Jamaica.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Twenty-year-old barber Tyrique Banton was on Thursday freed of illegal possession of firearm and wounding with intent charges after a witness admitted to giving a false statement.

(Trinidad Express) TEENAGER Nicholai Katwaroo is missing. The teen’s father, Raju Katwaroo said Nicholai, 17, left his Gandi Village, Debe home around 9 a.m.

(Trinidad Guardian) Two police officers in uniform and using a marked police vehicle allegedly pulled off the daring robbery of over a quarter-million dollars from a courier after setting up a fake roadblock earlier this month.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest fell in September for the third straight month compared to a year ago, government data showed yesterday, but destruction remains far higher than before Presi-dent Jair Bolsonaro took office in 2019.

Directors of Culture across the Caribbean Community have been informed by Daryll Matthew, Minister of Sports, Culture, National Festivals, and the Arts, Antigua and Barbuda, of a decision to postpone the hosting of the Region’s premiere cultural festival, the Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA XV) from August 2021 to August 2022.

CARICOM has deplored the ongoing “unilateral, arbitrary and non-transparent blacklisting strategy” utilised by the European Union (EU) against CARICOM Member States.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexico’s Health Ministry yesterday reported 5,263 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection and 411 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the country to 809,751 cases and 83,507 deaths.