Regional News

(Jamaica Star) Neatly tucked away in a valley in Georgia, St Thomas, are two beautiful pools of water referred to as the Copper Hole.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The alleged mastermind of the Uchence Wilson Gang exhaled heavily on Thursday as Chief Justice Bryan Sykes found him and several cronies guilty on several major charges.

(Trinidad Express) Twelve-year-old Jayden Persad, the boy who wrote the Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA) examination two days after his family was attacked in a home invasion has passed for his first choice, Naparima College.

(Trinidad Express) A Penal bank teller was arrested and marijuana plants seized by officers of the Southern Division Task Force, during an anti-crime exercise conducted in the Penal district this morning.

(Jamaica Observer) United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister Boris Johnson has appointed a Member of Parliament with Jamaican roots as the new trade envoy to Jamaica and the rest of the Commonwealth Caribbean.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The 27 migrant farmer workers who reportedly tested positive for the coronavirus at an apple farm in Vermont in the United States last weekend are all Jamaicans, Champlain Orchards confirmed yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Aviation Communication and Allied Workers’ Union (ACAWU) has called for Caribbean Airlines (CAL) to suspend its cost-cutting exercises and instead wait for Finance Minister Colm Imbert to talk in Parliament about the situation facing the State-owned airline before making any decision.

(Jamaica Gleaner) As Virgin Atlantic returns to Jamaica, passengers are protected with high-performance pepper filters capable of filtering viruses, says the airline’s local airport manager, Eaton Hubbard.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Charles Edward James, Jamaica’s oldest citizen, has died. He passed away at his Holly Hill home in Darliston, Westmoreland, on Sunday morning.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Bondholders will likely lose the principal on their investment, worth US$84 million ($12 billion), arising from the September maturation of two Digicel bonds that were refinanced.

(Trinidad Express) COVID-19 patients who ended up in the ICU and HDU may take as long as four months to fully recover from the COVID-19 virus, during which symptoms of impaired health such as fatigue and shortness of breath will continue.

(Jamaica Gleaner) As Virgin Atlantic returns to Jamaica, passengers are protected with high-performance pepper filters capable of filtering viruses, says the airline’s local airport manager, Eaton Hubbard.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Charles Edward James, Jamaica’s oldest citizen, has died. He passed away at his Holly Hill home in Darliston, Westmoreland, on Sunday morning.

(Trinidad Guardian) Government will not allow the gas situation to become worse.

(Trinidad Guardian) A mixed Budget bag for another challenging year. Freeze on public sector hiring, VAT on apples and so-called “luxury” foods, curb on vehicle importation, mandatory Property Tax information—and possible WASA and T&TEC rate hikes ahead.

(Trinidad Express) A San Fernando man, described by police as a known gang member, was shot and killed in an incident involving law enforcement officers early yesterday morning.

BRUSSELS,  (Reuters) – European Union finance ministers added Anguilla and Barbados to the EU’s blacklist of tax havens on Tuesday and removed Cayman Islands and Oman after they passed the necessary reforms.

  LONDON,  (Reuters) – A tug-of-war over $1 billion worth of Venezuelan gold stored at the Bank of England took a new turn yesterday as the English Court of Appeal overturned an earlier High Court ruling on who the UK recognised as Venezuela’s president.

(Trinidad Guardian) Finance Minister Colm Imbert said that Trinidad and Tobago is set to become a digital economy.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Argentina has the world’s highest rate of positive COVID-19 tests, according to Oxford-linked tracker Our World In Data, with nearly six out of 10 yielding an infection, a reflection of low testing levels and loose enforcement of lockdown rules.