Regional News

(Trinidad Guardian) Starting from January 1, 2021, all citizens who earn $84,000 or less a year will be exempt from income tax.

(Jamaica Gleaner) “I can’t believe he is gone.” Those grim words capture the shock death of Moreen Dwyer’s* 12-year-old son, one of the youngest casualties of the coronavirus’ fatal clutches in Jamaica.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A ‘fix’ is reportedly on the way for almost 300 students of Jamaica College (JC), a local elite all-boys institution, who were left shocked after learning that more than 90 per cent of them failed the July 2020 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) English language exam.

(Jamaica Star) Detectives in St. Ann have arrested two suspected cattle thieves, following a brazen attack on a police team in the parish on Friday, October 2.

(Trinidad Express) A prison officer with just a few months of service was shot and killed outside his home at Princes Town last night.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Dozens of local authorities and state-owned companies in Brazil are facing lawsuits accused of failing to protect workers including doctors and nurses from COVID-19, data obtained exclusively by the Thomson Reuters Foundation has revealed.

BERLIN,  (Reuters) – The COVID-19 pandemic could trigger a debt crisis in some countries, so investors must be ready for granting some form of relief that could also include debt cancellation, World Bank President David Malpass was quoted as saying yesterday.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – The final tanker in a flotilla of three Iranian fuel tankers docked at eastern Venezuela’s Guaraguao port yesterday, according to Refinitiv Eikon data and a person familiar with the matter, as President Nicolas Maduro promised to normalize fuel supply in the gasoline-starved country.

(Trinidad Guardian) The UWI Seismic Research Centre (UWI SRC) has confirmed that an earthquake of 5.2 magnitude on the Richter scale occurred yesterday in Trinidad and Tobago.

(Trinidad Guardian) Trinidadian pilot Jensen Kangalee, who is currently stuck in Turks and Caicos Islands, is desperately calling on the Minister of National Security Stuart Young to grant him an exemption as soon as since his funds have all now been depleted and he has to depend on friends and family to support his daily needs.

(Trinidad Express) A CUNUPIA taxi driver was gunned down in his taxi early Saturday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The contract killer who admitted his role in the gruesome murder of Tonia McDonald, wife of popular Portland businessman Everton ‘Beachy Stout’ McDonald, is cooperating with prosecutors under a plea deal.

(Jamaica Observer) President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Dr Warren Smith has called for the completion of regional integration projects in order to grow economies and advance the standard of living across the Caribbean in the novel coronavirus pandemic aftermath.

(Trinidad Guardian) Popular comedian, actor, radio talk show host and entertainer Dennis “Sprangalang” Hall is dead.

(Trinidad Guardian) State-owned Caribbean Airlines has received approval from the United States Department of Transportation to fly the Port of Spain/Houston route.

(Trinidad Express) After weeks of seeing a steady increase in the number of COVID-19 cases, Trinidad and Tobago is reporting a 35 per cent drop in numbers.

(Trinidad Guardian) Popular comedian, actor, radio talk show host and entertainer Dennis “Sprangalang” Hall is dead.

(Trinidad Express) Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh continued his call for members of the public to get vaccinated against the influenza (flu) virus in light of the commencement of the 2021 flu season.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela has received a shipment of the Russian-made Sputnik-V vaccine against the coronavirus, Vice President Delcy Rodriguez said yesterday.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – The government of Sao Paulo state in Brazil has asked health regulator Anvisa to register for use the COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed by China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd, governor Joao Doria said yesterday, a major step in what could be one of the first vaccination programs in the Americas.