(Barbados Nation) Cheers and applause erupted from the crowd, conch shells were blown and the sound of drums reverberated across The City yesterday when the 207-year-old statue of British Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson was finally hoisted for its departure from Bridgetown.
(Trinidad Guardian) bpTT yesterday retrenched more than 40 workers in what is expected to an exercise in which close to 100 employees will be let go from the company this week.
(Jamaica Star) A 35-year –old man remains in police custody in hospital in Antigua and Barbuda as police continue their investigations into the murder of a 45-year-old Jamaican hairdresser on Saturday night.
LIMA, (Reuters) – Peru’s Congress yesterday chose legislator Francisco Sagasti as the Andean country’s caretaker president, in an attempt to defuse a sharp political crisis after angry protests and the departure of two presidents in the past week.
TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – Hurricane Iota began whipping a remote coastal area of Nicaragua with catastrophic winds, storm surges and rain last evening, as the region’s leaders blamed climate change for destruction that is pushing millions closer to hunger.
(Trinidad Express) The Government of Trinidad and Tobago is set to em-bark on several key development projects as it pushes ahead with its Revitali-sation of Port of Spain Project, which is being executed by Urban Deve-lopment Company of Trinidad and Tobago (UDeCOTT) in conjunction with the Ministry of Planning and Develop-ment.
(Trinidad Guardian) A father and son were shot dead as they slept on their beds at their Diego Martin home on Saturday night.
(Trinidad Express) The search for 30-year-old Staton Octave has ended. He is dead.
(Trinidad Guardian) State-owned hotel Hyatt Regency Trinidad has signalled its intention to temporarily lay-off staff and possibly even consider permanent job cuts in the future.
(Barbados Nation) Police are still on the lookout for Sherwin Parks and Shanice Wickham.
(Trinidad Express) The search for 30-year-old Staton Octave has ended. He is dead.
(Trinidad Express) Another Covid-19 patient has died, bringing the death toll from the virus in this country to 112.
(Trinidad Guardian) Less national scholarships will be handed out this year and less people will be able to access Government Assistance for Tuition Expenses (GATE) funding, after Minister of Education Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly announced major cuts to both programmes on Friday.Gadsby-Dolly
(Trinidad Express) A 31-year-old woman was shot dead in Laventille on Friday afternoon.
(Trinidad Guardian) Kevon Dominique was shot dead while lying in bed with his girlfriend but his common-law wife Meliza Saney yon Friday could find no malice in her heart for him.
(Barbados Nation) More electric buses are coming next month. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Energy, Andrew Gittens, said it was all part of a US$30 million loan with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) for the second phase of the Sustainable Energy Investment Programme.
(Trinidad Guardian) Kevon Dominique was shot dead while lying in bed with his girlfriend but his common-law wife Meliza Saney yesterday could find no malice in her heart for him.
(Jamaica Gleaner) In the city of Gulfport, Mississippi, which has a population of less than 200 Jamaican nationals, an establishment selling strictly Jamaican cuisine has been carving out its own space despite setbacks due to COVID-19, which have cramped eateries across the US.
(Jamaica Star) After years of being physically abused, Ann* said that in 2002, her then babyfather tried to kill her by hitting her with his motor vehicle.
LIMA, (Reuters) – At least 27 people have been wounded in clashes between police and protestors as thousands of Peruvians took to the streets to demonstrate against the dismissal of President Martin Vizcarra, police and rights groups said yesterday.
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