Regional News

(Jamaica Star) G. Samuels, the Jamaican who recently won the $301.5-million Super Lotto jackpot, says he has been playing Lotto for 19 years.

(Trinidad Guardian) A former boyfriend of Jada Pierre has been denied bail after appearing in court for allegedly beating her on the head with a hammer.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The Trump administration yesterday announced it was returning Cuba to the U.S.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – The coronavirus vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac Biotech showed a general efficacy of less than 60% in its late-stage trial in Brazil, a news website reported yesterday, citing two people who seen the results.

(Trinidad Guardian) Journalist Abby Phillip, who was born to Trini-dadian parents, has been named CNN’s Senior Political Correspondent.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – The World Health Organi-zation (WHO) yesterday redoubled pleas for vaccine makers to provide COVID-19 shots to its COVAX programme for poor nations, as an adviser said hopes of starting inoculations by February hinge on access to supplies.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley was yesterday discharged after spending almost two days in the hospital.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica’s honorary consul to Barbados is trying to locate a Jamaican prostitute who was reportedly caught with two British tourists in a hotel in Barbados on December 30.

(Trinidad Guardian) Police are moving to charge a 26-year-old Fyzabad man with the brutal hammer attack of geriatric nurse Jada Pierre.

(Trinidad Guardian) A man and his son have been charged with murder.

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK/BANGALORE,  (Reuters) – Marriott Inter-national Inc, the world’s largest hotel company, and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) said yesterday they will suspend donations to U.S.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Britain is on course to have immunised its most vulnerable people against COVID-19 by mid-Feb-ruary and offering a shot to every adult by autumn, with some 2 million people having already received a first dose, its health secretary said yesterday.

BOGOTA,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The Dominican Republic needs to change its culture so that women are seen as more than housewives for this week’s ban on child marriage to work, girls’ rights campaigners said on Thursday.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – At least 23 people died over the weekend in a clash between police and gangs in Venezuela’s capital Caracas, according to news reports and human rights activists, as the government faces international scrutiny for killings by security forces.

BRASILIA/SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s weekly rolling average of deaths per day reached 1,111  yesterday, surpassing 1,000 deaths for the first time since early August, according to a Reuters calculation.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Trinidadian Prime Minister has been discharged from West Shore Medical Hospital and is now at home resting comfortably.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Government is now facing another massive bill following heavy rainfall that resulted in severe flooding in sections of St James on Friday and yesterday, which left many businesses and motorists with extensive damage.

(Trinidad Express) A 22-year-old nurse remained in critical condition at the San Fernando General Hospital yesterday after she was beaten with a hammer by a former boyfriend.

(Trinidad Express) The overnight medical tests done on Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley at the West Shore Private Hospital has led doctors to order a coronary angiogram.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Hundreds of vacationers hoping to return to Canada are now stranded in Jamaica after new rules requiring them to show proof of a negative PCR (polymerase chain reaction) test in order to enter the country came into effect on January 7.