(Jamaica Gleaner) An internal Clansman Gang feud turned bloody about 1:30 yesterday morning when a party being held at a garage in violation of the curfew orders under the Disaster Risk Management Act was shot up in Old Braeton in Portmore, St Catherine.
(Jamaica Gleaner) A custody battle for Jodian Fearon’s six-month-old daughter Peyton-Grace is threatening to inflict fresh wounds in the relationship between the deceased first-time mom’s loved ones even as they try to come to terms with her tragic passing under controversial circumstances in April.
(Jamaica Star) Marlon* says he has been restless since September when he discovered that his eight-year-old daughter was given up for adoption overseas without his consent.
(Trinidad Express) Government has rejected the proposal by Patriotic Energies and Technologies Company Ltd regarding the sale of the former Petrotrin oil refinery assets.
(Trinidad Express) A 61-year-old man is expected to appear virtually before an Arima Magistrate tomorrow charged with the murder of his son, Allan Stoute.
(Barbados Nation) The protest action by some churches against the recognition of same-sex civil unions appears to be gaining steam as hundreds took part in the third such march.
(Trinidad Express) A Cunupia man who was shot at his autobody garage on Friday has died at hospital.
(Barbados Nation) Barbados is in line to receive another US$90 million from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which has given Government’s economic reform programme a passing grade.
(Jamaica Observer) A fruit vendor in Allman Town, Kingston, is being hailed as a hero after he rescued a woman who was asleep while fire engulfed her home in the Kingston Gardens community yesterday evening.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s government will “of course” buy a Chinese COVID-19 vaccine that is being tested in the country, Vice President Hamilton Mourão said yesterday, in the latest example of him contradicting President Jair Bolsonaro.
(Trinidad Express) Former Government Minister Vasant Bharath has issued a warning to the People’s National Movement (PNM) that under his leadership the United National Congress (UNC) will return to Government.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – Wealthy nations grouped together in the Paris Club of creditors have waived Cuba’s annual payment for restructured debt but plan to impose a penalty on the Communist–run island, according to five Western diplomats with knowledge of the situation.
(Trinidad Express) Police have arrested a young couple in connection with the gruesome murder of of Princes Town businessman Christopher Hosein, whose body was discovered burnt and bound next to his torched sports utility vehicle in Ste Madeleine on Wednesday.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The old shop by the roadside in Huddersfield, St Mary, that Beverley Dressikie uses as classroom for her two daughters has been destroyed by winds associated with Hurricane Zeta whose outer bands affected the island recently.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The November 3 United States presidential election has been cast in existential terms amid criticisms by Jamaican expatriates that Donald Trump has damaged the White House and lowered America’s standing in the world.
(Trinidad Guardian) North-East Tobago has been awarded the prestigious UNESCO Man and the Biosphere designation.
BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – A vaccine scheme co-led by the World Health Organization is setting up a compensation fund for people in poor nations who might suffer any side-effects from COVID-19 vaccines, aiming to allay fears that could hamper a global rollout of shots.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil expects to have a vaccine against COVID-19 approved and ready for use in a national inoculation programme by June, the head of the country’s health regulator Anvisa, Antonio Barra Torres, said yesterday.
(Jamaica Gleaner) United States (US) Ambassador Donald Tapia has apologised for controversial tweets made from his official Twitter account on Tuesday.
(Jamaica Observer) The Chinese firm Huawei Technologies has rejected claims that it could be a threat Jamaica’s security if it is given the nod to roll out the country’s 5G technology.
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