Regional News

(Jamaica Observer) Popcaan had some harsh words for Mavado while speaking with New York-based radio programme Ebro In The Morning on Hot 97 earlier this week.

(Trinidad Guardian) Thirty-two police recruits attached to the Police Academy in St James have tested positive Covid-19.

(Barbados Nation) To Barbadians he was the “People’s King”, but to his daughter Zena Worrell, Colin Observer Reid, 65, was the greatest father in the world.

(Jamaica Star) Michael McLeod’s efforts to help to wrest the St Thomas Eastern constituency from the self-styled ‘six star general’, Dr Fenton Ferguson, is proving costly.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Members of the Jamaican Diaspora in the United States have expressed concerns about the low voter turnout in Thursday’s general elections in Jamaica while congratulating the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) on its massive win.

(Trinidad Express) Reanna Ashley Gobadan, the 27-year-old woman who suffered extensive injuries when she was struck by a vehicle last month, has opened her eyes.

(Trinidad Guardian) “Call it blessings; Call it Pyramid; Call it SouSou: It was a non-refundable RISK!”

(Trinidad Guardian) A female T&T detainee in the Al Hol refugee camp in Syria has written to Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley appealing for the state to bring her and her five children home.

(Trinidad Guardian) An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter Scale has rocked T&T.

(Trinidad Guardian) Less than two weeks after the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) warned the public about getting involved in pyramid schemes, a “Blessing Circle” with over 1,200 members has “crashed,” leaving the majority of its members without their hard-earned money.

KINGSTON,  (Reuters) – Jamaica’s ruling party was re-elected in a landslide win yesterday marked by low turnout, prompting Prime Minister Andrew Holness to vow to work on restoring voters’ trust in politics and continue fighting the country’s coronavirus outbreak.

SAN JOSE,  (Reuters) – Former Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla has dropped her bid to head the Washington-based Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and criticized a process seen favoring U.S.

(Trinidad Express) Former FIFA vice-president and government minister Jack Warner is “alive and in good spirits”.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The police are reporting that two wanted men were captured today as they attempted to cast their ballots. 

(Jamaica Observer) Jamaica international footballer Jermaine “Teddy ” Johnson is among three people shot on Law Street and Foster Lane in Kingston Central a short while ago.

(Jamaica Observer) The new head of New York City’s sex crimes unit is not only a veteran investigator, but also a forensic nurse who has conducted the physical exams and evidence collection that are vital to solving such cases.

(Jamaica Observer) After months of unofficial campaigning and three weeks of the official election campaign it is now up to Jamaicans to decide whether the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) or the People’s National Party (PNP) will form the Government for the next five years.

KINGSTON,  (Reuters) – Jamaica’s ruling party looks set to retain power by a strong margin in a general election today thanks to its steady stewardship of the economy and despite a recent resurgence of the country’s coronavirus outbreak.

 (Trinidad Express) As numbers continue to rise, there is a rolling backlog of COVID-19 testing that is yet to be completed.

(Trinidad Guardian) Six men including two Venezuelan nationals have been remanded into custody after appearing in court for murdering a Chinese businessman during a botched robbery, late last month.