Regional News

(Jamaica Gleaner) STUNG BY a corruption probe in 2017, People’s National Party (PNP) presidential candidate, Lisa Hanna, has declared that a future government led by her would reduce the role of members of parliament (MPs) in selecting contractors for work projects in constituencies.

(Trinidad Express) Forty-year-old Daren Mohammed was found dead at his home in Rio Claro two weeks ago.

(Trinidad Guardian) A woman and a man have been detained for questioning in the grisly murder of businessman Christopher Hosein.

(Trinidad Guardian) To add to his long list of accolades, Slinger “Mighty Sparrow” Francisco will now be immortalised at the Caribbean Wax Museum in Norman Centre, Bridgetown, Barbados.

(Trinidad Express) Trinidad and Tobago has hit a grim milestone with the death of its youngest Covid-19 patient.

(Jamaica Star) Jamalco is reporting that the driver of the train that derailed in Clarendon on Monday is okay.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Around noon last Friday, Sadesha McKenzie sat inside her beauty shop, Mummy’s Hair Spot, in Seaview Gardens, St Andrew, showcasing products when gunmen sneaked up on patrons, killing one man and injuring the proprietor.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaican Ingrid Murray, who serves as president and director of facilities of the United States-based family-owned Prospect Cleaning Services (PCS), which she runs with her husband Courtney Murray, was earlier this year commissioned by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) – the nation’s largest commuter system – to oversee the cleaning, disinfecting and sanitisation of the Metro-North and Harlem Hudson train stations which operate in seven counties in New York State and two in Connecticut.

(Trinidad Express) A 60-year-old woman was detained by police yesterday after a wounding incident in Siparia.

(Trinidad Express) MICHAEL Burnette – the suspected criminal who was shot during a home invasion at a police officer’s house on Saturday night – has died at hospital.

(Trinidad Express) Some TT$55 million worth of apples and grapes are imported to Trinidad and Tobago annually says Finance Minister Colm Imbert.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Scotiabank says it has started discussions with the union representing its employees about potential job losses with the impending closure of its Black River, St Elizabeth and Old Harbour, St Catherine branches next year.

MANAGUA,  (Reuters) – Nicaragua’s congress overwhelmingly passed legislation yesterday to regulate what can be published on social media and in the news, a move critics condemned as a brazen at-tempt to muzzle opposition to President Daniel Ortega.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A man wanted in connection with eight contract killings is among two shooters killed in a confrontation with the police in Duncans Pen, St Catherine on Monday night.

(Barbados Nation) The state of emergency for the COVID-19 pandemic in Barbados has been extended until March 27, 2021.

(Jamaica Observer) ATTORNEYS representing singer George Nooks are seeking the return of his Mercedes-Benz GL 450 SUV which was seized by police during his arrest on drug charges last Thursday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Uncertainty clouds the search for missing 35-year-old businessman Andre Burnett, who was reportedly swallowed up by a large wave while swimming off the coast of St Elizabeth on Sunday, as body parts believed to be his were discovered yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) Trinidad and Tobago’s ability to repatriate nationals sheltering in place in foreign jurisdictions is highly dependent on the country’s parallel healthcare system capacity to house and quarantine them upon their return.

(Jamaica Star) Member of Parliament for East Rural St Andrew, Juliet Holness, is urging persons in the Nine Miles, St Andrew, area of her constituency to evacuate their homes after the Chalky River in the area broke its banks late yesterday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Fire fighters had to cut a man from a mangled Toyota Probox motor car that crashed along Marcus Garvey Drive in Kingston this afternoon.