Regional News

When Kaydia Levien felt a lump in her right breast earlier this year, she initially thought it was pre menstrual syndrome.

URACHICHE, Venezuela,  (Reuters) – In the Venezuelan town of Urachiche, long a bastion of support for President Nicolas Maduro’s ruling Socialist Party, a radio station broadcast messages in September calling for a protest over decaying public services and chronic fuel shortages.

(Jamaica Star) A St Catherine woman was stabbed to death last Saturday, allegedly because of an argument about clothes.

(Trinidad Guardian) Police are actively pursuing several further matters under the Civil Assets Forfeiture law – the Unexplained Wealth law – to have certain people in T&T explain how they have achieved their wealth.

(Trinidad Express) Reanna Ashley Gobadan, who was left with serious injuries when she was struck by a vehicle in August, has returned home to continue her long road to recovery.

(Jamaica Gleaner) With early voting already under way in a number of states, with others set to start polling later this month, there is a massive push within communities with large numbers of Jamaican and Caribbean nationals to rally support for a number of Jamaicans running for posts in the November 3 elections to elect a president and fill Senate and House seats across the country.

(Jamaica Gleaner) At 45 years old, mother of nine and grandmother of 10, Susan Burke* finds herself begging on the streets of the capital city to provide for her household.

(Jamaica Star) June 27 will forever be etched in the memory of Tavia Bishop, as it signifies the day she received her calling from God who she said chastised her for ‘worshipping’ her pet cat.

(Trinidad Express) After a decade in operation the Movietowne Chaguanas branch will be permanently closed.

(Trinidad Express) The crash that killed three people on the Uriah Butler High-way in Chaguanas yesterday morning brought to 71 the number of road fatalities this year.

(Barbados Nation) Barbados has placed Canada in the high-risk category in a new set of COVID-19 travel protocols which go into effect on October 16.

(Trinidad Express) A 109-year-old woman passed away peacefully at her home in Belmont last month.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The 14 year-old brother of a nine year-old girl who died yesterday, after being shot with a fish gun in St Elizabeth yesterday, is being interviewed by the police. 

(Trinidad Guardian) MovieTowne has announced it will be closing its Chaguanas branch permanently after being in operation for over 10 years.

(Trinidad Guardian) Before dawn yesterday, a phone call from Crystal Baboolal’s cell phone came through to her father, Frank Baboolal.

(Jamaica Gleaner) President Donald Trump and Joe Biden are entering the final stretch of the campaign in a fierce battle for Latino voters who could sway the results in Florida and determine who wins the White House.

(Jamaica Observer) HOUSEHOLD worker Sharon Ferguson has seemingly, in cricket terms, been given out off a no-ball after spending over 15 years at the crease batting for one of Jamaica’s legends.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Amid the throes of the coronavirus pandemic, more than 700 people have been murdered across Jamaica since the dreaded respiratory ailment reached local soil.

(Trinidad Express) A 109-year-old woman passed away peacefully at her home in Belmont last month.

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – A judge yesterday lifted a house arrest order against former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, who is under investigation for alleged witness tampering.