(Trinidad Express) Reshma Kanchan’s alleged killer has been charged.
Sunil Dookie, 36 years old of Thompson Trace, Siparia was charged for the murder of his ex-wife who he was found dead on the morning of September 29 at Laltoo Branch Road, Penal.
(Jamaica Gleaner) A well-known and influential Jamaican in Britain, Paulette Simpson, is to be made Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).
(Jamaica Gleaner) As a medical doctor, Roselyn Brown Fuller tries to meet the needs of her demanding profession while raising twin sons, who both recently copped scholarships to attend the top secondary school in Jamaica.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Twenty-year-old barber Tyrique Banton was on Thursday freed of illegal possession of firearm and wounding with intent charges after a witness admitted to giving a false statement.
(Trinidad Express) TEENAGER Nicholai Katwaroo is missing.
The teen’s father, Raju Katwaroo said Nicholai, 17, left his Gandi Village, Debe home around 9 a.m.
(Trinidad Guardian) Two police officers in uniform and using a marked police vehicle allegedly pulled off the daring robbery of over a quarter-million dollars from a courier after setting up a fake roadblock earlier this month.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest fell in September for the third straight month compared to a year ago, government data showed yesterday, but destruction remains far higher than before Presi-dent Jair Bolsonaro took office in 2019.
Directors of Culture across the Caribbean Community have been informed by Daryll Matthew, Minister of Sports, Culture, National Festivals, and the Arts, Antigua and Barbuda, of a decision to postpone the hosting of the Region’s premiere cultural festival, the Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA XV) from August 2021 to August 2022.
CARICOM has deplored the ongoing “unilateral, arbitrary and non-transparent blacklisting strategy” utilised by the European Union (EU) against CARICOM Member States.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexico’s Health Ministry yesterday reported 5,263 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection and 411 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the country to 809,751 cases and 83,507 deaths.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The alleged mastermind of the Uchence Wilson Gang exhaled heavily on Thursday as Chief Justice Bryan Sykes found him and several cronies guilty on several major charges.
(Trinidad Express) Twelve-year-old Jayden Persad, the boy who wrote the Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA) examination two days after his family was attacked in a home invasion has passed for his first choice, Naparima College.
(Trinidad Express) A Penal bank teller was arrested and marijuana plants seized by officers of the Southern Division Task Force, during an anti-crime exercise conducted in the Penal district this morning.
(Jamaica Observer) United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister Boris Johnson has appointed a Member of Parliament with Jamaican roots as the new trade envoy to Jamaica and the rest of the Commonwealth Caribbean.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The 27 migrant farmer workers who reportedly tested positive for the coronavirus at an apple farm in Vermont in the United States last weekend are all Jamaicans, Champlain Orchards confirmed yesterday.
(Trinidad Guardian) The Aviation Communication and Allied Workers’ Union (ACAWU) has called for Caribbean Airlines (CAL) to suspend its cost-cutting exercises and instead wait for Finance Minister Colm Imbert to talk in Parliament about the situation facing the State-owned airline before making any decision.
(Jamaica Gleaner) As Virgin Atlantic returns to Jamaica, passengers are protected with high-performance pepper filters capable of filtering viruses, says the airline’s local airport manager, Eaton Hubbard.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Charles Edward James, Jamaica’s oldest citizen, has died.
He passed away at his Holly Hill home in Darliston, Westmoreland, on Sunday morning.