Regional News

(Trinidad Express) A worrying increase in Covid-19 coronavirus infections has resulted in a rollback in public health measures to reduce public exposure of risk.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A Jamaica paediatrician has taken on a new role as equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) champion for the division of developmental paediatrics at the University of Toronto’s Department of Paediatrics.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Verley Fraizer will be travelling to Jamaica this weekend for an extended stay.

(Trinidad Guardian) While the revenues of Massy Holdings Ltd fell in most of the countries identified in its 3rd Quarter (Q3) segment information, the conglomerate’s sales were up in Guyana by approximately $100 million or 13.3 per cent for the nine months ended 30th June, 2020.

(Barbados Nation) Cheers erupted through the streets of Speightstown, St Peter yesterday, as Barbadians took up every possible vantage point to get a look at the funeral cortège of former Prime Minister, Professor Owen Arthur.

(Jamaica Observer) United States Ambassador to Jamaica Donald Tapia has declared that his country has no position on which party should form the next g overnment in Jamaica.

(Jamaica Observer) United States Ambassador to Jamaica Donald Tapia has declared that his country has no position on which party should form the next government in Jamaica.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. officials will unveil a major economic investment program with the Colombian government next week as Washington expands its drive to yank supply chains out of China and bring them closer to home, a senior White House official said yesterday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The medical fraternity in St Mary has been plunged into mourning following the sudden death of Yakeev Morris, an intern at the Annotto Bay Hospital, on Wednesday.

(Trinidad Guardian) United National Congress (UNC) leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has condemned what she calls the “reckless comments” Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has made in relation to her party’s call for recounts in five constituencies.

(Trinidad Guardian) The People’s National Movement’s (PNM) Faris Al-Rawi has announced that he is the elected representative for San Fernando West following a recount exercise that ended Thursday night.

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica— Controversial Muslim cleric Sheikh Abdullah el-Faisal has been extradited to the United States to face terrorism-related charges.

(Reuters) – Tropical Storm Josephine formed in the Atlantic Ocean yesterday, hitting the earliest benchmark of a J-named storm on record, another sign the Atlantic hurricane season is more active than usual, forecasters said.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexico, having hit over half a million official coronavirus cases and 55,000 deaths as the pandemic rages across Latin America, will help produce a vaccine that could be distributed in the region next year, authorities said yesterday.

LIMA, (Reuters) – Peru surpassed half a million coronavirus cases and has the highest fatality rate in Latin America, according to health ministry data yesterday, as the government struggles to contain a recent surge of infections.

When Mary* started having no sense of taste or smell, she felt that she had contracted the novel coronavirus.

(Jamaica Star) A family of three, including a toddler, died as a result of injuries they received in a crash on the Rose Hall main road in St James on Tuesday.

(Jamaica Observer) Security Minister Dr Horace Chang says in the absence of any incriminating evidence against individuals who are detained under the current states of emergency (SOEs), they will be released when the security measure ends on Monday, August 17.

(Jamaica Star) A Church Minister is among five people who have been charged with having sexual intercourse with a person under sixteen in separate incidents in Clarendon, St.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A brave motorist foiled a brazen attempt by gunmen travelling on a motorcycle to rob him in Negril, Westmoreland, on Wednesday afternoon when he forced them off the road, resulting in them crashing into a wall at a popular hotel.