Regional News

(Jamaica Gleaner) An elderly man who was scheduled to be sentenced on Friday for gun-related crimes has died in police custody.

(Trinidad Express) Dr. Avinash Sawh, the doctor heard in a leaked telephone recording using racist remarks and abusive language towards a now former employee is begging the nation for forgiveness for his hurtful words.

(Jamaica Star) Clutching his black bag closely, Joseph Pounall lay on his back staring at the ceiling in a classroom that serves as an emergency shelter at St Benedict’s Primary School in St Andrew.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The months following Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek’s announcement that he had pancreatic cancer were tough for Jamaica-born Terry Gayle, who was an audience coordinator for the popular game show, as scores of persons came wanting to offer him help.

(Trinidad Guardian) The new British High Commissioner’s two pet cats will have to wait a while to join her in this country since pet permits are currently not being processed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

(Trinidad Guardian) Imagine living with a gallstone the size of a large avocado in your abdomen, causing nausea and severe pain every time your body tries to process fatty foods.

SAO PAULO/BEIJING  (Reuters) – Brazil’s health regulator suspended a clinical trial of China’s Sinovac coronavirus vaccine due to a severe adverse event, delighting President Jair Bolsonaro, who has repeatedly criticized the vaccine’s credibility and said it would not be purchased by his government.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The rescue of 39 slaves from an illegal gold mine in Brazil run by a known offender highlights the difficulty in ending crimes where large profits are involved, labour authorities said.

LIMA,  (Reuters) – The head of Peru’s Congress, Manuel Merino, was sworn in as the Andean nation’s president on Tuesday, and vowed that elections set for April would stand after lawmakers removed Martin Vizcarra on corruption charges.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is insisting that there are no restrictions on the hours citizens may turn up at police stations to file complaints.

(Trinidad Express) A barber who reported to police that he was kidnapped and robbed has been fined for wasteful employment of the police by making a false report.

(Trinidad Guardian) A suspected paedophile faced the wrath of a Carenage community after he was allegedly caught assaulting a child.

LIMA, (Reuters) – Peru’s Congress ousted President Martín Vizcarra yesterday in an impeachment vote over corruption allegations, prompting immediate tensions in the Andean nation.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil’s health regulator said yesterday it had suspended clinical trials for China’s Sinovac coronavirus vaccine, due to a “severe adverse effect” that took place on Oct.

VILLAZON, Bolivia,  (Reuters) – Bolivia’s former leader Evo Morales made a dramatic homecoming yesterday, greeted by crowds of cheering supporters as he crossed the border from Argentina where he had been living in exile since late last year.

(Jamaica Star) Last Saturday, a small group of persons and two dogs gathered in Shawn ‘Serpent’ Robinson’s backyard to pay their final respect to a mongrel called Estate.

(Trinidad Guardian) A family of four, including two children aged 1 and 2, have been living on the streets for almost three months after the landlord put them out because of apparent tardiness by the government to pay a rental assistance grant promised to them.

(Trinidad Guardian) Political leader of the United National Congress (UNC), Kamla Persad-Bissessar has apologised to United Kingdom politician Sir Kier Starmer, after her congratulatory message to President-elect of the United States, Joe Biden, reflected the exact wording of several of Starmer’s tweets.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Kymani Steele is still in shock as he remembers disembarking the Toyota Fielder death car around 15 minutes before a fiery collision along the Queen’s Highway in St Ann killed four members of a family on Sunday morning.

(Jamaica Observer) Five people are now in custody as the police investigate the murder of their colleague, Constable Kirkland Plummer, and the fatal shooting of one of his alleged attackers in the deep rural community of Harwood, in northern Clarendon, on Saturday night.