Regional News

(Trinidad Express) Joanna Diaz Sanchez was one of thousands of Venezuelans who fled the economic crisis in the South American country and sought refuge in Trinidad and Tobago.

(Jamaica Observer) Jamaicans across the United States have reacted with shock over the results of last Thursday’s general election in which the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) battered the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP).

(Jamaica Gleaner) The sons of 83-year-old Avis Ledgister are still in shock after their mother died suddenly on election day, missing out on her decades-long tradition of voting for whoever was the People’s National Party (PNP) candidate in St Elizabeth South West.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaican designer Lorna Scott-Williams has been listed by Vogue magazine as a stalwart among 67 industry veterans named in the September issue as “people who make fashion happen”.

(Jamaica Gleaner) American model Desiree Gibbon’s unsolved murder has forced her family to call for the intervention of Prime Minister-designate Andrew Holness three years since the heinous killing.

(Jamaica Observer) There were unconfirmed reports last night that the final count for the Westmoreland Eastern constituency has produced a tie.

(Trinidad Express) PARENTS who could not afford a computer device for their children to participate in virtual learning may now be in a better position to do so, as all taxes on laptops, notebook computers and tablets have been removed.

(Barbados Nation) Three men were remanded when they appeared in the District “A” Magistrates Court on murder and arson charges yesterday morning.

(Trinidad Express) AVenezuelan woman missing for a week was found killed and dumped in a cess Pit at the home of an alleged former lover at Preysal yesterday. 

(Jamaica Observer) Popcaan had some harsh words for Mavado while speaking with New York-based radio programme Ebro In The Morning on Hot 97 earlier this week.

(Trinidad Guardian) Thirty-two police recruits attached to the Police Academy in St James have tested positive Covid-19.

(Barbados Nation) To Barbadians he was the “People’s King”, but to his daughter Zena Worrell, Colin Observer Reid, 65, was the greatest father in the world.

(Jamaica Star) Michael McLeod’s efforts to help to wrest the St Thomas Eastern constituency from the self-styled ‘six star general’, Dr Fenton Ferguson, is proving costly.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Members of the Jamaican Diaspora in the United States have expressed concerns about the low voter turnout in Thursday’s general elections in Jamaica while congratulating the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) on its massive win.

(Trinidad Express) Reanna Ashley Gobadan, the 27-year-old woman who suffered extensive injuries when she was struck by a vehicle last month, has opened her eyes.

(Trinidad Guardian) “Call it blessings; Call it Pyramid; Call it SouSou: It was a non-refundable RISK!”

(Trinidad Guardian) A female T&T detainee in the Al Hol refugee camp in Syria has written to Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley appealing for the state to bring her and her five children home.

(Trinidad Guardian) An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter Scale has rocked T&T.

(Trinidad Guardian) Less than two weeks after the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) warned the public about getting involved in pyramid schemes, a “Blessing Circle” with over 1,200 members has “crashed,” leaving the majority of its members without their hard-earned money.

KINGSTON,  (Reuters) – Jamaica’s ruling party was re-elected in a landslide win yesterday marked by low turnout, prompting Prime Minister Andrew Holness to vow to work on restoring voters’ trust in politics and continue fighting the country’s coronavirus outbreak.