Regional News

(Jamaica Star) Tahj-jai Sharpe, a Jamaican at the Howard University in Washington DC, in the US, had made plans to advance into post-grad school, but he is now worried about his future.

(Trinidad Guardian) Victoria’s Secret has opened its first retail store in Trinidad and Tobago.

(Trinidad Express) Nationals currently stranded in the United Kingdom have written to National Security Minister, Stuart Young, requesting exemptions to be repatriated later this month.

(Jamaica Star) In 2008, Kaydene Simth was rushed into an operating theatre after doctors determined that her scoliosis was so bad that there was insufficient blood flow to her brain.

(Jamaica Gleaner) David Sinclair, the widower of Carsha Johnson-Sinclair who died under questionable circumstances at the National Chest Hospital in Kingston on Wednesday, is pressing the hospital to provide information on what led to the death of his wife.

(Jamaica Observer) Jamaican sprint king Usain Bolt has hinted he could be tempted out of retirement if former Coach Glen Mills asked him.

(Trinidad Guardian) More than six years after her death, ten men will stand trial for the murder of former Independent Senator Dana Seetahal, SC.

(Trinidad Guardian) Trinidad and Tobago is expected to generate a new revenue stream that has dried up during the COVID-19 pandemic by hosting the 2020 edition of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL), Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley said yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) Police are searching for a criminal who raped a woman and forced her boyfriend into disturbing sexual acts at Valencia on Thursday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) East Rural St Andrew Member of Parliament Juliet Holness is urging Jamaicans, in particular those who have returned from overseas, to comply with the established protocols to protect others from contracting the deadly coronavirus.

(Barbados Nation) Barbadian ambassador, superstar and entrepreneur Robyn ‘Rihanna’ Fenty’ took to Instagram today to express admiration for Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley and to say thank you for her kind words.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Opposition has welcomed Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley’s move to invite both Caricom and the Commonwealth to send election observers to Trinidad and Tobago for the August 10 General Election.

(Trinidad Express) Oropune resident Saglal Samlalsingh, 32, is to appear before the Arima Magistrates’ Court to answer three charges including that of murder.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s government announced yesterday it planned to ban setting fires in the Amazon for 120 days, in a meeting with global investors to address their rising concerns over destruction of the rainforest.

(Jamaica Observer) Yesterday’s ‘not guilty’ verdict for the six men accused of committing heinous crimes under the umbrella of a Westmoreland gang has raised questions about the nation’s prosecutors’ ability to win other gang-related cases now before the court.

(Jamaica Observer) THE family of 43-year-old Carsha Johnson Sinclair, who died at the National Chest Hospital yesterday after plunging one storey through a garbage disposal chute from the ward on which she was admitted, is accusing the hospital of negligence.

(Jamaica Star) Upon realising that her mother had visitors, four-year-old Marecia Marshall stared curiously at the news team before politely saying: “Mommy is coming, what is your name?”

(Trinidad Express) The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service Social and Welfare Association has offered a $10,000 reward for any information which may lead to the arrests of those responsible for the murder of Police Constable Allen Moseley.

(Trinidad Guardian) Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith says the Police Complaints Authority (PCA) cowered to public pressure by issuing a release which called for the suspension of the police officers involved in the shooting deaths of Morvant residents Joel Jacobs, Israel Clinton and Noel Diamond last month.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said yesterday he tested positive for the novel coronavirus, adding in a television interview that he was in good health despite running a fever.