(Jamaica Gleaner) “Ecstatic!” “The best choice!” “Very proud!” That was the effusive praise from expatriates to news that Joe Biden, former United States vice president and presumptive Democratic nominee for president, had selected Jamaica-descended California Senator Kamala Harris to be his running mate in the November 3 election.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Maya Robinson was forced on Sunday to send away her traumatised seven-year-old son from their Margaret Street home in east Kingston after he walked in to find his grandfather, 64-year-old Keith Robinson, dead in bed.
(Trinidad Express) The United National Congress (UNC) is claiming there were discrepancies in the August 10 general election in the absence of election observers.
(Trinidad Express) Five more Covid-19 positive cases were recorded in Trinidad and Tobago yesterday afternoon, bringing the total number of positive cases yesterday to 19.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaicans are to go to the polls on Thursday, September 3, 2020.
(Trinidad Express) The Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) came under criticism from United National Congress (UNC) candidate for Princes Town Barry Padarath after he cast his vote in Couva on Monday.
(Jamaica Star) Two women, who persons said had been friends for eight years, were both shot dead by gunmen last Friday along a section of Windward Road.
(Jamaica Gleaner) A St Ann man is now in police custody facing murder charges after he allegedly set his wife ablaze on Emancipation Day.
(Trinidad Guardian) Hard times are ahead for the next two years.
(Trinidad Express) The Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) came under criticism from United National Congress (UNC) candidate for Princes Town Barry Padarath after he cast his vote in Couva yesterday.
(Trinidad Express) As much as they tried to hold back supporters, outside the Baliser house, Victoria Avenue quickly has turned into a sea of red as supporters continue to increase in numbers, dancing and singing in the streets in praise of the PNM winning the election.
(Jamaica Star) Jane Brown*, 21, contracted HIV last year. She says that she has always wanted to have children, and now, her reality is posing a challenge.
(Jamaica Observer) There is a new millionaire in town. H Wilson is the latest winner of Supreme Ventures’ Lotto and has scored a jackpot of $33 million.
(Trinidad Express) A pandemic poll. A total of 1,134,136 electors are eligible to vote in today’s general election at 2,210 polling stations in 41 constituencies.
(Trinidad Guardian) As voters head to the various polling stations today, Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has urged them to be brave, keep the exercise peaceful and go with God.
(Trinidad Guardian) A former United National Congress councillor for Moruga was stabbed during a political rally in Moruga on Saturday night.
(Jamaica Gleaner) A St Catherine barber has been rushed to hospital after receiving several shots then falling from the third floor of a plaza in Port Henderson, Portmore in the parish.
ABOARD ECUADOREAN NAVY AIRCRAFT, (Reuters) – Ecuador’s navy is conducting surveillance of a massive Chinese fishing fleet that is operating near the protected waters of the Galapagos Islands, amid concerns about the environmental impact of fishing in the area of the ecologically sensitive islands.
(Trinidadian Guardian) Come rain or hail, the Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) will not be extending the hours for voting in today’s general election.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The Northern Caribbean University (NCU) has released a statement deploring last week’s murder of one of its lecturers.
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