Regional News

(Jamaica Gleaner) Franklyn Bodden could hardly express his feelings when The Gleaner spoke with him.

(Trinidad Express) A Trinidad and Tobago national onboard a Caribbean Airlines repatriation flight died while en route to the Piarco International Airport on Saturday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Trinidad picong and artistic sensitivities collided when a photograph of the new wax bust of the Calypso King of the World, Slinger “The Mighty Sparrow” Francisco, unveiled in Barbados last week was shared on social media yesterday.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – More than 300 Brazilians gathered on São Paulo’s main commercial thoroughfare yesterday to protest state Governor João Doria’s support for mandatory COVID-19 immunization and testing the potential vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac.

(Trinidad Guardian) COCORITE couple Randy Ali and Cindy Chatar were gunned down in their home on Saturday night.

(Trinidad Guardian) An Arima pensioner is expected to appear before a magistrate on Monday charged with killing his son.

(Trinidad Guardian) A Caribbean Airlines repatriation flight from the JFK airport in New York to Trinidad was rerouted to Puerto Rico on Saturday night when one passenger on board began having severe medical issues.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Montego Bay resident Kimberly Curtis is desperate for answers as to how her taxpayer registration number (TRN) was used to import goods for commercial use without her knowledge.

(Jamaica Gleaner) An internal Clansman Gang feud turned bloody about 1:30 yesterday morning when a party being held at a garage in violation of the curfew orders under the Disaster Risk Management Act was shot up in Old Braeton in Portmore, St Catherine.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A custody battle for Jodian Fearon’s six-month-old daughter Peyton-Grace is threatening to inflict fresh wounds in the relationship between the deceased first-time mom’s loved ones even as they try to come to terms with her tragic passing under controversial circumstances in April.

(Jamaica Star) Marlon* says he has been restless since September when he discovered that his eight-year-old daughter was given up for adoption overseas without his consent.

(Trinidad Express) Government has rejected the proposal by Patriotic Energies and Technologies Company Ltd regarding the sale of the former Petrotrin oil refinery assets.

(Trinidad Express) A 61-year-old man is expected to appear virtually before an Arima Magistrate tomorrow charged with the murder of his son, Allan Stoute.

(Barbados Nation) The protest action by some churches against the recognition of same-sex civil unions appears to be gaining steam as hundreds took part in the third such march.

(Trinidad Express) A Cunupia man who was shot at his autobody garage on Friday has died at hospital.

(Barbados Nation) Barbados is in line to receive another US$90 million from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which has given Government’s economic reform programme a passing grade.

(Jamaica Observer) A fruit vendor in Allman Town, Kingston, is being hailed as a hero after he rescued a woman who was asleep while fire engulfed her home in the Kingston Gardens community yesterday evening.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s government will “of course” buy a Chinese COVID-19 vaccine that is being tested in the country, Vice President Hamilton Mourão said yesterday, in the latest example of him contradicting President Jair Bolsonaro.

(Trinidad Express) Former Government Minister Vasant Bharath has issued a warning to the People’s National Movement (PNM) that under his leadership the United National Congress (UNC) will return to Government.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Wealthy nations grouped together in the Paris Club of creditors have waived Cuba’s annual payment for restructured debt but plan to impose a penalty on the Communist–run island, according to five Western diplomats with knowledge of the situation.