(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaican community leaders in the Northeast Diaspora area are demanding answers from the New Jersey District Attorney General’s Office and the New Jersey State Police about the circumstances surrounding the killing of Maurice Gordon by a New Jersey state trooper.
(Jamaica Gleaner) BRIDGEPORT HIGH School 11th-grader Tianna Fisher was not perturbed by new stipulations demanding physical distancing amid the partial reopening of secondary schools across the island yesterday.
(Jamaica Gleaner) A Jamaican who was formerly employed to the Embassy of Japan in Kingston is seeking redress for the “unfair treatment” meted out to them by the embassy.
(Trinidad Express) Two people appeared in court today for separate offences against minors.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – Reina Paula, a saleswoman at Havana’s La Epoca supermarket, said the same day that a worker tested positive for the coronavirus, local authorities sent the rest of the staff in a fleet of state vehicles to isolation facilities for testing.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s government said yesterday that a flight carrying humanitarian aid for the COVID-19 epidemic had arrived from Iran, which has become a crucial ally to the South American nation amid U.S.
(Trinidad Guardian) Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith is appealing to local demonstrators supporting the United States-based Black Lives Matter movement to be more responsible going forward, reminding that the country is still trying to prevent a second wave of COVID-19 infections and laws remain in place to ensure this is adhered to.
(Trinidad Guardian) Only three or four individuals will be allowed in a classroom for this year’s sittings of the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE) and the Caribbean Secondary Examination Certificate (CSEC) due to COVID-19 restrictions.
(Jamaica Observer) When the Canadian husband and wife pair of Tom and Susan Little arrived here back in March, they had a flight booked to return to Toronto on May 15.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The burnt remains of the three bodies were found at Beach Road, Point Morant, in St Thomas, on Saturday have been identified as that of a female Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldier Lexton Clayton, 21; her child, Tyler Taylor, 2; and the child’s father, Kimani Taylor, 28.
(Trinidad Guardian) Religious organisations will now be allowed to open the doors of their worship centres for Corpus Christi on Thursday after Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley yesterday announced Government was moving up the previously-announced opening date by one day.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil registered 37,312 total coronavirus deaths while overall cases in the country reached 685,427, according to data from the health ministry yesterday, amid criticism of the government’s handling of the pandemic.
(Trinidad Express) The country’s murder toll has now reached the 200-mark with the shooting death of a man whose body was found in some bushes in Wallerfield in Saturday.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The police in St Thomas are probing a suspected murder-suicide involving a member of the Jamaica Defence Force.
(Trinidad Express) Dionne Ligoure, head of corporate communications at State-owned Caribbean Airlines, is under public scrutiny for a Facebook post in which she accused the United National Congress (UNC) of trying to “mash” her up in 2010 “for being black with a working brain”.
(Jamaica Observer) Claims by local medicinal herb practitioner, Carlton Bennett, that herbal remedies can cure COVID-19 and other diseases, have stirred up controversy and caught the attention of several individuals who are eager to test his hypothesis.
(Trinidad Guardian) Hairdressers, barbers, beauty technicians, gardeners, domestic workers and spas have been granted permission to resume operations from Monday.
(Jamaica Observer) A Jamaican man living in the United States (US) who was beaten by police officers at his daughter’s graduation in 2016 is adding his voice to the throng of protesters across North America agitating for racial justice following the recent murder of George Floyd.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Prime Minister Dr Timothy Harris yesterday said that it appears that his coalition Team Unity administration will be returned to power with a “resounding victory” after the three-party team won eight of the nine seats declared to date.
(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley announced yesterday at a press conference that on June 8th all places of worship can reconvene.
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