Regional News

(Trinidad Guardian) The Tropical Storm Warning for Tobago has been discontinued as Tropical Storm Gonzalo has been downgraded to a Tropical Depression.

(Jamaica Observer) MINISTER of Local Government and Community Development Desmond McKenzie says citizens who refuse to wear masks in public could soon face prosecution under the Disaster Risk Management Act.

(Jamaica Observer) A Clarendon man has been charged in connection with the 2019 murder of British national, 17-year-old Stefica Smith, who resided in Four Paths in the parish.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Bogue Heights community on the outskirts of Montego Bay, St James, was plunged into mourning on Wednesday afternoon when a popular accountant was shot and killed by armed men when he made a valiant attempt to stop them from abducting his daughter.

(Jamaica Star) Scores of Jamaicans have been reportedly making requests to join the Montego Bay-based Zion Society spiritual group, in hopes of attaining spells that grant them great wealth and health.

BUENOS AIRES,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Argentina plans to put into orbit a satellite with new precision technology in the coming days, to monitor felling of its native forests round the clock and accurately measure forest carbon stocks in a bid to help curb climate change, scientists said.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Lawyers for Venezuela’s central bank (BCV) said yesterday they have won the right to appeal a ruling by the English High Court which recognised Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido as the country’s president.

(Barbados Nation) The statute of Lord Horatio Nelson is to be moved from Heroes Square.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Brazil registered an additional 1,156 deaths attributable to the novel coronavirus over the last 24 hours and another 55,891 confirmed cases, the health ministry said yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) National Security Minister Stuart Young says the number of Trinidadians involved in the Venezuelan human trafficking ring is disturbing.

(Trinidad Guardian) A video of Watson Duke, leader of the Progressive Democratic Patriots (PDP) inadvertent calling on his supporters to “Vote for PNM,” has gone viral.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Fans of 007 got a delightful treat on Wednesday when the official Instagram account of the latest Bond flick, No Time To Die, shared two fabulous photos from their filming in Jamaica.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Born with one hand with only a thumb, 51-year-old Daphne Williams is a picture of resilience.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Entities will be able to conduct COVID-19 testing of high-touch surfaces as well as to check if the virus is present in the air.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The bloody reign of Delano ‘Prekeh Boy’ Wilmot as one of Jamaica’s most feared gangsters came to an abrupt end in Amity district, St James, when he was killed in an early morning gunfight with a police-military team.

(Jamaica Gleaner) An attack by allegedly gay men on a worker at the St Ann’s Bay Regional Hospital on Monday has prompted a review of the security arrangements at the facility.

(Trinidad Guardian) More than two dozen local police officers are currently under watch by the T&T Police Service Professional Standards Bureau having been implicated in an intrinsic human trafficking ring operating between Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago.

(Barbados nation) The chairmen of two statutory organisations were promoted to the Ministerial Cabinet in changes announced by Prime Minister Mia Mottley in an address to the nation from Ilaro Court last evening.

(The Weather Channel) Tropical Storm Gonzalo has formed in the Atlantic Ocean between Africa and the Lesser Antilles and could impact parts of the Windward Islands this weekend.

(Jamaica Observer) Highland “Dobby” Dobson, whose laid-back vocal style earned him hit songs in the pre-ska, rocksteady and reggae eras, died yesterday at age 78 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.