Regional News

(Trinidad Guardian) Several birds drowned after they were thrown into the sea, when Coast Guard officers intercepted a pirogue off Cedros, this morning.

(Trinidad Guardian) A woman has been arrested in connection with an incident in which a family of three, including a child, were chopped at their South Oropouche home.

(Trinidad Guardian) Managing Director of Bastion Market Intelligence Ltd in Port-of Spain, Roger Montero, believes that if the problems of illicit trade are addressed, then this country can get an improved ranking in the next Global Illicit Trade Environment Index.

Regional business leader Wayne Chen has said that the COVID-19 pandemic has catapulted the region into the future as far as jobs are concerned, while noting that an opportunity would have been wasted if, emerging from the pandemic, our economies and societies look, think and react in the same ways it did before.

(Jamaica Star) They say a selfless mother will go through the fire for her kids and Marlene Cushnie did just that on May 26 when her house and small business caught fire.

(Jamaica Observer) As most Jamaicans returned to their workplaces yesterday, following the expiration of the Government’s work-from-home order that formed part of its COVID-19 arsenal, Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton is cautioning against becoming “complacent”.

(Jamaica Observer) Nineteen murders in the 72-hour period from last Friday to yesterday morning pushed the country’s murder tally since the start of this year to 550, just three below the same period last year.

(Trinidad Guardian) Students writing the Caribbean Secondary Examination Certificate (CSEC) and the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) will not have to wear masks in the examination rooms but will be subjected to other health controls.

(Trinidad Express) Businessman Michael Patrick Aboud, who was charged last year with firearm and drug possession, caused outrage on social media yesterday after posting that protesters in the United States were using the George Floyd police killing as an excuse “to do what comes natural” to them.

(Trinidad Guardian) Three months after closing, shopping malls across South Trinidad opened for the first time on Monday but there were no throngs of people waiting to buy.

(Jamaica Gleaner) There will be no pretesting or quarantining of visitors to Jamaica when the island reopens its borders for international travel on Monday, June 15.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has given permission for the resumption of almost all economic activity one week ahead of the third phase of reopening.

(Trinidad Express) Police suspect that skeletal remains found at Couva on Sunday may be those of a doubles man who went missing three years ago.

(Trinidad Express) An appeal has been made to the Government to engage in diplomatic discussions so Trinidad and Tobago nationals stranded abroad can return home aboard planes being sent here to repatriate foreign nationals.

(Jamaica Observer) With many Jamaicans expressing fear of returning to their workplaces today amidst the novel coronavirus pandemic, professor of psychiatry Wendel Abel says a phased approach is the best option.

(Jamaica Observer) As tourism interests gear up to take advantage of the scheduled full reopening of the country’s borders come June 15, president of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) Omar Robinson is urging hoteliers to seek certification from the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) to ensure that they are compliant with the COVID-19 protocols.

(Trinidad Express) Barataria police are investigating the circumstances which led to the death of a woman in Aranjuez last Thursday night.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro joined a rally yesterday on horseback as supporters urged the closing of the Supreme Court for investigating the right-wing leader, as one of its justices compared the risks to Brazil’s democracy with Hitler’s Germany.

(Jamaica Observer) HUNDREDS of Jamaican educators in North Carolina, USA, on the J-1 Teacher Exchange Programme are in limbo over their ability to remain in the USA and work legally, due to delays they are experiencing in obtaining a no-objection statement from the Jamaica Government.

(Jamaica Observer) MEDICINAL herb practitioner Carlton Bennett is calling on his fellow Jamaicans to embrace herbal medicine as a preventative and curative measure for COVID-19 and every other kind of disease.