Regional News

(Jamaica Star) Just hours after Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton disclosed that Jamaica has confirmed its first case of the COVID-19, several persons were observed in the Corporate Area wearing masks.

(Trinidad Express) The mother of seven-year-old Shazard Mohamed is living a nightmare no parent ever wants to encounter.

(Jamaica Observer) The 27-year-old man who fled a quarantine facility in St Andrew Monday night, causing alarm, could be slapped with charges, Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton said yesterday, as he announced that the country’s first imported case of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) — a woman  — had been confirmed.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A major explosion at TAO Restaurant Chinese Cuisine in New Kingston yesterday left two persons with serious injuries and several others with minor burns.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica has confirmed its first case of the Coronavirus.

(Trinidad Guardian) United National Congress leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has called for international observers to be brought into Trinidad and Tobago for this country’s 2020 general elections.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Of­fice of the Di­rec­tor of Pub­lic Pros­e­cu­tions (DPP) has been giv­en the green light to re­in­state gang charges against 13 per­sons con­nect­ed to the mur­der of for­mer In­de­pen­dent Sen­a­tor Dana See­ta­hal, SC. 

(Trinidad Guardian) A jilt­ed hus­band and his friend, who al­leged­ly so­licit­ed and con­tract­ed a hit­man to mur­der his ex-wife and her new lover, a lit­tle over 13 years ago, have won their ap­peal against their con­vic­tions. 

(Trinidad Guardian) Cana­di­an au­thor­i­ties say one of sev­en new cas­es of the coro­n­avirus COVID-19 in the Al­ber­ta province, had trav­elled from Trinidad and To­ba­go.

(Trinidad Express) National Security Minister Stuart Young fell off the stage after giving his address at the opening of the new Penal Fire Station on Tuesday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica has confirmed its first case of the Coronavirus.

(Jamaica Star) It is impossible to enter Thompson Town in Clarendon and not notice the charming, single-storey building which is adorned with red, green and gold mouldings at the roofline, windows and an entrance arch.

(Jamaica Star) Prime Minister Andrew Holness is encouraging Jamaicans to join in efforts to locate missing university student, Jasmine Deen.

(Jamaica Observer) The police have sought assistance from their partners in the United States to have the former Seventh-day Adventist pastor accused of sodomising a teenage boy in St Ann returned to Jamaica to face charges.

LIMA,  (Reuters) – In Peru’s capital, a group dressed in biblical-style robes, veils, and sandals gathered one recent Sunday night to celebrate an unlikely victory: their congregation had overnight become a major force in the country’s new Congress.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s federal environment agency last year gave out the fewest fines for breaking conservation laws since 1995, the agency’s press office told Reuters on Monday, as the efficacy of the agency, known as Ibama, continues to fall under President Jair Bolsonaro.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Heineken NV will invest 865 million reais ($183.14 million) to expand its Ponta Grossa brewing plant in Brazil, the company said yesterday, as competition between the world’s two largest beer makers bubbles up.

(Jamaica Star) A teenager who was accidentally buried alive while on a construction site in Granville, St James, last Friday, was pronounced dead after he was rushed to the Cornwall Regional Hospital.

(Trinidad Express) A form five pupil has appeared in court today charged with shooting cashier Navita Premchand at her workplace in Fyzabad.

(Trinidad Express) A seven-year-old boy is suspected to have choked and died while eating a pholourie.