Regional News

(Jamaica Observer) The people of Arcadia, St Thomas, say they, too, have a stake in the ‘ownership’ of Miss World 2019, Toni-Ann Singh, a native of the soil.

Pres­i­dent Paula-Mae Weekes has de­clared the dan­ger­ous drugs amend­ment act law and it comes in­to ef­fect on Mon­day.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says he is distressed and shocked following the murder of Mi4 security officer Mark Nurse.

(Trinidad Express) The fire ignited by a fallen transformer, not the collision injuries, led to the death of Michael Bradshaw, Djenne Hills-Dyer, two of the four victims of a fiery crash on Thursday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A member of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) is among four persons who died yesterday in separate motor vehicle crashes.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Reggae and gospel recording artiste, Fabian ‘Ziggy Soul’ Arnold, has died.

(Jamaica Observer) The on-going gang violence in sections of lower Mountain View Avenue in the eastern end of the city intensified yesterday with the shooting of a man close to the area known as “63”.

(Trinidad Express) The fire ignited by a fallen transformer, not the collision injuries, led to the death of Michael Bradshaw, Djenne Hills-Dyer, two of the four victims of a fiery crash on Thursday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Mexican-owned Pacific Airport Group, GAP, which operates Jamaica’s two international airports in Kingston and Montego Bay, plans to spend US$213 million over the next five years to upgrade the runways and buildings, but it will come with passengers paying more to use the facilities, according to its latest filings.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The All-Island Jamaica Cane Farmers Association (AIJCFA) has landed a deal with the Government to lease more than 3,600 acres of the land surrounding the Long Pond Sugar Factory in Trelawny to be sublet to cultivators affected by the closure of the historic facility.

(Trinidad Guardian) Rel­a­tives of bank em­ploy­ee, Ro­ma La Mothe, 28, who was found dead in a drain along De­mer­ara Road in Ari­ma, are dis­put­ing ru­mours that a close rel­a­tive had any­thing to do with her demise.

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica — Miss World, Jamaica’s Toni-Ann Singh, is back home.

(Barbados Nation) In a matter of weeks, the first batch of more than 100 Ghanaian nurses will arrive in Barbados to help ease the island’s shortage.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Sarah Kleven’s “jaw hit the ground” when she received an email on Wednesday informing her that she was among 50 teachers shortlisted internationally for the ‘world’s most dedicated teacher’ award.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Hanover-based pastor who was arrested and charged last week following allegations that he sexually molested several children in the parish will spend Christmas behind bars as he was remanded when he appeared in the Hanover Parish Court yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Rel­a­tives of bank em­ploy­ee, Ro­ma La Mothe, 28, who was found dead in a drain along De­mer­ara Road in Ari­ma, are dis­put­ing ru­mours that a close rel­a­tive had any­thing to do with her demise.

(Trinidad Guardian) One Com­mu­ni­ty Emer­gency Re­sponse Team (CERT) em­ploy­ee, who moon­light­ed as a se­cu­ri­ty of­fi­cer with MI4 Se­cu­ri­ty Ser­vices, was shot dead ear­ly this morn­ing at Pen­nysavers Su­per­mar­ket, Carn­bee, To­ba­go.

(Trinidad Express) The four people who died in the crash of the Solomon Hochoy Highway near Gasparillo this morning, have been identified.

(Trinidad Express) Weeks after he was shot during a robbery in Arima, Corporal Frank Fox has died.

(Trinidad Express) A “new State” will be created next week when weed is decriminalised in Trinidad and Tobago.