(Jamaica Gleaner) A father cradling his one-year-old daughter in his arms was not enough to stop marauding thugs from spraying him with bullets in what police investigators believe was another reprisal attack playing out on the streets of the east Kingston community of Harbour View.
(Trinidad Guardian) Since the ABM Task Force was reintroduced by the T&T Police Service (TTPS) in September, 19 persons have appeared before the courts, including 18 non-nationals.
BRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Brazilian authorities yesterday targeted Maersk and other companies for allegedly paying bribes to get an edge in securing shipping contracts with state oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA, in the latest phase of a sprawling graft probe.
(Jamaica Observer) A member of the Jamaican all-schools team to the annual end of season tournament in South Florida is to appear before a Dade County judge this morning after he was caught shoplifting in a store in the US state on Sunday.
(Jamaica Observer) Newly crowned Miss World 2019, Jamaican Toni-Ann Singh, is to return to the island for a brief visit this weekend, organised by the Government of Jamaica.
(Trinidad Express) After a photo of a capuchin monkey wearing a People’s National Movement (PNM) dress was brought to the attention of Minister of Agriculture, Clarence Rambharat, he referred it to local law enforcement officials.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaicans in the United Kingdom have welcomed with delight the crowning of Toni-Ann Singh as Miss World 2019, the fourth Jamaican to snatch the coveted title in the world’s longest-running beauty pageant.
(Barbados Nation) Barbados is moving ahead with advancing elements of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy, including free access to public schools for CARICOM students.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The 2019-2020 sugar crop year got off to an early start when Chinese producers Pan Caribbean Sugar Company (PCSC) started production on November 28.
(Trinidad Newsday) Port of Spain mayor Joel Martinez, on Tuesday, called on citizens and members of the public to desist from feeding the homeless in the city.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Crime has sparked a plunge in the school population of Bull Bay Infant and Primary by almost 70 per cent as families have fled outbreaks of violence that have rocked the eastern Jamaica community.
(Jamaica Gleaner) A Canadian man who was arrested by the Narcotics Police on Sunday, December 8 is to appear in the St James Parish Court on Wednesday to answer to several charges related to the seizure of $1.5 million dollars worth of cocaine.
(Trinidad Guardian) Five men were sentenced to death by hanging yesterday after a jury found them guilty, after lengthy deliberation, of the kidnapping and murder of Dr Edward Khoury.
CARACAS/MIAMI, (Reuters) – While U.S. President Donald Trump wants to drive Venezuela’s socialist ruler out of power with economic sanctions, there has in fact been a burgeoning influx of American-bought goods from Nutella spread to Oreo cookies.