Regional News

(Jamaica Observer) Flight, the short film by local directors Kia Moses and Adrian McDonald,continues to rake in awards on the international film festival circuit.

(Jamaica Observer) When Ade Ellis, now 29 years old, emigrated to Florida 14 years ago, he had already made up his mind that cooking would be his career path.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Despite solemn promises given six years ago by the previous administration to wipe from the books a section of the Child Care and Protection Act, which allows judges in the Family Court to deem a child uncontrollable and commit them to the custody of the Department of Correctional Services, the law still remains.

(Trinidad Guardian) The new poly­mer $100 ban­knotes have been print­ed and are ready for dis­tri­b­u­tion, Fi­nance Min­is­ter Colm Im­bert has an­nounced.

(Barbados Nation) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley yesterday accepted, on behalf of her regional colleagues, space in an ultra-modern business complex in Nairobi, Kenya, to be the home of a joint diplomatic mission.

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Two indigenous men, members of the Guajajara tribe in northeastern Brazil, were shot dead yesterday, and two others were hurt, not far from where a prominent tribesman who defended the Amazon rainforest was also killed last month, authorities said.

(Jamaica Observer) Jamaica’s national costume for the 2019 staging of the Miss Universe pageant has left social media users divided over the theme chosen for the design.

(Trinidad Guardian) In an at­tempt to es­cape the grid­lock traf­fic which snarled all routes in­to and out of the cap­i­tal city on Sat­ur­day, a de­liv­ery dri­ver lost his life af­ter he at­tempt­ed to use an al­ter­na­tive route.

(Trinidad Guardian) Dana Pe­ruza last saw and spoke with her son Key­on “Geno” Gill around 7 pm on Thurs­day as she or­dered KFC for din­ner.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The complete rupture of a recently discovered fault line in the Kingston Harbour could generate a 5.8 to 6.9 magnitude earthquake, potentially having serious implications for the capital city located less than five kilometres away, according to a recent study.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A Grants Pen woman is lucky to be alive following a case of attempted suicide which was thwarted after she was cut loose from a rope by a relative who found her hanging from a tree.

(Trinidad Guardian) Rage and out­rage af­ter a 15-year-old Form Three stu­dent of the Mara­bel­la South Sec­ondary School had to be hos­pi­talised af­ter be­ing beat­en by a par­ent on the school com­pound on Wednes­day.

(Barbados Nation) In his election victory speech last night, Prime Minister and leader of the Dominica Labour Party (DLP) Roosevelt Skerrit called for restraint, respect and calm in the country.

(Trinidad Guardian) The 2019 murder toll is now officially over 500.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazilian police launched an operation yesterday to break up a smuggling ring that it said had exported 1.2 tonnes of illegal gold bought since 2017 from wildcat miners in the frontier region between Brazil and Venezuela.

WASHINGTON/MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said yesterday he will temporarily hold off designating Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations at the request of Mexico’s president.

BUENOS AIRES,  (Reuters) – Argentine President-elect Alberto Fernandez unveiled his cabinet and new central bank chief last evening, laying out his core team days before the center-left leader takes office facing a stalled economy, rising debt fears and painful inflation.

(Trinidad Express) The husband of Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar is currently hospitalised and was carded to  undergo a medical procedure.

(Jamaica Star) In August, Latoya Hogarth, 28, had a brain aneurysm.

(Trinidad Express) A woman described as an avid church member appeared in the San Fernando Magistrates Court on Thursday charged with armed robbery at a gas station in August.