Regional News

(Jamaica Observer) The new 194 megawatt (MW) natural gas power plant in Old Harbour, St Catherine is now operational, Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) announced Monday night.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The pain of losing her own child has fuelled a fire that has driven Stacey-Ann Mullings to be a full-time philanthropist while employed in the hospitality sector.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaican computational biologist Camir Ricketts has been invited to attend the 12th Annual Clinton Global Initiative University (CGIU) meeting to be held at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland in April 2020.

(Trinidad Express) A Point Fortin woman says she was held against her will inside a grocery when the owner refused to let her leave after she paid for food items with an old $100 bill.

(Trinidad Express) A Chaguanas man was gunned down on Christmas night.

(Trinidad Newsday) When calls to PC Nicholas Victor’s phone went unanswered on Tuesday night, Christmas eve, relatives assumed he was busy not knowing that he had been shot dead by bandits.

A Cedros man was jailed for nine months after he admitted in court on Monday to unlawful possession of a capuchin monkey, macaws and parrots.

BUENOS AIRES,  (Reuters) – Ousted Bolivian leader Evo Morales told Reuters he plans to return to his home country by next Christmas, after going into exile in neighboring Argentina following a disputed election.

(Trinidad Guardian) A gun­man opened fire on a group of young men who were lim­ing in Ari­ma on Mon­day night.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexico’s foreign ministry yesterday again accused Bolivian security and intelligence officials of harassing its diplomatic staff in La Paz, despite remarks by the Mexican president earlier in the day that obtrusive surveillance was easing.

SANTIAGO,  (Reuters) – A fire in a poor neighbourhood of the coastal Chilean city of Valparaíso destroyed dozens of houses yesterday and firefighters struggled to control the blaze, authorities said.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Two strong earthquakes, of magnitude 6.2 and magnitude 5.7, struck central Colombia yesterday, the Colombian Geological Service said, but there were no immediate reports of any injuries or major damage.

Lloyd Smith’s last words to his neighbour on Sunday night were chilling.

(Jamaica Star) A 78-year-old returning resident died about a week after she and her husband were robbed of US$7,000 (approximately J$980,000).

(Trinidad Guardian) A gun­man opened fire on a group of young men who were lim­ing in Ari­ma on Mon­day night.

SANTIAGO,  (Reuters) – Chile’s President Sebastian Pinera yesterday signed off on a referendum to be held on a new constitution, which he vowed would generate a “solid, compassionate and legitimate framework” that would help reunify the country after nine weeks of intense protest over inequality and elitism.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party lost control of another state yesterday, adding to a string of electoral losses since last December amid protests that mark the biggest challenge to the Hindu-nationalist leader.

(Reuters) – Boeing Co has fired its Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg, seeking to restore confidence after two fatal crashes forced the world’s biggest planemaker to halt production of its best-selling 737 MAX jetliner.

(Reuters) – In the not-so-distant past, TV viewers were forced to wait a week for the next installment of their favorite shows, parceled out by networks in half-hour or hour-long increments.

Leroy Richards could hardly find the words to speak as tears flowed down his face yesterday.