(Jamaica Observer) Approximately 10,000 costumed revellers in 23 bands braved intermittent showers and chipped through the streets of St Michael on the outskirts of the capital Bridgetown for Monday’s Grand Kadooment Day, the climax to Crop Over 2019.
(Trinidad Express) It was no secret that Netanya Mohamdally was a troubled child.
(Jamaica Observer) Rita Marley, who steadfastly developed her husband’s legacy into a multi-million dollar brand, has been awarded the Order of Jamaica in this year’s National Honours and Awards, announced yesterday by the Jamaican government.
(Trinidad Guardian) Minister of Agriculture, Lands and Fisheries said criminal elements are making life difficult for legitimate fishermen.
(Trinidad Express) A father of three was killed in St Ann’s yesterday morning in a robbery attempt.
(Trinidad Express) A 15-year-old girl, died in her bedroom on Monday afternoon, with a positive pregnancy test next to her body.
(Jamaica Observer) The father of a six-year-old who received cuts to his genitals in a vicious attack last week in White Horses, St Thomas, is trying to dissuade the lad from seeking to exact vengeance on the 16-year-old boy who is accused of committing the act.
(Jamaica Observer) The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has launched an investigation to determine the origin of a video that is now circulating on social media, showing a policeman intervening in an altercation between a man sporting locks and another individual who appears to be a cross-dresser.
(Trinidad Guardian) A Sea Lots man who is well known to the police has been detained for questioning in the murder of the five Carli Bay fishermen who were beaten and thrown overboard on July 22.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The Kingston-based Harvest Temple Apostolic Church has vowed to press on, declaring that it has nothing to be ashamed of as its disgraced pastor awaits sentencing on sex-related charges after impregnating a 12-year-old girl.
The usually subdued residential St Ann’s community recoiled in horror on Monday after a would-be robber shot dead a resident who wrestled with a gunman who attempted to storm a house.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump imposed a freeze on all Venezuelan government assets in the United States yesterday, sharply escalating a diplomatic and sanctions drive aimed at removing socialist President Nicolas Maduro from power.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Deforestation in Brazil’s rainforest has jumped around 67% in the first seven months of the year, according to preliminary data from Brazil’s space research agency, which the government has attacked as misleading and harmful to the national interest.
(Trinidad Express) The elderly man who was beaten during a mystery attack in Penal in which his daughter was shot, has died at hospital.
Following a request made by the Government of Dominica jointly to the CARICOM Secretariat, the Commonwealth Secretariat and the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States, to assist in the country’s efforts with various aspects of electoral reform, the three organisations have agreed on a Joint Special Mission to Dominica.
(Trinidad Express) The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service is reminding members of the public to be cautious of false information sent via social media, which can cause unnecessary panic and anxiety.
(Trinidad Express) A man who police said was involved in car thefts and narcotics was gunned down near his Ste Madeleine home on Sunday.
(Jamaica Gleaner) A six-year-old boy has been hospitalised after he was stabbed multiple times and his penis dismembered allegedly by a 16-year-old boy in White Horses, St Thomas, last Friday.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Despite just released data showing poverty increasing in Jamaica, Prime Minister Andrew Holness says citizens have much to be thankful for as the country gets ready to celebrate 57 years of Independence.
TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez on Saturday denied reports from a U.S.
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