SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazilian musician João Gilberto, 88, who developed bossa nova music and helped turn the style into a worldwide craze, died yesterday in his house in Rio de Janeiro, relatives confirmed through messages in social media.
(Jamaica Observer) Jamaica, despite being pushed by fellow regional states, on Friday stood its ground that it will not participate in the second round of the Carib-bean Community (Caricom) Development Fund (CDF), based on a decision taken by the previous Administration in 2015.
(Barbados Nation) Early yesterday afternoon, personnel from the French Navy reported to their counterparts at the Barbados Coast Guard that a jet ski bearing the registration number of the one that went missing on June 24, with two American tourists aboard, was spotted off the coast of Guadeloupe.
(Trinidad Express) Stay focused, relax, say your prayers and believe in yourself.
(Jamaica Gleaner) President of the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), Professor Fritz Pinnock, is to go on leave amid ongoing corruption investigations involving former Minister of Education, Ruel Reid, the Education Ministry and the University.
(Trinidad Guardian) Caricom is proposing attaching a fee to the airline and cruise ship tickets of tourists to help fund regional security institutions.
(Trinidad Guardian) The unwillingness of citizens to support moves to make the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) this country’s final appellate court is directly linked to a lack of trust and confidence in the local Judiciary.
(Trinidad Express) Two men were killed minutes apart in Curepe and Piarco on Thursday night.
(Trinidad Express) School teacher Dexter Pollard lost control of his car on the Uriah Butler Highway near Caroni some time on Thursday night.
(Trinidad Guardian) An autopsy has determined that three-year-old Isaiah Hazel died of hyperthermia.
(Jamaica Observer) Earlier this week it was reported that Omar Robinson, president of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA), expressed that Airbnb operators should be asked to pay hotel accommodation tax.
(Jamaica Gleaner) In 2017, fewer Jamaicans migrated to foreign countries in comparison to 2016, data from the 2018 Economic and Social Survey Jamaica (ESSJ) has revealed.
(Trinidad Express) A father and daughter were shot and killed at a house in Aranguez on Wednesday night.
(Jamaica Observer) Jamaica’s ability to identify the perpetrators of some of the island’s most heinous crimes will receive a boost shortly when the National DNA Database becomes operational.
(Barbados Nation) With one man dead and two others nursing injuries in separate shooting incidents Tuesday night, police are renewing their call for the public to come forward with information on the gun violence.
(Trinidad Express) A Customs and Excise guard who dropped a co-worker home was shot dead in Caroni on Tuesday night.
(Trinidad Express) Police are investigating the death of a three-year-old boy found in a private school bus yesterday.
(Trinidad Guardian) Justice Peter Jamadar has been sworn in as a Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) judge.
(Trinidad Express) Armed with a blow torch, a gang of “professional thieves” broke into the home of a Penal family and robbed them of thousands in cash and valuables early Tuesday.
(Jamaica Observer) Jamaica recorded a second consecutive year of negative population growth last year.
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