(Trinidad Express) The highly infectious Omicron variant is now present in Trinidad and Tobago after being detected in a Trinidadian woman who travelled from New York to Panama and then to Trinidad knowing fully well she was Covid-19 positive.
(Trinidad Guardian) PC Sean Woods passed away yesterday morning at the Port-of-Spain General Hospital after contracting COVID 19 on December 2nd.
QUITO, (Reuters) – Ecuador’s government yesterday declared force majeure over its oil exports and production contracts after ongoing erosion in its Amazon region forced a halt to pumping on two pipelines.
(Trinidad Express) Police charged a 24-year-old security officer on Saturday night for the December 3 murder of his wife, Shadie Dassrath, a 31-year-old customer sales representative.
(Trinidad Guardian) The first case of the Omicron variant has been detected in T&T.
(Barbados Nation) Reco Lamar Alkins, who was shot dead on Saturday night, was said to be a person who worked hard to achieve “things” in life.
(Trinidad Express) As the family of popular pandit Mohindra Persad makes funeral arrangements after his sudden passing, the family says they are being caused further pain by being bombarded by comments from strangers attributing Persad’s death to Covid-19.
(Trinidad Guardian) A 24-year-old man is expected to appear before a San Fernando magistrate today, charged with the murder of his common-law wife.
(Trinidad Guardian) It’s the second year of a pandemic Christmas, when hundreds of families will be celebrating the season without loved ones because they died from COVID-19.
(Jamaica Observer) The dispute between Jamaica College (JC) and two of its past students who have been warned to stop making public statements about developments at the high school, spawned by the Ruel Reid controversy, took a new twist late last week that could prolong the imbroglio.
(Trinidad Express) Political Leader of the Tobago Council Tracy Davidson-Celestine may soon find her position untenable, as more Executive members of the Tobago Council resign.
(Trinidad Guardian) Government is giving serious consideration to converting the Public Service into safe zones as it struggles to convince more citizens to get vaccinated.
(Trinidad Guardian) – President Paula-Mae Weekes has called on the newly-appointed Tobago House of Assembly (THA) slate to keep their campaign promises to the people of Tobago.
(Trinidad Guardian) – Homicide officers are probing the murder of Ronald Brown, a father of four who was gunned down near his home on Friday night.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s Supreme Court Justice Luis Roberto Barroso ruled on Saturday that the country must demand proof of vaccination for visitors seeking to enter the country.
(Trinidad Express) The Trinidad and Tobago Government did not support the renewal of the term of office of The University of the West Indies (UWI) Vice-Chancellor Dr Hilary Beckles.
(Trinidad Express) Two Rio Claro men were swept out to sea at Blanchisseuse yesterday.
(Jamaica Observer) A reported altercation between a taxi driver and another man this morning resulted in the motorist being shot and a woman injured.
(Trinidad Express) A fine of $5,000 instead of a prison sentence has been imposed on a Penal mason who pleaded guilty to having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 2012 because it was a “one-off” offence and the accused had a clean criminal record, among other reasons.
(Jamaica Observer) The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has suspended its councillor for the Montego Bay, South East Division, Arthur Lynch, with immediate effect after he was charged by the police with a gun-related offence and assault.
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