(Jamaica Gleaner): The most important period of development in a child’s life is the first 1,000 days, and that fact was reinforced by the launch of the zero-to-three strategy, Jamaica Brain Builders Programme, on Friday, at the Cynthia Shako Early Childhood and Day Care Centre at the University of Technology.
(Barbados Nation) Hurricane Beryl, while tiny in size, is intensifying in the Atlantic Ocean well east of the Lesser Antilles, and its chances of striking the Antilles as a hurricane early next week are increasing.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s transition team unveiled a plan yesterday to shake up the fight against crime, including reduced jail time but stiffer controls on weapons, as the country reels from a militarized drug war.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexico day extradited to the United States a senior lieutenant of the Sinaloa Cartel drug gang formerly headed by Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the attorney general’s office said.
BRUSSELS/LISBON, (Reuters) – The European Commission said yesterday it had opened an in-depth investigation into tax exemptions for companies on the Portuguese island of Madeira due to concerns the scheme benefitted firms that do not contribute to the region’s growth.
(Jamaica Observer) A Jamaican woman has complained that she was made to feel like a prisoner after being denied entry into Trinidad and Tobago only days before the 39th regular meeting of the Carib-bean Community (Cari-com) Heads of Govern-ment in Montego Bay, St James.
GENEVA, (Reuters) – Led by Peru, more than 50 countries urged Venezuela yesterday to restore the rule of law and open its doors to humanitarian assistance, as an economic crisis causes shortages of medicine and growing malnutrition.
(Barbados Nation) Tropical Storm Beryl has formed between West Africa and the Lesser Antilles.
(Trinidad Express) Just over a decade after his older brother was fatally shot, 16-year-old Mikeel Caesar suffered a similar fate.
(Trinidad Express) A Trinidadian man pleaded guilty to bank fraud involving numerous home equity line of credit loans today in the United States of America, the U.S.
(Trinidad Express) Caribbean Airlines Limited (CAL) has given the assurance that the air carrier does engage in proper security checks of prospective employees, which are carried out in keeping with the company’s normal employment requirements.
(Trinidad Express) Occupational Safety and Health Authority and Agency has extended condolences to the family of Ryan Rambaran who died after a crash on the Solomon Hochoy Highway on Sunday night.
(Jamaica Observer) Andrew Wheatley has been stripped of the energy portfolio in his ministry as the Government moves to cauterise the haemorrhaging it has been suffering from the Petrojam scandal.
(Jamaica Gleaner) CARICOM’s Office of the General Counsel has produced two legal opinions defending the right of Haitians to move freely within CARICOM.
(Trinidad Express) Despite the global threat of terrorism, State-owned Caribbean Airlines recently hired new staff, including managers, without conducting the security background checks.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The dismantling of the prohibition of marijuana in its totality across member states is a key recommendation contained in the report of the CARICOM Regional Commission on Marijuana 2018, which will be reviewed by heads of government at the 39th conference of the regional body to be held in Montego Bay, St James, from July 4-6.
U.S. Virgin Islands Governor Kenneth E. Mapp announced yesterday an agreement which would reopen one of the world’s largest refineries, create hundreds of jobs in the territory and buttress the solvency of the Government Employees Retirement System (GERS).
(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Assets Recovery Agency is seeking the forfeiture of over $203 million from Chinese-Jamaica businesswoman Lan Yan as her alleged benefit from the retailing of counterfeit goods.
(Trinidad Guardian) Police are investigating what they described as another gang-related murder that took place just after midnight yesterday in Morvant.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A key moderate Republican U.S. senator said yesterday that she will not support a nominee to fill a soon-to-be-vacated seat on the Supreme Court who would overturn a landmark legal ruling that supports a woman’s right to abortion.
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