Regional News

(Jamaica Gleaner) A Jamaican-American nurse was the first to get the COVID-19 vaccine in New York.

(Jamaica Observer) JAMAICAN Grammy Award-winning recording artiste Shaggy has brushed aside conspiracy theories about COVID-19 vaccines and says he’s ready to take the jab when it becomes available in the island.

(Jamaica Gleaner) An Inter-American Development Bank study has revealed that Jamaica leads the Caribbean in the number of inmates who were armed with weapons when they committed a crime.

(Jamaica Star) St D’Acre, a small district situated about five minutes from Alexandria, St.

(Jamaica Star) After almost three decades of hiccups, 45-year-old Patricia ‘Alicia’ Fearon has been able to attain an associate degree in early childhood education.

(Trinidad Guardian) A 26-year-old contractor was stabbed to death by a close female relative during a domestic dispute yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Three T&T Defence Force personnel and a police officer were among 44 revellers that were held, as police busted an illegal “zesser” party in La Horquetta yesterday morning.

(Trinidad Express) The Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard is confirming the deaths of eleven Venezuelan men women and children who drowned on their way to Trinidad.

(Trinidad Guardian) On the very day Ashanti Riley will be laid to rest, a San Juan man is expected to face the court charged with her murder today.

(Trinidad Guardian) Awakened by loud explosions as gunmen shot up his bedroom early yesterday morning, a Chaguanas man remained on his bed paralysed with fear.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s Supreme Court yesterday gave the country’s health minister 48 hours to fix the starting date for a national vaccination programme to fight the world’s second-deadliest outbreak of coronavirus.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition, led by Juan Guaido, on Saturday concluded a “popular consultation” to repudiate President Nicolas Maduro’s government after boycotting a congressional vote last Sunday.

(Trinidad Express) Covid-19 vaccines will be distributed to all citizens and non-nationals in Trinidad and Tobago, says Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh.

(Jamaica Gleaner) More than 100 public figures in Britain, including former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams and the acclaimed poet Benjamin Zephaniah, have signed a letter to Home Secretary Priti Patel demanding that the deportation of 22-year-old Jamaican Osime Brown be rescinded.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Miqueal-Symone Williams has been crowned Miss Universe Jamaica 2020.

(Trinidad Guardian) Members of the San Juan community turned out to support grieving family and friends of murdered teenager Ashanti Riley in a motorcade held in her memory yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) The T&T Police Service (TTPS) is owing more than $40 million to several garages and auto repair shops across the country for work done on police vehicles.

BARCELONA,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Rich nations are “lagging badly” on a longstanding pledge to channel $100 billion a year in funding, from 2020 onwards, to help poorer countries develop cleanly and adapt to the worsening impacts of climate change, the U.N.

(Trinidad Express) A woman was granted $75,000 bail after she was charged with three offences of assault, including throwing hot water on her husband.

(Jamaica Observer) FORMER Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller marks her 75th birthday today, 14 years and nine months after creating history on being sworn in as Jamaica’s first female chief executive.