New US Ambassador to Jamaica arrives to take up duties
(Jamaica Gleaner) Donald Tapia, the new United States (US) ambassador to Jamaica, arrived in Jamaica yesterday.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Donald Tapia, the new United States (US) ambassador to Jamaica, arrived in Jamaica yesterday.
(Trinidad Newsday) A taxi driver conned by a woman who claimed to work for a television station believes the culprit is the same person who used a similar story and stole $300 from the wallet of a print-shop owner in San Fernando last week.
(Trinidad Guardian) Tears flowed and anxiety increased among University of T&T staff yesterday, as some collected their retrenchment letters and others waited for hours at campuses throughout the country.
GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – In late August, U.N. officials, judges and civil society leaders met in Guatemala to say farewell to a U.N.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – Communist-run Cuba unveiled tighter regulations on non-agricultural cooperatives yesterday, including curbs on their prices, in keeping with a broader push to increase control of the growing non-state sector.
(Trinidad Guardian) On the day Dale Lemessy got his letter of retrenchment, he got the shocking news that his wife Dana was having triplets.
(Barbados Nation) More than a year after a legal fight began over a $5 bank fee, the matter is yet to be heard by the Fair Trading Commission (FTC).
(Trinidad Guardian) Public Services’ Association (PSA) President Watson Duke has been released on $250,000 bail after appearing in court to answer a sedition charge.
(Trinidad Express) A veteran lifeguard fell ill while on duty at Vessigny Beach in La Brea and died on Wednesday.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Superintendent Vernon Ellis, the commander of the St James Police Division, says criminal suspects are now pleading guilty in court before the return of DNA test results with the hope of getting lighter sentences.
(Trinidad Guardian) Former director of intelligence at the Strategic Services Agency (SSA) Carlton Dennie has backpedalled on accusing Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley of directly instructing him to fire all East Indians from the agency back in 2015.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said yesterday unseen forces were spying on him and his cabinet, revealing that a “sophisticated camera” had been discovered at the presidential offices in central Mexico City.
(Trinidad Guardian) Two murders have been recorded in the past 15 hours in Chaguanas and Maloney.
(Trinidad Express) A nervous-looking Kerry Phillips appeared before an Arima magistrate yesterday charged with the murder of a 71-year-old retired nurse.
(Trinidad Guardian) Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Roger Gaspard, SC, has advised police to charge Public Service Association (PSA) Watson Duke with sedition.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Another Jamaican restaurateur in the United States has died suddenly.
(Jamaica Observer) MONTEGO BAY, St James — Pointing to statistics showing that four out of every five young girls lost their virginity to rape or molestation, Attorney General Marlene Malahoo Forte yesterday lamented that Jamaica has a serious problem with sexual abuse.
(Jamaica Observer) Ato Boldon, coach of embattled teenage Jamaican sprint phenomenon Briana Williams, is confident his athlete will beat the charges against her as they continue preparation for the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships in Doha, Qatar, next month.
(Trinidad Guardian) The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Roger Gaspard was on Wednesday evening locked in discussions with the police on whether or not sedition charge/s should be laid against Public Services’ Association (PSA) president Watson Duke.
(Trinidad Guardian) A seven-month pregnant woman, her common-law husband and one of their neighbours from Diego Martin have been denied bail after being charged with being members of a gang.
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