Regional News

(Jamaica Gleaner) A St Catherine businessman was robbed and killed at his home in Montague Heights in the parish Saturday night.

(Trinidad Express) Two former pilots of British West Indies Airways (BWIA) have sought judicial review against national carrier Caribbean Airlines (CAL) for allegedly retaining foreign pilots without work permits.

BEIJING, China (JIS) — Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, on Friday (August 23), outlined the mutual benefits which Jamaica and the People’s Republic of China can derive from Jamaica’s Global Logistics Hub Initiative.

(Trinidad Express) A war will be waged against crime, with a wide range of initiatives from the top to the ground, which include finding a new method of selecting a commissioner of police (CoP) to deploying more law-enforcement manpower on the roads.

(Trinidad Express) Less food has been imported for this year because of an increase in local food production, according to the Ministry of Food Production.

Jamaica Observer) BEIJING, China — JAMAICA became China’s top trading partner in the Caribbean in 2012 and the communist country is committed to forming deeper business alliances with the island going forward, says Chinese President Xi Jinping.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Following harsh criticism from a Canadian gay rights group, Queen Ifrica has been removed from the line-up of the Rastafesta International Reggae Concert to be held at Downsview Park, Canada today.

(Trinidad Express) A war will be waged against crime, with a wide range of initiatives from the top to the ground, which include finding a new method of selecting a commissioner of police (CoP) to deploying more law-enforcement manpower on the roads.

(Jamaica Gleaner) BEIJING, China: With the Statistical Institute of Jamaica last week revealing that the country’s unemployment rate is at 16.3 per cent, Jamaica’s foreign minister, A.J.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has signalled that Jamaica has passed the first quarter test saying fiscal performance for the quarter as well as the last financial year outperformed projections despite declines in several key areas.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Beijing, China: Goat Island, located on the St Catherine coast, could be the site of the much-touted logistics hub.

(Jamaica Observer) BEIJING, China — The governments of Jamaica and China have signed four agreements among which will see the Asian superpower provide the island with billions of dollars in grants and loans to facilitate infrastructure development.

(Trinidad Express) Deputy Commission of Police Mervyn Richardson has defended his actions in detaining Oilfields Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU) president general Ancel Roget in Port of Spain yesterday, saying that Roget and his supporters had no police permission to protest in the city.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Jamaican economy has continued in a recession as data from the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) have confirmed a fifth consecutive quarter of negative growth.

St. Lucia’s prime minister says the United States has suspended all aid to its police force over concerns about alleged unlawful police killings.

St. Lucia’s prime minister says the United States has suspended all aid to its police force over concerns about alleged unlawful police killings.

(Trinidad Guardian) A gang leader in Laventille has 21 “clips” (sub-gangs) and a rough total of 600 young men under his command. He

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Colombia’s largest rebel organization for the first time yesterday accepted partial responsibility for decades of bloodshed and called for a commission to investigate the causes of the armed conflict that has killed more than 200,000.

(Trinidad Express) Almost a billion dollars was on Mon-day approved by Cabinet’s Finance and General Purposes Committee for the National Oncology Centre (NOC) in Mount Hope.

(Trinidad Express) Almost a billion dollars was yesterday approved by Cabinet’s Finance and General Purposes Committee for the National Oncology Centre (NOC) in Mount Hope.