Month: January 2021

Jamaican restaurant owner in Canada starts community feeding programme

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica-born Courtney Grant, who operates several restaurants across Canada, has been spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic to use…

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Trinidad: Road rage incidents lead to stabbing, hit-and-run injuries

(Trinidad Guardian) A small road traffic accident in El Socorro has now turned into a criminal investigation after one of…

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Trinidad man charged with robbing same supermarket 3 times

(Trinidad Express) A 23-year-old has been charged with robbing the same supermarket three times. The article Trinidad man charged with…

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James vows to fight alongside Biden to stop deportations

New York Attorney General, Letitia James on Wednesday vowed to fight alongside the new Joe Biden administration in stopping deportations.…

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Trinidad prison officer shot at

(Trinidad Guardian) Police are investigating an attempt on a prison officer’s life on Thursday night at his home in Sangre…

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CARICOM Chair sees delay in COVID vaccines to region

(Barbados Nation) Chairman of CARICOM Dr Ralph Gonsalves says that the plan to have vaccines in the region by April,…

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Fifty-eight new COVID-19 cases recorded – -hospitalisations up

Fifty-eight new COVID-19 cases were on Friday recorded along with an increase in hospitalisations, according to the health minister. The…

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Govt’s `free up the weed’ bill sent to select committee – -opposition version thrown out

A government bill that seeks to remove custodial sentences for the possession of  less than 30 grammes of cannabis was…

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Better Hope house flattened by fire

A fire of unknown origin last night flattened a two-storey house at Better Hope, East Coast Demerara, leaving two persons…

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Woman remanded over cocaine in snacks

Days after she was arrested for allegedly attempting to traffic over 500 grammes of cocaine hidden in a box of…

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