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Jamaica: Woman gets heart attack after being told house will be demolished

Maxfield Park resident Nadine Brown rested her head in her arms and cried her eyes out as the thought of being homeless flashed across...

Jamaica: Vendors using obeah to get sales

Some vendors in the Santa Cruz Market in St Elizabeth say that they are afraid to use it because of obeah workers. The vendors say...

Caribbean on high alert for deadly Covid-19

(TRINIDAD EXPRESS) – THE Caribbean is on high alert for the deadly Covid-19 after the first case of the new coronavirus was confirmed in...

Nic­ki Mi­naj apologises for husband’s actions in Trinidad

(Trinidad Guardian) Trinidad-born US-based rap­per Nic­ki Mi­naj may have had a bit of a spoil­er for her first ever Car­ni­val ex­pe­ri­ence on Car­ni­val Tues­day...

Jamaica: School bus driver shot dead in front of students

(Jamaica Gleaner) Alana McKenzie, the widow of school bus driver Rayon McKenzie who was murdered in Hanover yesterday, cried openly as the realisation sank...

Haiti Cancels Carnival Amid Police/Army Gun Battle

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – For the second year in a row, Haiti’s pre-Lenten Carnival celebration has been canceled as the country’s two armed forces: the...

Soured relationship seen behind murder of Trinidad accountant

(Trinidad Guardian) A 31-year-old ac­coun­tant and moth­er of one was shot and killed by two masked men armed with gun when they in­vad­ed her...

Trinidad: Woman dies in crash after all-night prayer vigil

(Trinidad Express) A mother of two returning home after an overnight prayer vigil was killed in a car crash early today. Precious Williams, 23, of...

Jamaica: Seven injured in fiery explosion at Mandeville gas station

(Jamaica Gleaner) Dramatic scenes unfolded in Mandeville, Manchester, yesterday evening as the long-standing Heaven’s FESCO petrol station there went up in flames, causing injuries to...

Jamaica: Woman who won $54 million murdered – LaTouche wants hanging to resume

(JAMAICA STAR) – Sick and tired of the number of killings taking place in the country, Percival LaTouche, president of the Association for the Re-settlement...

Jamaica: Soldier shoots policeman found in compromising position with his wife, a cop

(Jamaica Gleaner) Residents of 7 East, Greater Portmore, were left stunned between midnight Thursday and early Friday morning after a dramatic incident, featuring a love...

Trinidad: Cop shot after turning down Valentine’s Day marriage proposal

(TRINIDAD EXPRESS) – On Valentine’s Day, five days before she was shot twice in the chest, woman police officer Nicolette Persad refused a marriage proposal. Persad,...
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Barbados recorded 37 new COVID-19 cases

There were 37 new positive COVID-19 cases on Sunday, out of the 1,436 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. They comprised both...

A Visitor form UK died in Jamaica of COVID-19

Jamaica on Monday recorded one more COVID-19 death, pushing the tally to 305. The deceased is a 77-year-old male from the United Kingdom. Meanwhile, there were...

Sandals founder Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart dies aged 79 following ‘short battle with illness’

Travel pioneer Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart, who founded Jamaica's Sandals resort, has died. Stewart was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1941. He grew up on...

Barbados Confirms 161 New COVID-19 Cases

Barbados has announced 161 cases of COVID-19 at the Island’s Dodds prison. The discovery has prompted a massive contact tracing exercise. Authorities say the cases relate...