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[Global Reporters @18degreesnorth]

@ShellyCurran Trying to contact you directly. Can I get your phone number?

[HealthCaribe @HealthCaribe]

#Health - @UHWI_JA and Its Chief Doctor, Carl Bruce, Sued Neurosurgeon Roger Hunter for Defamation Mere Months Before Wider Hospital Controversies Mounted - @18degreesnorth #JM @phc_jamaica @PHAE_Caribbean
https://t.co/CwuWs3jTDH

[CNC3TV @CNC3TV]

The controversial U.S. radar is now down.
The radar, which has been seen spinning for months, is no longer visible.
Sources say the radar was taken down last night and is expected to be transported out of the country via cargo plane soon.
Video by QUAMINA PAYNE and STEPHON NICHOLAS

[WPLG Local 10 News @WPLGLocal10]

FEDERAL DRUG CHARGES: Authorities say a 33-year-old man was caught at sea trafficking millions of dollars' worth of cocaine from Jamaica. He's now in a South Florida jail. https://t.co/G13jQZ4yTT

[NBC News @NBCNews]

The same chemicals found in pipes, pesticides and floor tiles are also present in some wigs, braiding hair and hair extensions, a new study published in the journal Environment & Health finds. https://t.co/oh2uFxTVcP

[Chelan876 @mamachell]

Years ago in university someone wanted me to carry a present to Jamaica. They showed up with the present WRAPPED. I said oh unwrap it. They got upset and said im being disrespectful. I just said you know what NO im not going with this. Better you vex than me vex.

[Global Reporters @18degreesnorth]

@darylvaz what please bas become of the money we owe Venezuela for their stake in Petrojam, which we bought out? Have we turned it over to them since it was said to be in escrow? If yes, how much has been turned over to them please and when was this done?

[darylvazmp @darylvazmp]

Hello Kyle,

This is false news. Please note that not even the source that you have posted in this tweet, directly confirms your claim.

It is important to note that the country’s sole oil refinery, Petrojam, a 100%-owned government-owned entity, has never exported LPG.

Similarly, feedback from our private sector counterparts in the oil and gas sector shows that they also do not export LPG.

Misinformation during this time might spark unnecessary fear and anxiety.

The Government of Jamaica therefore continues to remind the public, especially persons on social media, to seek information from credible news sources, including the Jamaica Information Service.

[HealthCaribe @HealthCaribe]

Records Point to Family Link Between @UHWI_JA Medical Chief of Staff and #MEDITECH, Raising Conflict-of-Interest Questions - @18degreesnorth #JM @phc_jamaica
https://t.co/EtPS8HAg0K

[Andrei Bennett @a_be86]

View with suspicion this constant cry against public procurement and the rules that govern it. Examine with sincerity and deep interest where the problems truly are. Turn a searchlight in the right places if you want to achieve meaningful change.

[Damion Mitchell @DamionMitch]

DETAILS: Melissa Silvera received three gunshots

Prosecutors have now released details of the lead-up and aftermath of the killing of businesswoman Melissa Silvera by her husband at their Stony Hill, St Andrew house.

▫️Sometime after 10:30 pm on November 10, 2023, Mr Silvera told his wife and the children that he was leaving to attend a meeting and that he would return the following day. Mrs Silvera told him he could not leave and an argument ensued. The adults swore at each other and then he left.

▫️ Sometime before 6 a.m on November, 11, 2023, their 10-year-old child went into his parents’ bedroom and discovered his mother’s bloodied body on the floor next to their bed. He ran from the bedroom and alerted his brother who accompanied him back to his parents’ bedroom where they both checked for signs of life.

▫️They tried to make contact with their father, Jolyan, using the Messenger Kid application on their digital device, and were eventually successful.

▫️Mr Silvera has indicated in a witness statement that he called the Stony Hill Police Station while on the way home after speaking with his son. On arriving home, he said he went into his bedroom and saw his wife "in a sitting position with her head leaning forward at the side of the bed." He touched her, spoke to her and found that she was not responding.

▫️Sometime after, a policeman from the Stony Hill Police Station arrived at the house and went into the bedroom where he saw the body of Melissa Silvera. He took a photograph of the body with his cellular telephone and Mr Silvera cried out; he had Mr. Silvera cover the nude section of the body. The cop did not further examine the body as Mr Silvera was still crying. The body was moved to the morgue.

▫️A post-mortem examination found that there were three gunshot wounds: one perforating gunshot wound to the front of the right thigh, and one penetrating gunshot wound to the left side of the lower abdomen. The third was a superficial penetrating gunshot wound to the right side of the lower abdomen.

[Global Reporters @18degreesnorth]

@jovanthony Goodness.

[Mickel Jackson @Mikkie_J]

“body-worn cameras will not make policing easier. In some ways, they make it harder. They expose mistakes. They remove excuses. They demand discipline.

That is precisely why they matter.”
——Mark Shields https://t.co/9c3fMc99l9

[Shanaka Anslem Perera ⚡ @shanaka86]

The Venezuela story everyone missed.

The U.S. just sold $500 million of Venezuelan oil.

But they deposited the money in Qatar.

Not the U.S. Not Venezuela. Qatar.

Here is why that satisfies detail changes everything you think you know about what just happened.

Venezuela owes $170 billion to international creditors. Bondholders. Oil companies. China. Everyone is owed money.

Any account in the U.S. or Venezuela would be immediately seized through litigation.

So the Trump administration parked the money in Qatar. A “neutral venue” where funds flow freely with U.S. approval and without risk of seizure.

This is not liberation. This is not regime change. This is not intervention.

This is the first operational deployment of a new architecture for sovereign resource capture.

The sequence:

- January 3: Capture the president
- January 6: Announce U.S. will “run” oil sector indefinitely
- January 9: Sign Executive Order shielding revenues from all creditors
- January 14: Complete first $500 million sale

Twelve days from military operation to revenue capture.

Iraq took six years to sign its first major oil contracts after 2003. Foreign companies operated under Iraqi law. Revenues went to Iraqi accounts.

Venezuela 2026: The U.S. government directly markets the oil, completes the sales, and deposits proceeds in accounts it controls in third countries.

This has never happened before. Never! Yup!

Not in Iraq. Not in Libya. Not in Kuwait. Not anywhere since 1945.

The Executive Order is the key document. It declares that Venezuelan oil revenues are exempt from all creditor claims, all legal judgments, all international arbitration.

With one signature, $170 billion in legal obligations became unenforceable.

The international legal architecture built over 80 years was bypassed through a domestic Executive Order and an account in Doha.

ExxonMobil’s CEO called Venezuela “uninvestible” at the White House meeting last week.

He is correct. And it does not matter.

When the U.S. government controls the revenue stream, shields it from courts, and promises to “make it real easy,” the old investment calculus is obsolete.

The template is now operational:

- Designate government as narcoterrorist.
- Deploy military to capture leadership.
- Install cooperative interim authority.
- Issue Executive Order voiding all prior obligations.
- Sell resources through U.S.-controlled channels.
- Deposit proceeds in jurisdictions beyond legal reach.

Any nation with vast natural resources, a government whose legitimacy can be contested, and insufficient military deterrence just watched this template execute in real time.

Venezuela has 303+ billion barrels of proven reserves.

The largest on Earth.

The U.S. now controls the revenue stream.

This is not a story about Trump or Maduro or intervention ethics.

This is the birth of a new imperial architecture that renders the post-Westphalian legal order irrelevant through financial engineering and offshore banking.

The 21st century will not be shaped by international law.

It will be shaped by whoever controls the accounts.​​​​​​��​​​​​​​​​

Read the full article - https://t.co/TS1Nz2BiSp

[Global Reporters @18degreesnorth]

Thank you!

[Wayne Chen @wcchen]

@dunkirkkgn16 Yes. I present available information/data to spark discussion. We will only progress as a nation by using empirical data and long-term planning to make and implement appropriate policies.

[Wayne Chen @wcchen]

@dunkirkkgn16 Yes. I present available information/data to spark discussion. We will only progress as a nation by using empirical data and long-term planning to make and implement appropriate policies.

[Jamaicans For Justice (JFJ) @JAForJustice]

Join JFJ for a Public Forum on "Enhancing Transparency: Examining the Access to Information Act and its Reform" on Jan 21, 10AM-1PM at Jamaica Pegasus Hotel. Live OB on RJR 94FM and JFJ's YouTube & Instagram.

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[Brent Pinheiro @brentito86]

NEW
Caribbean Airlines says there are no disruptions to its flights despite US actions in the region. This after a JetBlue flight returned to New York while en route to Trinidad. JetBlue has cancelled both flights for today.
#AvGeek

[Kamla Persad-Bissessar @PM_Kamla]

Earlier this morning, Saturday 3rd January 2026, the United States commenced military operations within the territory of Venezuela.
Trinidad and Tobago is NOT a participant in any of these ongoing military operations.
Trinidad and Tobago continues to maintain peaceful relations with the people of Venezuela.

[Global Reporters @18degreesnorth]

Exactly.

[Gemin👁 @GeminEye315]

@18degreesnorth What protocols??

[Global Reporters @18degreesnorth]

https://t.co/eCYwCbOs0r