Regional News

(Trinidad Express) With three more homicides recorded between Friday night and yesterday, the murder toll for 2024 currently stands at 599.

(Trinidad Express) The missing man who fell off a rig yesterday morning has been identified as Pete Phillip of La Romaine, San Fernando.

(Reuters) – A small plane carrying 10 people crashed into shops in the center of the tourist city of Gramado in southern Brazil yesterday, killing everyone on board, state government officials said.

(Reuters) – A bridge connecting two states in Brazil’s northern and northeastern regions collapsed yesterday as vehicles were crossing, killing at least one person and spilling sulfuric acid into the Tocantins River.

WASHINGTON, (reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump yesterday said he would nominate Mauricio Claver-Carone, who was fired from a previous position for allegedly having an affair with a subordinate, to serve as his special envoy to Latin America.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino reaffirmed the country’s sovereignty over the Panama canal today after U.S.

(Trinidad Guardian) After he was released from prison a few years ago, former felony murder convict Wendell Simmons, 43, vowed never to return.

The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) on Friday announced approval of a US$34.8 million loan to the Geothermal Power Company of Dominica (GPC) to fund the construction of a 10-megawatt (MW) geothermal power plant.

(Trinidad Guardian) Minister of Trade and Industry, Paula Gopee-Scoon, is hoping that Angostura’s resumption of exports to China will continue to boost foreign exchange returns to the country.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The world knows him as Roy Augier, but he was born Fitzroy Richard Augier on December 17, 1924, in St Lucia.

(Reuters) – A packed bus collided with a truck and burst into flames early yesterday in Brazil, killing at least 22 people, the fire department said.

(Trinidad Guardian) A Central businessman was shot in the head and died while behind the wheel of his truck, moments after he arrived at a construction site on Thursday with money to pay workers.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Cubans marched in front of the U.S.

SAN JOSE/SAN SALVADOR,  (Reuters) – El Salvador violated a woman’s rights after denying her an abortion in 2013 despite doctors’ calls to terminate her high-risk pregnancy, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) said yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) A La Romaine man was gunned down near his home on Thursday night.

(Trinidad Express) Attorney General Reginald Armour is a “blundering buffoon” who is unfit to hold office, says Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ) says the current congestion at the port of Kingston is the result of a drastic increase of cargo volumes as well as disruptions in mainliner service schedules.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – As blackouts, food, fuel and labour shortages in Cuba grow more acute by the day, a trip to the Caribbean island has become a hard sell.

(Trinidad Guardian) Less than a day after Social Development Minister Donna Cox defended proposed legislation that would impact the elderly’s access to the Senior Citizens’ Pension Grant, Attorney General Reginald Armour is now saying the controversial amendment that would have seen people with savings of over $25,000 become ineligible for old-age pension, was included in error.

(Trinidad Express) A Barrackpore contractor was shot dead at a friend’s house before daybreak on Tuesday morning.