Regional News

(Trinidad Express) “Terrible, terrible”, said Telecom Security Services owner Derek Chin, in commenting on yesterday’s slaying of a security officer in Cunupia yesterday.

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – Colombia needs to rebuild trust between communities, businesses and the government to successfully execute its energy transition, Minister of Mines and Energy Andres Camacho told journalists yesterday.

(Barbados Nation) The man who killed two of his girlfriends, stabbing the last one 24 times, and who was described by his father as “demon possessed” was sentenced to the rest of his natural life behind bars yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Residents of Scorpion Alley, Carenage, had to run for cover on Tuesday night when gunmen stormed a house in the area, killing two brothers.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Andrew Holness-led Government has declin-ed to indicate whether Cabinet ministers are among six legislators being investigated by the Integrity Commission (IC) for illicit enrichment, noting that a policy decision has been taken not to comment.

(Reuters) – The death toll after Monday’s explosion near the capital of the Dominican Republic has risen to at least 27, CNN reported yesterday, citing the head of an emergency response service in the Caribbean country.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – A key aide to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said yesterday that there was no contradiction in defending an ecological transition and new oil exploration fronts, in remarks later echoed by the head of oil giant Petrobras PETR4.SA.

(Trinidad Guardian) Just three months after announcing a resumption in service to Trinidad, Montreal-based airline Air Canada has now suspended the route indefinitely.

GUATEMALA CITY,  (Reuters) – A Guatemalan anti-corruption campaigner is heavily favored to snag the presidency in Sunday’s run-off vote, suggesting the country could be heading towards a new era after years of democratic backsliding.

(Trinidad Guardian) Just three months after announcing a resumption in service to Trinidad, Montreal-based airline Air Canada has now suspended the route indefinitely.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase JPM.N and the U.S. Virgin Islands traded new accusations this week in legal filings over their relationships with the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

(Trinidad Express) It is 7-7. In the 14 corporations, both the United National Congress (UNC) and the People’s National Move-ment (PNM) maintained control of their respective corporations.

(Trinidad Guardian) A 7-7 deadlock! Again!  The People’s National Movement and the United National Congress each won seven of the 14 regional corporations in yesterday’s Local Government Election –a stunning repeat of the 2019 LG election results.

BUENOS AIRES/LONDON,  (Reuters) – Argen-tina’s government devalued its currency by nearly 18% yesterday while the benchmark interest rate was raised by 21 percentage points to 118%, the central bank said, as financial markets reeled the day after a shock primary election result.

QUITO,  (Reuters) – A local organizer in Ecuador’s Esmeraldas province for the political movement founded by ex-President Rafael Correa, was assassinated yesterday, party leaders said, less than a week after a presidential candidate was murdered.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s top prosecutor launched an investigation on Sunday into death threats against a presidential candidate, as fears of political violence in the region have risen following last week’s assassination in Ecuador.

(Reuters) – International security assistance for Haiti’s police should include safeguards to prevent abuses, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said, as debate intensifies over a Kenya-led force to help stem worsening gang violence.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Police found the remains of at least 13 people packaged in freezers in a couple of buildings in Mexico’s Veracruz state, local authorities said yesterday, adding that six suspects in the gruesome crime have been detained so far.

(Reuters) – At least three people died yesterday and dozens more injured after an explosion near the Dominican Republic capital, authorities in the Caribbean country said.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s top prosecutor launched an investigation yesterday into death threats against a presidential candidate, as fears of political violence in the region have risen following last week’s assassination in Ecuador.