Regional News

(Barbados Nation) Former Prime Minister of Barbados, The Right Honourable Sir Lloyd Erskine Sandiford, K.A.,

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Monday gave 86 medals to Indigenous and military rescuers who worked to find four children who survived a plane crash in the country’s Amazon and lived for more than five weeks in the jungle.

CARICOM today expressed condolences on the passing of former Barbadian Prime Minister, Sir Erskine Sandiford.

(Trinidad Express) Local non-governmental LGBTQ+ organisation PrideTT says it is dismayed by recent “blatantly false” statements made by religious leaders about the LGBTQ+ community.

(Trinidad Express) Social media personality Kevon Solomon, also known as “Kevon Ottley” and “Yank Boss”, was shot dead in the Trincity Mall car park just after 4.30 p.m.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A man who stabbed his 21-year-old girlfriend at least 20 times seven years ago has lost his bid to get his murder conviction and life sentence overturned in the Court of Appeal.

TEGUCIGALPA,  (Reuters) – The Honduran government announced curfews today in two northern cities after 22 people were shot dead overnight in separate attacks amid escalating violence in the country.

(Trinidad Guardian) Popular social media personality Kevon “Yank Boss” Solomon was murdered in the car park of Trincity Mall yesterday evening.

(Trinidad Express) Princes Town businessman Rakesh Gunness was defenceless when gunmen ambushed and killed him on the night of June 3.

(Trinidad Express)  The Police Service has launched an investigation into the fatal incident at the NiQuan Pointe-a-Pierre plant last week and a police inspector has been assigned to it.

(Jamaica Gleaner) State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Alando Terrelonge, who visited the United Kingdom (UK) to participate in National Windrush Day activities, says an apology from King Charles III and the British Government would set the record straight in relation to that country’s role in chattel slavery in Jamaica.

(Trinidad Guardian) Chief Fire Officer Arnold Bristo has confirmed that NiQuan Energy Trinidad Ltd (NiQuan) never reported the fire which took the life of Allanlane Ramkissoon to the Trinidad and Tobago Fire Service (TTFS).

(Trinidad Guardian) A significant step to increasing the ease of doing business was made on Tuesday after the Ministry of Trade and Industry signed a contract for the implementation and maintenance of a new Port Community System.

SANTIAGO,  (Reuters) – Days of heavy rainfall have swollen Chile’s rivers causing floods that blocked off roads and prompted evacuation in the center of the country, amid what has been described as the worst weather front in a decade.

 (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva today said the European Union’s latest proposal for a trade deal with South American bloc Mercosur made reaching an agreement impossible as it included a “threat” to Brazil.

(Trinidad Express) The University of the West Indies (The UWI) has fallen away from its mission in scientific research, says Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley.

 (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Bret continued its path through eastern Caribbean islands early today, striking the region with winds and heavy rain.

(Trinidad Guardian) Canada has obtained approval from the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to extend the Caribbean-Canada Trade Agreement (CARIBCAN) until December 2033.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Occupational Safety and Health Authority (OSHA) yesterday served a prohibition order stopping the operation of NiQuan Energy’s Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) plant in Pointe-a-Pierre, following an incident last Thursday, which led to the death of 35-year-old pipefitter Allanlane Ramkissoon on Sunday.

(Trinidad Express) Police have arrested and charged five “major players” of gangs ope­rating in St Augustine, says National Security Minister Fitzgerald Hinds.