Regional News

(Barbados Today) Member of Parliament for St Michael North West Neil Rowe appeared in the Oistins Magistrates’ Court yesterday where he was not required to plea to an indictable charge of rape.

(Trinidad Express) DIAMOND Village painter Rodney Charles is believed to have been lured to his death on Saturday night when he was shot and killed near the place where residents in his community were bursting bamboo for Divali celebrations.

(Jamaican Gleaner) The St James police have confirmed that a body fished from the sea in Reading, St James, on Friday is that of social media influencer Aneka ‘Slickianna’ Townsend.

(Jamaica Gleaner) An unfolding sex scandal has rocked the Jamaican army after more than a dozen female soldiers reportedly came forward with allegations that they were victims of sexual assault by a high-ranking officer.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – A violent showdown between an ally of President Jair Bolsonaro and police over the weekend is stirring an already febrile election campaign in Brazil, as deep political polarization bubbles over just days before a tense runoff vote.

(Barbados Nation) Former Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly, Neil Rowe was arraigned in the Oistins Court today, charged with having unlawful sexual intercourse with a female last month.

(Trinidad Express);Village painter Rodney Charles is believed to have been lured to his death on Saturday night when he was shot and killed near the place where residents in his community were bursting bamboo for Divali celebrations.

(Trinidad Guardian) Listen when your parents talk and you would do well on earth.

(Trinidad Guardian) Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has said the Law Association has acted cowardly in the way it addressed the controversy involving the Vincent Nelson indemnity matter.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition parties have warned they are likely to withdraw backing for Juan Guaido’s Washington-endorsed interim government in 2023, four people familiar with the matter said, raising questions about the future of the country’s overseas holdings.

(Trinidad Express) – A Fyzabad pensioner died in a fire that engulfed his home early on Saturday morning.

LA PAZ,  (Reuters) – Thousands of people in Bolivia launched an indefinite strike today in the lowland city of Santa Cruz, a major agriculture export hub, to protest the postponement of a population and housing census which delays access to more economic resources.

SAN JOSE,  (Reuters) – German entrepreneur Rainer Schaller, known for his line of fitness studios, was among the passengers on a plane believed to have crashed in Costa Rica, authorities from the Central American country said today.

(Trinidad Express) President Paula-Mae Weekes has been chided by citizens over her mispronunciation of several Hindi words during her address at the 2022 Divali Nagar on Wednesday night.

(Trinidad Express) The Law Association of Trinidad and Tobago (LATT) has called on Attorney General Reginald Armour, SC, to break his silence over the discontinuation of criminal proceedings against former Attorney General Anand Ramlogan, SC, and former Senator Gerald Ramdeen.

(Trinidad Express) A double homicide in Wallerfield over a cow, killings in Carenage, Pleasantville and late yesterday on Henry Street in Port of Spain have pushed the murder toll to 477 for the year.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Court of Appeal has granted an interim stay blocking CL Financial’s liquidators from enforcing its judgment over the sale of it and its subsidiary Clico’s lucrative energy assets to Proman Holdings (Barbados) Limited.

(Trinidad Express) A businessman was shot and killed outside his home in Palmiste yesterday morning.

(Trinidad Express) The funeral service for Lebanese building designer Elias El Hajaly will take place today.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s nomination to head the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is facing resistance among allies of leftist presidential frontrunner Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who want him to have a formal say if he wins office this month.