Regional News

(Barbados Nation) Barbadians can again apply for all categories of non-immigrant visas from the United States embassy in Wildey Business Park.

(Trinidad Express) S.M. Jaleel Co. Ltd has responded to the news that one of its most senior employee has been charged in the United States with a child sec crime.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Brazil airline Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteli-gentes SA GOLL4.SA

GUATEMALA CITY,  (Reuters) – At least nine people died, including two 12-year-old children, in a stampede at a large rock concert in the western Guatemalan city of Quetzaltenango, authorities and emergency services said yesterday.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexican crime lord Jorge Costilla Sanchez was sentenced to life in prison in a U.S.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley has said almost every country in the region over the course of the last decade, with the exception of two or three, has had a loss of more than 30 per cent of their correspondent banking relationships.

SEOUL,  (Reuters) – Suriname will explore legal action against the producers of South Korea’s hit Netflix NFLX.O

(Trinidad Express) The family of missing business owner Zaid Hosein has said that he has never spent a night out without letting them know where he is, and they know that something is amiss in the disappearance of their loved one.

(Trinidad Guardian) Less than two months after her husband Amit Boodoo was murdered, a 30-year-old woman was gunned down near her Penal home yesterday.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Scientists who detected a massive methane leak at an offshore platform run by Mexico’s Pemex said yesterday there was “no way” they had made a mistake, roundly rebutting claims by the state oil company that the emissions were smaller and less polluting.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – Residents of Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince sheltered at home yesterday as gun fire rung out, road blocks and burning tires were placed along city streets and protesters threw stones in an angry response to expected new fuel price hikes and crime.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says if Trinidad and Tobago’s natural gas prospects do not improve in the next few years, this will have far-reaching consequences for Government revenues and for the quality of life of all citizens.

(Trinidad Express) Two men were killed in Malick when gunmen rolled up and sprayed bullets at a group and another man was murdered in Maloney on Saturday.

QUITO,  (Reuters) – President Guillermo Lasso said on Monday he will ask Ecuadoreans to approve a reduction in the number of lawmakers, allow the military to support police work to fight drug trafficking and back efforts to protect water sources in a referendum vote.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Industrial-scale mining for materials such as coal, gold, and iron ore is spurring tropical deforestation, with once-impenetrable forest cleared for mines and access roads, new research shows.

(Trinidad Guardian) Several people scampered for their lives as gunmen stormed a Claxton Bay bar on Saturday night, murdering expectant father Kyron Marcano and injuring others.

(Trinidad Guardian) Bloody gang rivalry and brazen killings have now taken over parts of Tunapuna as many unemployed young men find it easier to access firearms for as little as $500 to commit crimes.

(Barbados Nation) Several acres of land at Fortress Hill, St Thomas, are being prepared to be used for the living quarters for the hundreds of Chinese workers who will be employed on the Scotland District road rehabilitation project.

(Trinidad Express) There was a mass shooting in Malick shortly before nightfall Saturday.

(Trinidad Express) Phillip “The Boss” Boodram, the reputed drug lord who was freed from prison in June after 17 years on the charge that he was involved kidnapping and burying alive a businesswoman, has been shot and killed by police.