Regional News

(Trinidad Guardian) Acting Police Commissioner Mc Donald Jacob says there is no policy in the T&T Police Service to target or “hunt” young Afro-Trinidadians.

(Trinidad Guardian) Two men were executed in Longdenville Saturday morning. According to reports, the men were first made to strip down to their boxers before they were both shot in their heads.

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – Colombia will suspend aerial bombings targeting illegal armed groups in a bid to avoid collateral damage to civilians and deaths of minors who have been forcibly recruited, Defense Minister Ivan Velasquez said yesterday.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – The United Nation’s Human Rights High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet yesterday condemned Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s upcoming rally against judicial institutions, and said the country’s human rights situation is “very difficult”.

(Trinidad Guardian) When death came stalking, 11-year-old Rachel Bhagwandeen pushed her younger brother Jaylon away from a raging American Bulldog, telling him to run away.

 (Reuters) – A Venezuelan man has been indicted for allegedly laundering the proceeds of inflated procurement contracts obtained via millions of dollars in bribes to officials at Venezuelan oil venture Petropiar, the U.S.

LIMA, (Reuters) – A Peruvian judge yesterday admitted a $4.5 billion lawsuit against Spanish oil firm Repsol SA REP.MC,

(Trinidad Guardian) – Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says his decision to accept the Police Service Commission’s choice of Gary Griffith as the best option for Police Commissioner was the biggest mistake he has made in his life.

(Trinidad Guardian) – The Beetham man who was fined $400 for kicking water on MP Fitzgerald Hinds during a walkabout back in 2018, was killed by police on Tuesday night.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombian President Gustavo Petro said yesterday that drug traffickers who comply with government surrender conditions and exit the trade will not be extradited to face charges abroad.

LIMA,  (Reuters) – A Peruvian judge yesterday admitted a $4.5 billion lawsuit against Spanish oil firm Repsol SA REP.MC,

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazilian police yesterday conducted raids targeting several businessmen who have backed President Jair Bolsonaro’s re-election, two sources said, after a media report accused them of discussing the virtues of a coup d’etat if the far-right leader lost the October vote.

SAN SALVADOR, (Reuters) – Close to 20 former Salvadoran officials and two businessmen are under investigation for ties to the diversion of $184 million from the state during ex-President Salvador Sanchez Ceren’s administration, the attorney general’s office said on Monday.

ASUNCION, (Reuters) – Paraguay’s Attorney General’s office said yesterday it opened a criminal investigation into Vice President Hugo Velazquez, almost two weeks after the U.S.

(Trinidad Guardian) – Opposition Leader, Kamla Persad Bissessar SC MP, has taken aim at the recently concluded Agri Investment Forum Expo 2 by questioning how it will address issues plaguing farmers.

(Trinidad Guardian) – Scrap iron workers joined with taxi drivers of Barrackpore yesterday, blocking the roads with heaps of gravel, burning tyres and other debris.

Heavy afternoon showers and thunderstorms caused flooding, felled trees and power outages across various areas of Trinidad yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Police are probing two murders which occurred early yesterday morning.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – For those seeking proof that even modest foreign investment can help propel Cuba’s fledgling entrepreneurs, look no further than Oscar Fernandez’s Havana-based dried fruit business.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s presidential frontrunner Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said yesterday his country did not need to cut a single tree to plant more soybeans, sugarcane or raise cattle as he vowed to restore law enforcement in the Amazon rainforest to curb deforestation.