Regional News

(Trinidad Guardian) Crime in T&T became one of the main issues on the agenda when Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley chaired a two-day Cabinet retreat which ended yesterday.

LIMA, (Reuters) – Peru’s Congress yesterday voted to host the Organization of American States (OAS) General Assembly, after outrage over the legislature’s initial decision not to approve the summit because of requirements to provide gender neutral bathrooms.

(Barbados Nation) – Emcee Mac Fingall has called it quits from the local stage as a host of calypso tent shows after 40 years.

(Jamaica Gleaner) – Digicel Group has finalised the sale of its Pacific operation to Australian telecommunications company Telstra Corporation Limited that, it said, was paid for with financing from the Australian government, through Export Finance Australia.

(Barbados Nation) – Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Barbados Medicinal Cannabis Licensing Authority (BMCLA), Senator Shanika Roberts-Odle said the approval of its first nine licences to two Barbadian licensees was a great step for the island’s entrance into the sector.

(Trinidad Guardian) Twenty-six-year-old Stephan Ravello was shot dead a mere feet away from his Marabella home early yesterday morning.

(Trinidad Express) Eight police officers have been detained following the deaths of three men in Morvant in 2020.

(Trinidad Guardian) Members of the Law Association of T&T have narrowly voted against a no-confidence motion in Attorney General Reginald Armour, SC.

HOUSTON, (Reuters) – A tanker carrying Russian fuel oil arrived in Cuba yesterday, bringing supplies for the Caribbean nation’s sputtering power plants and giving Russia an outlet for products shunned by the West.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – The United States agreed to increase the number of work visas for Mexicans and Central Americans during high-level talks in Washington this week, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said yesterday.

SANTIAGO,  (Reuters) – Chile’s Supreme Court yesterday ratified the definitive closure of Canada-based Barrick Gold’s ABX.TO

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – A Venezuelan government official yesterday called former White House national security adviser John Bolton “crazy” after his admission this week that he had tried to plot foreign coups, including backing an unsuccessful bid to oust socialist President Nicolas Maduro.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – A tax reform proposed by Colombia’s President-elect Gustavo Petro will raise $10.9 billion annually via a progressive income tax, the elimination of business exemptions, and tackling evasion, his incoming tax agency head said on Thursday.

(Trinidad Guardian) ANSA Merchant Bank in T&T and Barbados, and ANSA Bank have partnered with The Cropper Foundation and the Capitals Coalition to launch the Caribbean Natural Capital Hub.

(Trinidad Guardian) Massy Stores Trinidad CEO Roxane De Freitas says boulanger priced at TT$71.34 at one of its stores was an error.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Piarco International Airport was forced to suspend runway operation just after 7 am on Wednesday.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – Haitian protesters blocked roads in the downtown area of the capital of Port-au-Prince yesterday, where shots were heard as anger mounted over fuel shortages that have intensified as a result of gang violence.

(Trinidad Express) Rev Dr Solomon Bholaramsingh was well known in Trinidad—the land he made his home—in his original homeland of Guyana and internationally.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Mexico yesterday pledged to spend $1.5 billion in beefing up its borders as its leader met with U.S.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – Gun battles between rival Haitian gangs near the capital Port-au-Prince have left thousands trapped in a small coastal town without access to water, food or medical care, a local pastor and a foreign aid group said yesterday.