Regional News

(Barbados Nation) Before making any attempts to revive LIAT – much less establish a new regional airline – Caribbean governments must recognise that there are still more than 600 former employees of the regional carrier out of work and facing severe hardship.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Monkeypox virus has been confirmed in Jamaica. Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton told a press conference yesterday afternoon that the case is a man who recently returned to Jamaica from the United Kingdom.

(Jamaica Information Service) The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries will be launching a wheat flour substitution programme to combat the global shortage of the commodity and promote healthier eating among Jamaicans.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – On July 11 last year, Cuba appeared poised for political change.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Law Association of T&T has defended its move to host a special general meeting to discuss and debate a no-confidence motion in Attorney General Reginald Armour, SC, over his role in the ongoing United States civil asset recovery case related to fraud allegations in the construction of the Piarco International Airport.

HOUSTON, (Reuters) – Two U.S. investment funds yesterday said they formed a joint venture with a Venezuelan firm to pursue oil and gas exploration and production projects in the U.S.-sanctioned

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Argentine President Alberto Fernandez named economist and government official Silvina Batakis as the new economy minister late on Sunday after the abrupt resignation of long-standing minister Martin Guzman amid crises and tensions.

(Reuters) – Nicaraguan police took control of five municipalities run by a party opposed to President Daniel Ortega in recent days, dismissing elected leaders and installing ruling party sympathizers in their place, opposition organizations said yesterday.

(Barbados Nation) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley said news of the death of a family of four yesterday morning “really hurt my heart”.

(Trinidad Express) Beetham residents formed a human barricade and then littered the highway with debris yesterday morning, protesting the deaths of three residents in a police related shooting on Saturday.

(Barbados Nation) Police have identified the bodies of the four people found in a home at Breezy Hill, St Philip this morning.

ISTANBUL, (Reuters) – A Turkish court rejected today a request to extradite a man wanted by Haiti over his alleged involvement in the assassination of President Jovenel Moise.

(Trinidad Express) On Saturday at around 5 p.m. Curtis Harriot Junior was gunned down at Debe.

(Trinidad Guardian) A total of 13 killings within 36 hours – between 5.50 am on Friday to 6 pm on Saturday – four of which were said to be police-involved shootings, saw law enforcement officials having to work late into the night on Saturday as multiple investigations got underway.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is leading in the polls for Brazil’s October presidential election, said yesterday he will not tolerate threats against institutions, and that the armed forces need to commit to democracy.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Argentina’s economy minister Martin Guzman resigned yesterday, a blow to a government beset by mounting economic crises.

(Trinidad Guardian) – Exactly two years after Ornella Greaves was shot dead while recording protests at the Beetham Gardens, the Police Com-plaints Authority (PCA) has completed its investigation into her death and found police officers may have been culpable in the matter.

(Trinidad Express) – Four men were shot and killed in a car near Damien’s Bay, Maracas yesterday afternoon.

(Trinidad Express) – A Venezuelan man who was shot in the head as he attempted to chase thieves who robbed him on Tuesday has died at hospital.

PUERTO ORDAZ, Venezuela,  (Reuters) – A Venezuelan indigenous leader who was an opponent of armed groups and illegal mining was shot dead yesterday in the Amazonas state capital, a non-governmental organization and three people with knowledge of the case said.