Regional News

WASHINGTON/MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – The White House yesterday excluded Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua from the U.S.-hosted

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – A court in Colombia has ordered President Ivan Duque to be fined and placed under house arrest for five days, it said yesterday, citing the Andean country’s leader failure to comply with a previous ruling that demanded he protect a national park.

 (Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has accused the Opposition of using “xenophobic” statements to hinder The Immigration (Carib­bean Community Skilled Nationals) (Amendment) Bill, 2022, which he said could potentially harm this country’s Caricom relations.

(Barbados Nation) – Noted Barbadian author George Lamming died yesterday at the age of 94.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – More than a year into U.S. President Joe Biden’s sweeping effort to tackle the “root causes” of migration with aid to Central America, projects likely worth millions of dollars have been canceled or put on hold due to corruption and governance concerns, U.S.

(Trinidad Guardian) “What problem you have with my name? What’s wrong with my name?

(Trinidad Guardian) There has been a poor response to the 2022 T&T deep-water bid round with only four of the 17 blocks receiving bids and those were single bids by a consortium of bpTT and Royal Dutch Shell.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Five people have been arrested in Colombia for alleged involvement in the murder last month of a Paraguayan prosecutor known for fighting organized crime, Colombian President Ivan Duque said yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) Government has rejected a proposal from The University of the West Indies (The UWI), St Augustine, for an increase in tuition fees.

(Trinidad Guardian) Two brothers from east Trinidad have been convicted of murdering a man and attempting to murder his brother and cousin, after forcing them to help process their marijuana harvest over a decade ago.

(Trinidad Express) Public Utilities Minister Marvin Gonzales said on Wednesday that the very survival of majority State-owned Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT) depends on the company taking difficult decisions, including retrenching 468 of its employees.

SAN SALVADOR, (Reuters) – At least 18 people have died in Salvadoran police custody since the Central American country introduced a controversial state of emergency to combat gangs two months ago, according to an investigation presented Thursday by Amnesty International.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – The number of hectares used for alluvial gold production in Colombia fell 2% in 2021, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said yesterday, adding that just over a third of affected locations were in areas also important for growing coca, the chief ingredient in cocaine.

(Trinidad Express) Public Utilities Minister Marvin Gonzales said yester­day that the very survival of majority State-owned Tele­­­com­­­­munications Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT) depends on the company taking difficult decisions, including retrenching 468 of its employees.

(Trinidad Guardian) Citizens may have to pay the international price for fuel as Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley warned that this country has spent tens of billions in keeping prices low.

(Trinidad Guardian) Atlantic LNG is now shipping more than 40 percent of all its cargoes to the European market as it tries to cash in on the higher prices and to assist in the growing energy insecurity in Europe caused by the conflict in Europe.

KINGSTON,  (Reuters) – A Jamaican legislator is asking the country’s parliament to name reggae legend Bob Marley a national hero, an effort that comes amid rising nationalism in English-speaking Caribbean countries that are distancing themselves from their colonial past.

(Trinidad Guardian) Bandits tunnelled their way into the Republic Bank branch opposite the Couva Police Station over the long weekend.

LAKE PALCACOCHA, Peru,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Lawyers working on a groundbreaking climate lawsuit said it had entered a decisive phase after judges from Germany visited a glacial lake in the Peruvian Andes to assess flood risk, which the case links to emissions from European electricity giant RWE.

(Trinidad Guardian) Just like there are gangs who specialise in the trafficking of illegal firearms, narcotics and people, there are gangs that specialise in home invasions using assault and battery.