Regional News

(Trinidad Express) Political Leader of the Tobago Council Tracy Davidson-Celestine may soon find her position untenable, as more Executive members of the Tobago Council resign.

(Trinidad Guardian) Government is giving serious consideration to converting the Public Service into safe zones as it struggles to convince more citizens to get vaccinated.

(Trinidad Guardian) – President Paula-Mae Weekes has called on the newly-appointed Tobago House of Assembly (THA) slate to keep their campaign promises to the people of Tobago.

(Trinidad Guardian) – Homicide officers are probing the murder of Ronald Brown, a father of four who was gunned down near his home on Friday night.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s Supreme Court Justice Luis Roberto Barroso ruled on Saturday that the country must demand proof of vaccination for visitors seeking to enter the country.

(Trinidad Express) The Trinidad and Tobago Government did not support the renewal of the term of office of The University of the West Indies (UWI) Vice-Chancellor Dr Hilary Beckles.

(Trinidad Express) Two Rio Claro men were swept out to sea at Blanchisseuse yesterday.

(Jamaica Observer) A reported altercation between a taxi driver and another man this morning resulted in the motorist being shot and a woman injured.

(Trinidad Express) A fine of $5,000 instead of a prison sentence has been imposed on a Penal mason who pleaded guilty to having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 2012 because it was a “one-off” offence and the accused had a clean criminal record, among other reasons.

(Jamaica Observer) The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has suspended its councillor for the Montego Bay, South East Division, Arthur Lynch, with immediate effect after he was charged by the police with a gun-related offence and assault.

(Trinidad Express) Shadie Dassrath was beaten to death in an apartment in La Romaine last Friday morning.

(iWitness News) Head of the Police Welfare Association in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Station Sergeant Brenton Smith was informed today that he was deemed to have resigned his job as a police officer.

(St Lucia Times) The Medical and Dental Council of Saint Lucia has decided to suspend Dr.

(Jamaica Observer) Two weeks ago, Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) private Jermaine Rose came face to face with death.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A man was shot and killed in 11 Miles, Bull Bay, St Thomas this morning (yesterday).

(Trinidad Express) The Tobago political map turned almost entirely green yesterday as the Progressive Democratic Patriots (PDP) won upwards of 12 out of the 15 seats in the enlarged Tobago House of Assembly (THA).

(Barbados Nation) Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) president Dr Gene Leon is urging Barbados and other regional countries to intensify their efforts to reduce corruption.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The board of the International Monetary Fund will meet on Dec.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuban entrepreneurs Henry and Yendri Garcia have long peddled home-made ice cream in their small town of Bauta outside the capital Havana, but now they are dreaming big.

(Trinidad Guardian) A new day—Tobago has gone green.   A majority of Tobagonians opted for change yesterday when they elected the Progressive Democratic Patriots (PDP) headed by Watson Duke and Farley Augustine to run their Tobago House of Assembly affairs until 2025.