Regional News

(Trinidad Guardian) Gunmen opened fire on Moruga businessman Enrico Andy Guerra, killing him and his five-year-old daughter, Anika Guerra, last night.

HOUSTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. has drafted a list of about 60 Venezuelan government officials and family members who could be sanctioned in the first punitive measures following the South American country’s disputed presidential election in July, two people close to the matter said.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. on Tuesday imposed sanctions on Haiti’s former president, Michel Joseph Martelly, over drug trafficking allegations, accusing him of playing a significant role in perpetuating the ongoing crisis in the country.

BRASILIA (Reuters) – The Brazilian Senate approved a bill on Tuesday containing measures to offset the effects of a payroll tax exemption, in a key step to solve a months-long struggle between Congress and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s administration.

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentine authorities have quarantined a cargo ship in the Parana River near the inland grains port of Rosario over a suspected case of mpox onboard, an industry official said on Tuesday.

(Trinidad Express) Trevist Nicholas appeared before a court Master yesterday charged with the murder of his ex-girlfriend Kiefer Wilson.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Over 1,000 more judges and magistrates in Mexico have voted to join an indefinite nationwide strike that began on Monday amid mounting protest against a plan by the ruling party to overhaul the country’s judiciary.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Over 1,000 more judges and magistrates in Mexico have voted to join an indefinite nationwide strike that began on Monday amid mounting protest against a plan by the ruling party to overhaul the country’s judiciary.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States today  imposed sanctions on Haiti’s former president, Michel Joseph Martelly, over drug trafficking, accusing him of playing a significant role in perpetuating the ongoing crisis in the country.

(Jamaican Gleaner) Family members and friends of firefighter Shamere Myrie were looking forward to his return on Wednesday, and the last thing they would have expected to hear was that he was killed in a stabbing incident as they knew him to be a peacemaker.

(Jamaica Observer) An alleged intruder was fatally shot after he and another man invaded a policeman’s yard in New Acres Drive, in Mandeville on Sunday.

(Reuters) – Nicaragua’s government outlawed 1,500 non-governmental organizations today, in its latest ban of groups it accuses of breaking the law, part of a longstanding crackdown on civil society groups viewed as hostile by President Daniel Ortega.

(Trinidad Express) Four more homicides were reported between Saturday night and Sunday morning.

(Trinidad Guardian) After featuring on Trinidad and Tobago’s Coat of Arms for 62 years, the depictions of Christopher Columbus’ three ships: the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria, which commemorated Columbus’ arrival in 1498, will be removed, according to Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley.

– Women’s rising role in T&T’s gangs… (Trinidad Express) Think about gang culture in Trinidad and Tobago and the first that comes to mind is young men who may be “patrolling” a block, armed with guns, and conducting various criminal activities, including robberies and shootings.

(Trinidad Express) Four more homicides were reported between Saturday night and Sunday morning.

CARACAS (Reuters) – An oil spill, which appeared to originate from Venezuela’s El Palito refinery several days ago, has contaminated a bay off the country’s north-central coast in the Caribbean Sea, five sources told Reuters on Saturday.

CARACAS/MARACAIBO (Reuters) – Venezuela’s political opposition and its supporters gathered in cities around the country on Saturday to demand recognition of what they say is their candidate’s resounding victory in a presidential vote nearly three weeks ago.

(Trinidad Express) A retired school principal was chopped to death by a man who is mentally ill on Wednesday.

CARACAS/MARACAIBO, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s political opposition and its supporters gathered in cities around the country today to demand recognition of what they say is their candidate’s resounding victory in a presidential vote nearly three weeks ago.