Regional News

(Trinidad Express) – Paula-Mae Weekes created history in becoming this country’s first female President in 2018.

(Trinidad Guardian) An unimaginable tragedy for one woman who, in the wake of the pandemic, has lost both her first love and her firstborn mere days apart to COVID-19.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – A Brazilian Senate probe into the government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic will recommend in its final report due next week that President Jair Bolsonaro face 11 criminal charges, the senator leading the inquiry said yesterday, though it remains highly unlikely that he will face a trial on any such charges.

(Barbados Nation) Police identified the man who was shot and killed at Kendall Hill, Christ Church, yesterday morning as Miguel Taitt.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Left-wing guerrillas from the National Liberation Army (ELN) in Colombia have claimed responsibility for a Friday morning attack against a pipeline used to transport crude to the country’s most important refinery, located in the city of Barrancabermeja.

SANTO DOMINGO, (Reuters) – A tribunal in the Dominican Republic has convicted two people for corruption involving Brazilian conglomerate Odebrecht, which admitted to paying $92 million in bribes to win public works contracts in the Caribbean nation.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said late yesterday that it will accept mixed-dose coronavirus vaccines from international travelers, a boost to travelers from Canada and other places.

(Trinidad Express) A man who was wanted by the police for several months after he absconded when placed on bail for an alleged acid attack on a woman, has been committed to stand trial for attempted murder.

(Trinidad Express) The Chaguanas Chamber of Industry and Commerce (CCIC) is reiterating its call for proper surveillance camera in the country, following the kidnapping of Central business man Kartikey Ramsundar on Wednesday.

(Trinidad Guardian) For the first time since Independence, this country is temporarily without a Commissioner of Police.

(Trinidad Guardian) The ten-year-old son of Princes Town mechanic Kishoan Ramlogan has been crying since he was told that his father was gunned down on Tuesday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Police are investigating the kidnapping of a Central businessman.

(Trinidad Guardian) After an absence of two decades, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will resume flights between Amsterdam and this country on Saturday.

(Trinidad Express) Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-­Bissessar has called for the resignation of President Paula-Mae Weekes, saying she is now “disgracing and debasing” her office by her actions.

(Trinidad Guardian) Drupattie Mangroo, 38, is the mother of three children, 13, 12 and six.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Former Venezuelan Defense Minister and retired general Raul Baduel, considered a political prisoner by the opposition, has died after contracting coronavirus, the attorney general said yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Trinidad and Tobago’s economy is expected to contract by one per cent this year, the International Monetary Fund has projected in its latest World Economic Outlook.

(Barbados Nation) It is either the COVID-19 vaccine or frequent PCR tests.

(Trinidad Express) Fiery protests paralysed school and business activity in Barrackpore yesterday as residents blocked five main access routes into the area with burning debris.

(Trinidad Guardian) Trinidad and Tobago we have a problem.   Royal Castle has run out of its famous pepper sauce.