Regional News

(Trinidad Guardian) A four-year-old boy was killed earlier today after he was attacked by a dog in Tacarigua.

(Trinidad Express) Two men have been committed to stand trial for the murder of an elderly British couple in Tobago almost six years ago.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haiti’s chief public prosecutor invited Prime Minister Ariel Henry on Friday to meet with him next week to explain why he spoke with one of the main suspects in the assassination of former President Jovenel Moise on the night of the crime.

LIMA, (Reuters) – Abimael Guzman, leader of the Shining Path rebels who nearly toppled the Peruvian state in a bloody Maoist revolution, died yesterday while in prison and following several weeks of poor health, the government said.

(Trinidad Express) – The Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate have laid down new rules for unvaccinated parliamentarians.

(Trinidad Guardian) – Jamaat Al Muslimeen leader Imam Yasin Abu Bakr has issued a “warning” to the Government and the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS), calling for justice in T&T.

(Trinidad Guardian) – The Ministry of Health has recorded 9 additional COVID related deaths, bringing the total number of deaths to 1368.

(Trinidad Express) The Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate have laid down new rules for unvaccinated parliamentarians.

(Trinidad Guardian) Jamaat Al Muslimeen leader Imam Yasin Abu Bakr has issued a “warning” to the Government and the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS), calling for justice in T&T.

BOGOTA, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Tribes from the Amazon and thousands of environmentalists, scientists and diplomats voted yesterday, at a major global conservation congress in France, in favour of a motion to protect 80% of the world’s largest rainforest by 2025.

TAIPEI, (Reuters) – Taiwan accused China yesterday of seeking to use the Honduran election to “create controversy” and undermine Taiwan’s long-standing ties with the country, saying it would strive to win support for Honduras’ relations with Taipei.

(Trinidad Express) – On Wednesday the Ministry of Health began the administration of COVID-19 vaccines to persons aged 12 to 18 years.

MADRID, (Reuters) – Former Venezuelan military intelligence chief Hugo Carvajal, who was arrested on Thursday in Madrid after hiding for almost two years, will be held in prison pending extradition to the United States, Spain’s High Court said yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) – The Ministry of Health has recorded 9 additional COVID related deaths, bringing the total number of deaths to 1359.

(Trinidad Guardian) Girls dominated this year’s Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA) examinations, taking the top seven overall spots, with a five-way tie for the third place.

(Trinidad Express) An accountant with the Minis-try of Youth Development and National Service has been charged for misbehaviour in public office by Fraud Squad officer after she allegedly used her position to request and obtain unauthorised international air travel.

(Trinidad Express) An attorney who was convicted and sentenced to 19 years’ in prison in 2017 after he was found guilty of kidnapping, conspiring and attempting to murder his secretary 20 years ago has lost his appeal.

(Jamaican Gleaner) A 15-year-old boy has been charged for the murder of 56-year-old shopkeeper Paula Raphael at her house on Unity Lane in Kingston 13.

(Jamaica Observer) Thirty-year-old Javon Marco-Grant otherwise called ‘Devil Man’, of Beaumont Road in Hermitage, St Andrew was killed and two men injured during a shooting incident in the community on Wednesday, September 8.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – The chief justice of Brazil’s Supreme Court said yesterday that President Jair Bolsonaro was undermining the top court by encouraging people to disobey its rulings after the far-right leader said he would not accept decisions by one of its justices.