Regional News

(Trinidad Express) – Anthon Boney, a man described by police as a gang leader, was shot dead yesterday.

MONTEVIDEO, (Reuters) – Uruguay’s government is pushing ahead with free trade talks with China, hoping the small South American nation can became a “gateway” for the regional Mercosur bloc in negotiations with the Asian powerhouse.

(Barbados Nation) – Former senior vice president of the Insurance Corporation of Barbados Alex Tasker has been ordered extradited by Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes to stand trial in the United States on money laundering and conspiracy to launder money charges.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Venezuelan government and opposition representatives yesterday said they reached partial agreement during talks in Mexico City as part of a roadmap drawn up to tackle the once prosperous country’s long-running crisis.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – A deadly Mexico City metro collapse in May was caused in part by missing bolts in beams in an overpass that already had deficiencies before a major earthquake, according to an independent auditor’s report released yesterday by the city government.

SAN SALVADOR, (Reuters) – More than 1,000 people marched in El Salvador’s capital yesterday to protest the adoption of bitcoin as legal tender, amid a bumpy initial rollout of systems to support the digital currency.

(Nowgrenada.com) – Grenada recorded seven Covid-19 deaths in a single day, increasing the country’s total from 5 to 12.

(Trinidad Express) – Massy Holdings Ltd announced yesterday that it is selling the group’s 100 per cent interest in Massy United Insurance Ltd to the Coralisle Group for US$90.5 million (TT$606 million).

(Trinidad Express) A Caratal man who was initially detained by police for failure to attend court for a house-breaking incident, has allegedly confessed to a murder. 

(Trinidad Express) Massy Holdings Ltd announced yesterday that it is selling the group’s 100 per cent interest in Massy United Insurance Ltd to the Coralisle Group for US$90.5 million (TT$606 million).

(Trinidad Express) The woman, who is listed as the Director of Traveline Travel Agency in Chaguanas, was charged with 14 counts of fraudulent conversion while her husband, Rasheed, was charged with 12 counts of fraudulent conversion.

(Trinidad Guardian) – Thirty-nine-year-old Guyanese labourer Tarachand Gobin was denied bail when he appeared at the Sangre Grande Magistrates’ Court charged with two counts of common assault and assault occasioning a wound.

(Trinidad Express) – Police are investigating a million-dollar cyber heist in which US$247,500 (TT$1.7 million) of taxpayers’ money was stolen via a wire transfer conducted by Lake Asphalt of Trinidad and Tobago (LATT).

SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – The Chilean health regulator yesterday approved the COVID-19 vaccine produced by China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd for use in children over 6 years of age, allowing more people to be included in the country’s rapid inoculation campaign.

MARSEILLE, France,  (Reuters) – Indigenous groups urged world leaders on Sunday to back a new target to protect 80% of the Amazon basin by 2025, saying bold action was needed to stop deforestation pushing the Earth’s largest rainforest beyond a point of no return.

(Trinidad Guardian) A Valsayn businessman was shot dead while trying to escape from bandits who had ordered him to hand over money at his Montrose, Chaguanas business place Saturday night.

(Trinidad Express) Gusty winds which made its way across Trinidad and Tobago on Friday damaged a total of 503 roofs.

(Trinidad Guardian) A three-day search for Anneicia Lewis came to a tragic end yesterday morning when her body was discovered floating at the mouth of the Diego Martin River.

(Barbados Nation) ST GEORGE’S – The Grenada government Friday night declared no movement days as well as a daily curfew for the next 14 days as the island seeks to deal with an upsurge in cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) that has killed four people in as many days and infected a significant number of others.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Police Service Commission (PolSC) has hired a former judge to begin an investigation into alle­­gations that senior members of the Gary Griffith-led Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) have brought the organisation into disrepute and engaged in acts of misconduct.