Regional News

(Trinidad Guardian) Police are investigating yet another murder in East Trinidad.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s federal health regulator Anvisa yesterday suspended the use of over 12 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd that were produced in an unauthorized plant, it said in a statement.

(Trinidad Guardian) Five people were killed in two separate incidents on Friday night.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley announced yesterday that places of worship will reopen from Monday (Sept 6), however, some restrictions apply as gatherings must not exceed 25 per cent of normal capacity, and services should be limited to one hour.

(Trinidad Guardian) Over 100 roofs were damaged in central Trinidad following the passing of a tropical wave on Thursday night.

GUATEMALA CITY,  (Reuters) – Prosecutors in Guatemala have begun an investigation into allegations that Russian businessmen paid a bribe to President Alejandro Giammattei to obtain a dock in one of the country’s main ports, the attorney general’s office said yesterday.

SANTIAGO,  (Reuters) – Chile yesterday reasserted its claim to undersea territory off its southern coast in a dispute with Argentina, which has said Santiago’s move violates international treaties.

(Trinidad Guardian) A veteran attorney who ordered a hit on his secretary that he suspected of snitching about his illegal activities, has lost his appeal against his conviction for attempted murder.

(Trinidad Guardian) A Trinidadian mother and her son lost their lives in historic floods that swept through New York City overnight from Wednesday to yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) In what could turn out to be a major scandal for the government and state-owned National Gas Company, (NGC) Guardian Media has obtained confidential correspondence between Finance Minister Colm Imbert and the Board of the NGC that show the Board seeking, and Imbert agreeing, to grant them personal protection against being held to account should the company lose over $440 million in an ill-fated attempt to save Atlantic LNG Train 1.

(Barbados Nation) The travel bubble, which exempted people from select countries from further quarantine or testing upon arrival in Barbados, has been discontinued.

(Jamaica Observer) Prime Minister Andrew Holness has urged Jamaicans not to panic despite the sharp spike in the COVID-19 numbers in recent days.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Financial Intelligence Unit of Trinidad (FIUTT) has reported that romance scams since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic have significantly increased, costing victims approximately $2.3 million in the last 18 months.

(Trinidad Express) There has been an alarming increase in the number of pregnant women contracting Covid-19, director of Women’s Health at the Ministry of Health Dr Adesh Sirjusingh said yesterday.

(Barbados Nation) Convicted attorney Vonda Pile, already serving a sentence for theft of a client’s money, was committed to the High Court on another theft charge when she appeared in the District “A” Magistrates’ Court.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela’s main opposition parties said yesterday they will participate in November regional and local elections, a strategy reversal after boycotting previous elections they argued were not free or fair.

(Reuters) – The widow of Haiti’s slain President Jovenel Moise called on the international community to help track down those responsible for gunning down her husband in a late night raid by suspected mercenaries at the couple’s home in July.

GUATEMALA CITY,  (Reuters) – A Guatemalan judge yesterday ordered two high-ranking ex-generals to stand trial on genocide charges from four decades ago, as the Central American country grapples with past massacres of mostly indigenous people during a brutal civil war.

(Trinidad Guardian) Questions are being asked as to why the Carnival Runner, one of T&T’s 41-metre high-speed passenger catamaran ferries, was allowed to deteriorate to the extent that it started taking in water yesterday while anchored at the San Fernando Harbour.

(Trinidad Express) One week after he surrendered to police, the suspect in the disappearance of Shanice Cooper will be charged with her murder.