Regional News

BRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Brazilian health regulator Anvisa yesterday approved emergency use of COVID-19 vaccines from China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd and Britain’s AstraZeneca, clearing the way for immunizations as the pandemic enters a deadly second wave.

VADO HONDO, Guatemala, (Reuters) – Guatemalan security forces yesterday used sticks and tear gas to beat back a large migrant caravan bound for the United States, just days before the advent of a new U.S.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza on Saturday criticized a U.S.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombian police are investigating whether a shipment of guns and magazines originating from the United States that was seized by authorities late on Saturday was destined for Venezuela, a person familiar with the matter said.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Devon Williams, who now also goes by the name Apostle the Major One Prophet Success, said his life before Christ seemed to have taken all the wrong turns and light at the end of tunnel seemed very dark.

(Jamaica Gleaner) With tension simmering in Jamaica over a controversial decision by the United States authorities to nab four Jamaican men and destroy their boat, alleging it was carrying cocaine, high-level talks between the two countries are now under way to make amendments to the Shiprider Agreement which is at the centre of the wrangle.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Shipping giant Harriat ‘Harry’ Maragh was yesterday morning hailed for his contribution to the industry and for being dedicated to the development of his country.

(Trinidad Express) A father and son were found tied up and shot dead at their home in Upper Chickland, Freeport, yesterday.

The Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith met with several persons of interest last night telling them that the TTPS will respond quickly if there are any attempts to escalate gang-related criminal activity in the country.

MANAUS/BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s Air Force flew emergency oxygen supplies yesterday to the jungle state of Amazonas devastated by a resurgent pandemic and the government scrambled to organize nationwide vaccinations while President Jair Bolsonaro said he “should be at the beach.”

(Trinidad Express) The Financial Investigations Branch (FIB) of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) has obtained an order from the court to forfeit $99,900 which was seized from a man who was later shot and killed.

(Trinidad Express) A gun-fight between a soldier and a police officer at an alleged “zesser” party in Point Fortin has ended with the soldier’s death.

(Jamaica Star) “Every time me see a police vehicle me run and hide,” said Devani Kenyon, a Clarendon man whose photograph was erroneously published on the list of the parish’s most wanted men last year.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaican Matthew Sewell, who was left to languish in a Bahamian prison for a combined period of nine years and nine months, has won another round in a lawsuit filed against the government of The Bahamas.

(Jamaica Gleaner) As a means of (re)connecting with descendants, and strengthening bilateral relations, Nigeria embarked on a historic chartered flight to Montego Bay, Jamaica, in December 2020.

(Barbados Nation) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley said yesterday that she is among eight people who recently received a vaccine for coronavirus (COVID-19).

(Trinidad Express) Two men were killed in a shoot-out with an off-duty police officer on Wednesday night.

MANAUS, Brazil,  (Reuters) – The Brazilian state of Amazonas is running out of oxygen during a renewed surge in COVID-19 deaths, its government said yesterday, with media reporting that people on respirators were dying of suffocation in hospitals.

(Jamaica Star) Twins Zaneta and Zuri Scott were eager to celebrate their mother Rosemarie’s graduation from the University of the West Indies, Mona, tomorrow.

(Trinidad Guardian) A suspected hitman was shot and killed by an off-duty police officer along the Lady Chancellor Hill in St Ann’s on Wednesday night.