Regional News

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica-born Brooklyn-based pastor, Reverend Edward-Richard Hinds, has been arrested by New York police on sex crime charges.

(Trinidad Guardian) The UK Privy Council has dismissed an appeal regarding Auditor General Jaiwantie Ramdass’s right to pursue a lawsuit over a Cabinet-appointed probe into the misrepresentation of revenue in the national accounts. 

ARTEMISA, Cuba,  (Reuters) – Cuban authorities said they had begun restoring power to the eastern half of the island yesterday, a day after Hurricane Rafael knocked out the country’s electrical grid, leaving 10 million people in the dark.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Cuba’s national electrical grid collapsed yesterday as Hurricane Rafael slammed into the island’s southwest shore, packing sustained winds of 115 mph (185 kph) and wreaking havoc on the already crisis-stricken country.

(Trinidad Express) A police officer and a suspected criminal were fatally shot, and another police officer was injured in Guapo, Point Fortin in the early hours of yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian)  Local conglomerate, ANSA McAL, on Tuesday announced the acquisition of the US-based chlor-alkali producer Bleachtech LLC via its US subsidiary ANSA Chemicals US LLC, for a purchase price of US$327 million.

(Trinidad Guardian) Two weeks after Cunupia businessman Suvesh Ramnarine was bundled into a black SUV by men posing as police officers, he has been released safe and unharmed.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexico’s Supreme Court fell short in a vote yesterday to invalidate part of a controversial judicial reform passed by lawmakers in September that requires the election of all judges over the next few years.

(Trinidad Express) The Bankers Asso-ciation of Trinidad & Tobago (BATT) says it is “deeply concerned” about the ongoing foreign exchange (forex) challenges facing the country.

(Trinidad Guardian) Court of Appeal Judge Mark Mohammed is encouraging citizens to not be afraid to speak out when they witness misconduct. 

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – The European Union expects to close the trade agreement with South American bloc Mercosur by the end of the year, the EU commissioner for crisis management told Reuters late last week, although noting there were still differences to be solved.

(Reuters) – A member of Antigua and Barbuda’s parliament was found dead at his home early today and police in the Caribbean island nation are investigating the case as a possible murder, according to local media outlet Times Caribbean Online.

(Trinidad Guardian) Five foreign used-car dealerships have been ordered to pay almost $24 million in compensation to ANSA Bank for their roles in a fraudulent loan conspiracy.

(Trinidad Guardian) An Exploration and Production (Public Petroleum Rights) Licence for the Rio Claro Block situated in the Wards of Charuma, Cocal, Ortoire and Guayaguayare has been granted to NGC E&P Investments Limited and Primera Oil and Gas Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary of Touchstone Exploration Inc.)

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum criticized the country’s Supreme Court yesterday for overstepping its authority as it weighs whether to deem part of a recently-enacted judicial reform unconstitutional.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Argentina’s showman libertarian President Javier Milei sang along to Elvis Presley yesterday even as he took aim at officials he called “traitors” for defying him in a vote on the economic embargo of Cuba at the United Nations.

(Trinidad Guardian) Minister of Finance Colm Imbert has announced the forex window at the EximBank for essential imports, created during the Covid-19 pandemic, has been resumed in a restructured format.

CALI, Colombia,  (Reuters) – Wealthy nations appeared to hit a limit with how much they are willing to pay to conserve nature around the world, instead shifting their focus at the two-week U.N.

(Trinidad Guardian) The reduction of the US-dollar spending limit on credit cards issued by local commercial banks continues to be a major problem as it is putting a sleeper hold on local businesses and also forcing them to use several credit cards to import goods.

(Trinidad Guardian) Shell Trinidad and Tobago Limited has launched a composting initiative, “Platform to Plant,” to transform food waste from its Poinsettia offshore platform into compost.