Regional News

(Trinidad Guardian) After leaving the country for life-saving heart surgery last month, a retired police corporal is pleading with the government to allow him to return home for Christmas.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A Jamaican who expressed concern last week that his deportation from the United Kingdom could be a “death sentence” as he had no known relatives here has tested positive for COVID-19 after landing last Wednesday.

(Trinidad Express) Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s star continues to shine as preliminary results of the United National Congress (UNC) internal elections last night showed the incumbent political leader trumping her opponent Vasant Bharath.

(Trinidad Guardian) Forty-five women and two girls have been murdered so far.

(Trinidad Express) Thirty-three-year-old Isabelle is struggling to cope with multiple life-threatening illnesses in the absence of her 60-year-old mother who is stranded in Guyana.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has announced that supermarkets and groceries will be allowed to open 24-hours from December 10 to January 3.

(Trinidad Express) A Ste Madeliene mother of three who claimed she was living in an abandoned house after being evicted, has admitted to lying about her living conditions.

Manhattan’s usually busy Flatiron district will come alive with a different energy this holiday, as visitors and residents alike interact with its latest exhibition designed by Jamaica-born architect, Nina Cooke John.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Tears streamed down the face of Delcita Anderson as she stomped and yelled inside her Kingston home, cursing the misfortune that had left her daughter, Kerry Ann Collins, clinging to life with third-degree burns after a freak explosion in her kitchen.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuba’s Communist government yesterday reneged on its promise to dialogue with artists calling for greater freedom of expression, saying it disagreed with their conditions for the meeting and would not negotiate with “enemies of the Revolution”.

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazil’s Petrobras could expand its operations into neighbouring Guyana, if the regulatory environment does not improve in Brazil, CEO Roberto Castello Branco said on Thursday, the first official admission of interest in the hot frontier oil play.

(Trinidad Guardian) Contrary to earlier reports, there is no one in custody in relation to the death of Krystal Primus-Espinoza, according to the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS).

(Trinidad Guardian) Homicide detectives have detained a second man for questioning following the discovery of the body of a young woman they believe is 18-year-old Ashanti Riley, who has been missing since last Sunday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The sound of bullets ripping through their loved one and the wails following their impact will forever scar the memory of relatives and residents of Brockery, Christiana, who recalled Wednesday’s shooting death of 14-year-old Deshawn Ashley.

(Trinidad Guardian) With the Man of the World Trinidad and Tobago Pageant coming up soon, photos of the contestants in swimwear have been shared thousands of times on Facebook and Twitter over the past week.

(Trinidad Guardian) Police are now investigating the circumstances behind the murder of 36-year-old Mayaro mother of three Krystal Primus-Espinoza.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The top U.S. envoy on Venezuela called on the incoming Biden administration yesterday to use the leverage he believes has been gained from years of tough sanctions aimed at ousting socialist President Nicolas Maduro and urged against offering him any “giveaways.”

(Trinidad Guardian) ANSA Merchant Bank Ltd (AMBL) has received regulatory approval from the Central Bank of T&T (CBTT) to proceed with the acquisition of the Bank of Baroda.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – São Paulo’s Butantan Institute biomedical centre yesterday received 1 million doses of a Chinese COVID-19 vaccine developed by Sinovac Biotech Ltd that is undergoing late-stage testing by the institute at 16 locations in Brazil.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Seven workers have been rescued from slavery-like conditions where they slept on the floor and ate ants while building a hangar for the Brazilian Air Force, labour authorities said.