Regional News

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – The Brazilian Senate late yesterday approved the nomination of Kassio Nunes to the Supreme Court, swiftly signing off on right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro’s first nominee to the nation’s top judicial body.

(Barbados Nation) Barbados’ ten-year goal of becoming 100 per cent green energy-dependent is looking increasingly doable, as Barbados Light & Power (BL&P) is reporting a 10-megawatt increase in just one year from renewable energy suppliers feeding into the grid.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Naomi Campbell has enjoyed being on her own during the lockdown.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Parents across Jamaica are making the effort to assist their children get accustomed to the online method of learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, and Beverley Dressikie of Huddersfield, St Mary, is one of them.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The November 3 United States general elections could be a history-making one for Jackie Gordon.

(Trinidad Express) Fans are calling out Payge Turner’s name. The Trinidad-born, Seattle-based soul/rock artiste Paige “Payge Turner” Roopchan’s impressive performance on NBC’s season 19 premiere of The Voice instantly made her a fan favourite on Monday night.

(Trinidad Express) AN inspection team from Trinidad and Tobago was yesterday able to board the FSO Nabarima in Venezuelan waters.

(Barbados Nation) Barbados will pay for its students to get a review of their Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) grades, says Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela plans to vaccinate citizens with Russian and Chinese coronavirus vaccines, which could arrive in the South American nation in December or January, President Nicolas Maduro said yesterday.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – The Brazilian government will include China’s Sinovac vaccine against COVID-19 in its national immunization programme, state governors said yesterday after a meeting with the country’s health minister, in addition to one developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – An oil tanker operated by Venezuelan state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela yesterday approached a floating oil facility where it is expected to receive crude via transfer at sea amid environmental concerns, Refinitiv Eikon data showed.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Portland Municipal Corporation has been plunged into mourning following the passing of Irvin Brown, the councillor for the Fellowship division in Portland Eastern.

(Jamaica Star) David Reid, a jovial tailor who loved his rum, died a terrible death last Friday after he was boxed to the ground, allegedly by a teenager who was engaged in an argument with a shopkeeper in Pisgah, a community located some 30 minutes from New Market in St Elizabeth.

(Jamaica Gleaner) On April 20 this year, George Jon-Andrew Bryan had just returned from the skate park and climbed on to the roof of his Boston, Portland, home to watch firefighters battle a wildfire that was consuming the hills.

(Trinidad Guardian) As the restaurant industry battles through the seventh month of COVID-19 restrictions, several owners say unless the Government eases restrictions soon, low revenues may force them out of business by November.

BRASILIA/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned yesterday the United States and Brazil need to reduce their dependence on imports from China for their own security as the two countries reinforced their business partnership.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has announced that the government will revisit the energy sector tax regime to ensure the country remains competitive.

BEIJING/SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – An experimental vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac Biotech appeared to be safe in providing protection against the COVID-19 disease caused by the new coronavirus, preliminary results of a late stage clinical trial conducted in Brazil showed yesterday.

Flocks of yellow-billed cuckoos, which normally migrate from North to South America to escape winter, have been seen in Jamaica in recent weeks, an unusual spectacle which Terrestrial Biologist Damion Whyte believes is a result of Hurricane Delta.

(Trinidad Guardian) Three women appeared in the Scarborough Magistrates’ Virtual Court to answer charges of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, false imprisonment and robbery with aggravation of a 28 year old man Dachel Ashby 19, a security guard, Jennieve Gardiner 28, unemployed and Reacheal Martinez 36, also security guard are all close relatives.