(Trinidad Guardian) A private forensic autopsy done on the body of Andrea Bharatt has revealed that she died from massive internal haemorrhaging after she was struck on the head with a blunt object that caused her to fall back and crack her skull.
(Barbadis Nation) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley said the COVID-19 vaccination campaign will be rolled out over the next few days.
(Trinidad Express) Homicide detectives are investigating the fatal shooting of a 16 year-old girl in Claxton Bay yesterday.
(Trinidad Express) Devon Charles, the main suspect in the kidnapping and murder of Andrea Bharatt, has died.
(Jamaica Gleaner) A Jamaican man accused of killing three people in a vehicular incident in the United States more than 20 years ago, before fleeing to Cuba and then back to Jamaica, has been extradited.
(Barbados Nation) Barbados will be ready to roll out the first batch of the AstraZeneca vaccine late this month.
(Trinidad Guardian) A 32-year-old man was shot and killed in Freeport on Saturday.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haitian authorities yesterday arrested nearly two dozen people, including a Supreme Court judge, for their role in an alleged plot to oust President Jovenel Moise that has exacerbated political tensions in the troubled Caribbean country.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration will reengage with the United Nations Human Rights Council, three years after former President Donald Trump withdrew over what his administration called bias against Israel and a lack of reform.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Panama has sought to acquire more than 8 million coronavirus vaccine doses to inoculate about 80% of the Central American nation’s residents, Health Minister Luis Sucre said yesterday.
QUITO, (Reuters) – Ecuadorean economist Andres Arauz received 31.5% of the votes in yesterday’s presidential election, according to an official quick count presented by the elections council, compared with 20.04% for indigenous activist Yaku Perez.
(Trinidad Guardian) A regional insurance company, which was implicated in fraud charges arising out of the construction of the TT$1.6 billion Piarco International Airport before being cleared three years ago, is seeking over TT$200 million in compensation for malicious prosecution.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Detectives assigned to the Falmouth CIB have charged three men in connection with the shooting death of 51-year-old Andrea Lowe-Garwood, a bank manager of Brook Manner in Falmouth, Trelawny.
LA PAZ, (Reuters) – Corpses in Bolivia have begun to pile up as a fierce second wave of the coronavirus has overwhelmed funeral homes and cemeteries, according to officials, stoking fears the growing backlog could become yet another focal point of infection.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – In a major reform of the state-dominated economy, the Cuban government will allow small private businesses to operate in most fields, eliminating its limited list of activities, state-run media reported today.
(Barbados Nation) Former Barbados and West Indies fast bowler Ezra Moseley died tragically in a road accident here this morning.
(Trinidad Guardian) The discovery of human remains at Heights of Aripo just hours after the decomposed body of 23-year-old Andrea Bharatt was found has prompted homicide investigators to widen their investigation to include a series of sex crimes in which women were raped and murdered but their bodies never found.
(Trinidad Express) The search for missing 23-year-old Andrea Bharatt ended yesteday afternoon in the forests off Aripo Road, Sangre Grande.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will seek to raise annual refugee admissions to 125,000 in the coming fiscal year, he said yesterday, a more than eight-fold increase after former President Donald Trump slashed levels to historic lows.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s prosecutor-general has opened a preliminary investigation into its president and health minister for possible negligence in response to a COVID-19 outbreak in Manaus city, according to a document seen by Reuters yesterday.
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