Regional News

(Trinidad Guardian) A popular Cunupia flower shop owner and her daughter were last night killed in Carapichaima, as they boarded a car to go to their home in Cunupia.

(Trinidad Guardian) In a statement, Kes The Band is no longer intending to take legal action against Apple, Remi Wolf of Island Records.

(Trinidad Express) An out-of-body experience. This is how the performance by Payge Turner (Paige Roopchan) was described by one judge after winning the knockout round of Tuesday night’s The Voice.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Court of Appeal has quashed a 2015 ruling of the Supreme Court that had awarded approximately $40 million to the family of 16-year-old Tahjay Rowe, who sustained brain damage when he was born at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaican Errol Webber, who ran on the Republican ticket for the 37th congressional district in Los Angeles, California, is refusing to concede defeat despite getting less than 14 per cent of the total votes cast.

TEGUCIGALPA,  (Reuters) – Storm Iota unleashed devastating flooding in areas already waterlogged with rain yesterday, forcing hundreds of thousands of people across Central America to flee their homes as scenes of destruction dotted the already impoverished region.

(Trinidad Guardian) The body that was found burnt in a car in St Joseph on Monday night has been identified as Andre Kennette Smith, 37.

(Trinidad Express) Police issued 40 public health penalty notices at beaches across three divisions for breaching Covid-19 regulations on Sunday.

Police are seeking the urgent assistance of the public in locating 15-year-old Rihanna Teemal.

(Jamaica Gleaner) As England’s healthcare sector buckles under the weight of mounting coronavirus cases amid lockdowns, Jamaica-born Nichole McIntosh is battle-ready to tackle her job as the regional head of nursing at Health Education England (HEE).

(Jamaica Star) The pain is intense for Wyndel Brown as he buried his mother, Primrose, and his elder brother Joel on Sunday, November 15.

(Trinidad Express) More people are dying from pancreatic cancer in T&T than in the United States, although the rate of incidents for the disease are higher in the US where it is the 11th most common form of cancer.

(Trinidad Guardian) Police Commissioner Gary Griffith is again warning people of pyramid schemes saying they could be fronts for money laundering and financing of criminal activities such as drugs, human trafficking and illegal firearm trade.

PUERTO CABEZAS, Nicaragua,  (Reuters) – Storm Iota unleashed torrential flooding in Central America yesterday, causing swollen rivers to burst their banks as it flipped roofs onto the streets, and downed electricity poles and trees, killing at least two people in the region.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Brazilians are more concerned about climate change as a catastrophic risk compared with residents in several other big economies, a survey showed yesterday, reflecting the impact vividly underway in the South American nation.

(Trinidad Guardian) bpTT on Monday retrenched more than 40 workers in what is expected to an exercise in which close to 100 employees will be let go from the company this week.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said yesterday his government in coming days will name countries that are importing wood illegally extracted from the Amazon.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Two COVID-19 vaccines might be nearing the finish line, but scientists caution it’s critical that enough people volunteer to help finish studying other candidates in the United States and around the world.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Pointe-a-Pierre Wildfowl Trust recently released two Blue and Gold Macaws as part of its ‘breed and release’ programme of endangered species.

(Trinidad Express) Tinting and drivers who violate traffic lights will be under closer scrutiny when the Road Traffic and Motor Vehicle policy is reviewed again.