Regional News

(Barbados Nation) Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce’s (CIBC) plan to sell most of FirstCaribbean International Bank (FCIB) for $1.6 billion has been rejected by regulators.

SAO PAULO,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – More than three-quarters of Brazilians think Amazon rainforest fires have hurt the country’s image – and that environmental protection should become a priority for the country, even at an economic cost, a new survey has found.

(Jamaica Star) Organiser of the annual 10,000 Men and Family’s March in Spanish Town, Bishop Rohan Edwards, says the time has come for pastors to arm themselves to protect their congregation from vicious men.

(Trinidad Express) It has been seven days since court clerk, Andrea Bharatt, was last seen and the nation has united in a desperate search for her.

(Trinidad Guardian) In a near three-hour long memorial service held yesterday for the late calypso icon Sandra “Singing Sandra” Des Vignes-Millington at the Queen’s Hall, in St Ann’s, Port-of-Spain, tributes in song, dance, written expressions, and even extempo came filing in for the woman they all affectionately called “Mother.”

(Trinidad Guardian) Trinidad  has recorded an additional COVID-19 related death bringing the toll to 135.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The Biden administration yesterday reaffirmed U.S. recognition of opposition leader Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s legitimate president and ruled out negotiations anytime soon with President Nicolas Maduro, branding him a “dictator” and calling for free and fair elections.

(Trinidad Express) Andrew Morris, 35, one of the suspects in the kidnapping of Andrea Bharrat, died at the Arima Hospital around 12.45 am on Monday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Relatives of safety technician Matthew Scipio believe that the gunman who took his life mistook him for someone else.

MANACAPURU, Brazil,  (Reuters) – Health workers sped along the Amazon river this week to start vaccinating riverside communities, bringing hope to a region hard hit by COVID-19 and now facing a lethal surge driven by a new Brazilian variant of coronavirus.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s Car Wash anti-corruption unit has officially shut down, the end of an era for a team of prosecutors that helped send dozens of Latin American political and business leaders to jail, including several former presidents.

(Jamaica Star) It has been a few days since Paulette Hinds tragically lost her daughter, 33-year-old Rose Marie Gayle, and her granddaughter.

(Barbados Nation) Around 50 000 Barbadians could start being vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus “in the very near future”.

(Trinidad Guardian) Precious time is lapsing in the search for 23-year-old kidnapped clerk Andrea Bharatt.

(Trinidad Guardian) “Pray Andrea, pray!” Heartfelt words from kidnap victim Clint Arjoon who survived a horrifying kidnapping ordeal 19 years ago.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden yesterday ordered a review of asylum processing at the U.S.-Mexico

(Jamaica Observer) After 12 years, a case the police say had gone cold has been revived and a charge laid yesterday against Portland businessman Everton “Beachy Stout” McDonald for the murder of his first wife, Marlene McDonald.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – At least 1.4 million vaccines have been set aside for Venezuela in the COVAX coronavirus vaccine programne, an official with the Pan American Health Organization said on Tuesday, but Caracas will need to pay for them within a week.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela will send further shipments of oxygen to help neighbouring Brazil treat COVID-19 patients, President Nicolas Maduro said yesterday, after sending a convoy of oxygen-filled trucks to the Amazonian city of Manaus last month.

(Jamaica Observer) After 12 years, a case the police say had gone cold has been revived and a charge laid yesterday against Portland businessman Everton “Beachy Stout” McDonald for the murder of his first wife, Marlene McDonald.