Regional News

(Trinidad Express) A woman and her infant daughter were killed instantly in a car crash along the Manzanilla stretch yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) A 68-year-old church elder from Curepe was arrested and charged yesterday for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old member of his church.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Iota should strengthen into a major hurricane by the time it smashes into the jungles of the Miskito Coast of Nicaragua and Honduras on Monday, a region still recovering from the devastation wrought by Hurricane Eta.

(Jamaica Star) All his life, 35-year-old Radre ‘Kayle’ Hunter dreamt of one day being called ‘Daddy’.

(Jamaican Observer) The teenaged male who was last month captured in a chilling video viciously assaulting a distressed girl has been slapped with two charges and is to face the courts this month end.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – As Latin American nations test experimental coronavirus vaccines from across the globe and economic heavyweights such as Brazil and Mexico jockey for supply deals with major drugmakers, Communist-run Cuba already has two of its own vaccines in clinical trials.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez and the head of the South American country’s state oil company, PDVSA, arrived in Russia to “deepen strategic alliances,” Venezuela’s information ministry said yesterday.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – A consortium of Chinese companies signed a contract with the government of Brazil’s Bahia state yesterday to build a 12-kilometer (7.5-mile) bridge across the entrance of the bay opposite the city of Salvador.

LIMA,  (Reuters) – Peruvian interim President Manuel Merino called for calm as he swore in his new cabinet yesterday amid protests that have escalated around the country since the abrupt ouster of former leader Martin Vizcarra.

(Trinidad Guardian) Ramjewan Mungroo looked bewildered as he sat outside his home yesterday, explaining to police how he left his wife in the comfort of their home, only to return to find her dead two hours later.

(Trinidad Express) An Indian national working in Trinidad was shot dead in his vehicle on Tuesday night.

(Trinidad Express) Dr Avinash Sawh, the doctor heard in a leaked telephone recording using racist remarks and abusive language towards a now former employee is begging the nation for forgiveness for his hurtful words.

(Trinidad Guardian) Relatives of murder victim Nigel “Jahlo” Carimbocas, 38, are angry and saddened over his death, saying the gunmen who took his life targeted the wrong person.

(Jamaica Gleaner) An elderly man who was scheduled to be sentenced on Friday for gun-related crimes has died in police custody.

(Trinidad Express) Dr. Avinash Sawh, the doctor heard in a leaked telephone recording using racist remarks and abusive language towards a now former employee is begging the nation for forgiveness for his hurtful words.

(Jamaica Star) Clutching his black bag closely, Joseph Pounall lay on his back staring at the ceiling in a classroom that serves as an emergency shelter at St Benedict’s Primary School in St Andrew.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The months following Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek’s announcement that he had pancreatic cancer were tough for Jamaica-born Terry Gayle, who was an audience coordinator for the popular game show, as scores of persons came wanting to offer him help.

(Trinidad Guardian) The new British High Commissioner’s two pet cats will have to wait a while to join her in this country since pet permits are currently not being processed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

(Trinidad Guardian) Imagine living with a gallstone the size of a large avocado in your abdomen, causing nausea and severe pain every time your body tries to process fatty foods.

SAO PAULO/BEIJING  (Reuters) – Brazil’s health regulator suspended a clinical trial of China’s Sinovac coronavirus vaccine due to a severe adverse event, delighting President Jair Bolsonaro, who has repeatedly criticized the vaccine’s credibility and said it would not be purchased by his government.