Regional News

(Trinidad Express) Hangings must resume in this country. So said a relative of Anslem Douglas, one of the three murder victims shot multiple times on Sunday night.

(Trinidad Guardian) Three men were shot and killed, and a fourth man was left injured, in a shooting incident yesterday morning in Black Rock, Tobago. 

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil has put into effect a free trade agreement with the Palestinian Authority that has been waiting for ratification for more than decade, in a show of support for the Palestinian people.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuba has foiled a plot to sneak arms and ammunition onto the Caribbean island from the United States, detaining nearly three dozen people in a broader scheme authorities say sought to destabilize its government, a Cuba Interior Ministry official said on Monday.

ATACAMA DESERT, Chile  (Reuters) – The sand dunes of Chile’s Atacama desert, the driest on the planet, have been blanketed by white and purple blooms in recent days after early rains caused flowers to spring up in the dead of the Southern Hemisphere winter.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Preliminary assessments conducted by the Banana Board show an 80 to 100 per cent loss for bananas and plantains, consequent on the passage of Hurricane Beryl.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Opposition is calling on Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh to declare dengue a public health emergency.

(Trinidad Gurdian) Former director of the Strategic Services Agency (SSA) Major Roger Best is distancing himself from claims by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley that the agency under his watch was plotting to replace the country’s political leadership.

(Trinidad Guardian) A Sangre Grande man was killed when he tried to defend his common-law wife from a man who attempted to wine on her at a bar on Friday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Former director of the Strategic Services Agency (SSA) Major Roger Best is distancing himself from claims by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley that the agency under his watch was plotting to replace the country’s political leadership.

BALNEARIO CAMBORIU, Brazil, (Reuters) – Brazilian far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro at a rally of conservative supporters yesterday said the right was gaining ground internationally, in Italy and France, and said he hoped that former U.S.

(Trinidad Guardian) A team headed by T&T’s High Commissioner to the UK, Vishnu Dhanpaul (the former Finance Ministry’s permanent secretary), will evaluate proposals for the Pointe-a-Pierre refinery after the end of the month.

CANCUN/TULUM, Mexico, (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Beryl was blowing out to the Gulf of Mexico yesterday afternoon and appeared likely to reach Texas by late tomorrow, after its strong winds and heavy rain largely spared Mexico’s top beach destinations.

(Trinidad Guardian) With unanimous support, the National Musical Instrument Bill, 2024, was passed in the Lower House on Wednesday night.

(Trinidad Guardian) The 70,000 rounds of ammunition that the Strategic Services Agency (SSA) had purchased and is now unaccounted for poses a very serious and grave threat to citizens, visitors and national security, says National Security Minister Fitzgerald Hinds.

‘One of the most brilliant minds’ (Trinidad Express) The world of academia was thrown into mourning following the death of former dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Education and professor emeritus at The University of The West Indies (The UWI), St Augustine, Funso Aiyejina.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Ministry of Health and Wellness is reporting that the current estimated cost for repairs to health facilities affected by Hurricane Beryl is $1.098 billion.

(Trinidad Express) Ste Madeleine grandmother Michelle Balgobin has been charged with the murder of her husband and remanded in prison.

(Trinidad Guardian) The 70,000 rounds of ammunition that the Strategic Services Agency (SSA) had purchased and is now unaccounted for poses a very serious and grave threat to citizens, visitors and national security, says National Security Minister Fitzgerald Hinds.

KINGSTON / TULUM, Mexico, (Reuters) – Hurricane Beryl took aim at some of Mexico’s top tourist resorts yesterday after churning past the Cayman Islands and belting Jamaica with winds that tore apart buildings and uprooted trees.