Regional News

(Trinidad Express) National Security Minister Stuart Young says the number of Trinidadians involved in the Venezuelan human trafficking ring is disturbing.

(Trinidad Guardian) A video of Watson Duke, leader of the Progressive Democratic Patriots (PDP) inadvertent calling on his supporters to “Vote for PNM,” has gone viral.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Fans of 007 got a delightful treat on Wednesday when the official Instagram account of the latest Bond flick, No Time To Die, shared two fabulous photos from their filming in Jamaica.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Born with one hand with only a thumb, 51-year-old Daphne Williams is a picture of resilience.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Entities will be able to conduct COVID-19 testing of high-touch surfaces as well as to check if the virus is present in the air.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The bloody reign of Delano ‘Prekeh Boy’ Wilmot as one of Jamaica’s most feared gangsters came to an abrupt end in Amity district, St James, when he was killed in an early morning gunfight with a police-military team.

(Jamaica Gleaner) An attack by allegedly gay men on a worker at the St Ann’s Bay Regional Hospital on Monday has prompted a review of the security arrangements at the facility.

(Trinidad Guardian) More than two dozen local police officers are currently under watch by the T&T Police Service Professional Standards Bureau having been implicated in an intrinsic human trafficking ring operating between Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago.

(Barbados nation) The chairmen of two statutory organisations were promoted to the Ministerial Cabinet in changes announced by Prime Minister Mia Mottley in an address to the nation from Ilaro Court last evening.

(The Weather Channel) Tropical Storm Gonzalo has formed in the Atlantic Ocean between Africa and the Lesser Antilles and could impact parts of the Windward Islands this weekend.

(Jamaica Observer) Highland “Dobby” Dobson, whose laid-back vocal style earned him hit songs in the pre-ska, rocksteady and reggae eras, died yesterday at age 78 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

(Trinidad Express) (Ministry of Health statement) Within the last 24 hours Trinidad and Tobago has been faced with two confirmed cases of COVID-19 that are pending investigation, case #139 and #141.

(Jamaica Star) A St Catherine woman who broke a leg after she fell in an open manhole in Old Harbour is urging the Government to move quickly and cover these holes before other persons get hurt.

(Trinidad Guardian) Police have detained the babysitters of two male children under the ages of five for alleged abuse.

(Trinidad Guardian) Hours after a video surfaced on social media purporting to be of United National Congress (UNC) candidate for the Toco/Sangre Grande Nabila Greene lying on a bed being showered with money, Greene said if the person in the video turns out to be her, she sees nothing wrong with the clip.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Portland businessman Everton McDonald has lost his second wife to murder in just over a decade when the partially burnt body of 31-year-old Tonia McDonald was discovered in a car at Sherwood Forest shortly before 9 p.m.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Following a spate of chilling dog attacks in recent years, Justice Minister Delroy Chuck tabled a bill that would impose both civil and criminal liability for delinquent dog owners.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States yesterday imposed sanctions on Venezuelan Chief Justice Maikel Moreno and announced a $5 million reward for information leading to his arrest or conviction for allegedly participating in transnational organized crime.

LIMA, (Reuters) – Protesters in Peru attacked a convoy of vehicles from the Las Bambas mining group, one of Peru’s largest copper producers, and set fire to some of them, underscoring tensions in the country that has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.

(Trinidad Express) Touchstone, the Canadian energy exploration company, has reported discovery of estimated reserves of 381 billion cubic feet (bcf) of natural gas in its onshore Cascadura Assessment Area in its Ortoire exploration block in Trinidad.