Regional News

(Trinidad Express) A Barbados Nation photographer who was responding to a report that a man was kill-ed at Bishop’s Court Hill, St Michael, was attacked and killed yesterday.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Calls for Brazil’s military to close Congress and the Supreme Court have screamed from banners at marches attended by President Jair Bolsonaro in recent weeks, but retired generals and close observers of the armed forces call it empty talk.

(Trinidad Express) While Covid-19 cases continue to increase in the Americas, a package of measures has been used to mount an effective fight against the virus in Trinidad and Tobago.

(Jamaica Observer) Investigators from the Falmouth Criminal Investigation Branch say they are following leads into the gruesome killing of a mother in full view of her 10-year-old daughter by an armed robber who invaded their home Friday night.

(Trinidad Express) An estate constable with the Airports Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (AATT) has retained the services of senior counsel to fight an alleged case of discrimination because of his hairstyle.

(Trinidad Express) There are currently high concentrations of Saharan dust within Trinidad and Tobago’s atmosphere.

(Barbados Nation) FOR SOME South Coast restaurants, Father’s Day saw the biggest increase in business since Government eased some of the coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions.

(Barbados Nation) The controversial statue of Lord Nelson may be moved to a maritime museum, but not before a public consultation on the matter.

(Jamaica Gleaner) COVID-19 has crippled travel to several destinations, cancelled thousands of conferences and disrupted millions of lives, but Demetrius Moye and Tanisha Bradley weren’t about to allow the global pandemic to derail their wedding.

(Trinidad Express) Three murders were recorded yesterday. Dead are Kerron “Kayo” Prince, 34, of Olton Road, Arima; Christopher Williams, 26, and Gabriel Joseph, 30, both of Petit Valley.

(Trinidad Guardian) Instead of presenting Stephon Mc Leod with a gift as the nation celebrates Father’s Day on Sunday, the family are instead mourning the death of the 40-year-old man and his toddler who were ambushed and shot on Friday night in Tunapuna.

(Trinidad Express) Police are investigating the shooting deaths of a man and his two-year-old daughter on Friday night.

SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chile yesterday increased its estimate of cases and deaths caused by the coronavirus while a labor union at state-owned Codelco, the world’s largest copper producer, confirmed that a second company employee had died in the pandemic.

(Jamaica Observer) Jamaican choreographer Dr L’Antoinette Stines is seeking in excess of US$150,000 in her suit against entertainment mogul Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter and his pop music superstar wife Beyoncé Knowles-Carter.

(Trinidad Express) A truck driver who breached a protection order and beat his wife has been sentenced to six months imprisonment with hard labour.

(Trinidad Guardian) The mother of a three-year-old, who experienced medical issues after participating in a survival swimming class, has sued the Diego Martin Swimming School. 

(Trinidad Express) An 18-year-old woman is expected to appear before a Port-of-Spain Magistrate on Monday charged with knifing to death a man.

(Trinidad Guardian) Cramped together in wicker baskets and cages— baby monkeys, parrots, and a macaw were rescued by police during an exercise in south Trinidad yesterday.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Seven major European investment firms told Reuters they will divest from beef producers, grains traders and even government bonds in Brazil if they do not see progress in resolving the surging destruction of the Amazon rainforest.

LONDON/CARACAS,  (Reuters) – In the vaults beneath the Bank of England, where foreign nations stash parts of their vast gold reserves, lie 1.7 billion euros ($1.9 billion) of disputed gold bars.