Regional News

SAO PAULO,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As farms expand into the Amazon rainforest, felled trees and expanding pastures may open the way for new Brazilian exports beyond beef and soybeans, researchers say: pandemic diseases.

(Trinidad Guardian) If the tax exemption cap of $350,000 proposed by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley is implemented, the list of cars considered luxurious that can be purchased without exemptions could be significantly reduced for Members of Parliament and other public officers who are entitled to the exemption.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley last night hit back at the British MP who raised the plight of Trinidad and Tobago nationals stranded in the UK due to the closure of T&T borders since March.

(Trinidad Express) Trinidadian cruise ship workers who remain stranded on board multiple vessels throughout the world are asking for exemptions to return home.

(Jamaica Star) James Smith, 75, started losing his sight in 2010.

(Jamaica Star) Emergency responders had to pull a man from underneath rubble after the roof of his house collapsed on him.

(Trinidad Express) A Police Constable and a civilian have been charged with a $680,000 robbery.

(Jamaica Star) A young girl was this afternoon rescued from floodwaters in the Sandy Gully in the Bay Farm Road area of St Andrew.

(Trinidad Guardian) A Police Constable has appeared virtually before a Port-of-Spain magistrate charged with shooting with intent to murder.

(Trinidad Express) Just hours after she was reported missing by her mother, the body of 23-year-old Tenil Cupid was found in Santa Flora on Tuesday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Trinidad and Tobago spent over TT$2 billion on the importation of cereals, fruits and vegetables last year, says Trade Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon.

When Kaydia Levien felt a lump in her right breast earlier this year, she initially thought it was pre menstrual syndrome.

URACHICHE, Venezuela,  (Reuters) – In the Venezuelan town of Urachiche, long a bastion of support for President Nicolas Maduro’s ruling Socialist Party, a radio station broadcast messages in September calling for a protest over decaying public services and chronic fuel shortages.

(Jamaica Star) A St Catherine woman was stabbed to death last Saturday, allegedly because of an argument about clothes.

(Trinidad Guardian) Police are actively pursuing several further matters under the Civil Assets Forfeiture law – the Unexplained Wealth law – to have certain people in T&T explain how they have achieved their wealth.

(Trinidad Express) Reanna Ashley Gobadan, who was left with serious injuries when she was struck by a vehicle in August, has returned home to continue her long road to recovery.

(Jamaica Gleaner) With early voting already under way in a number of states, with others set to start polling later this month, there is a massive push within communities with large numbers of Jamaican and Caribbean nationals to rally support for a number of Jamaicans running for posts in the November 3 elections to elect a president and fill Senate and House seats across the country.

(Jamaica Gleaner) At 45 years old, mother of nine and grandmother of 10, Susan Burke* finds herself begging on the streets of the capital city to provide for her household.

(Jamaica Star) June 27 will forever be etched in the memory of Tavia Bishop, as it signifies the day she received her calling from God who she said chastised her for ‘worshipping’ her pet cat.

(Trinidad Express) After a decade in operation the Movietowne Chaguanas branch will be permanently closed.