Regional News

(Trinidad Express) Newlyweds, David and Jessica Francis, who drowned together at Cumana Beach, Toco, will be laid to rest in separate countries.

(Trinidad Express) Autopsies  on the charred bodies of a mother and son, and a family friend, found in a burnt house last Friday in Guapo, near Point Fortin, have found the three were stabbed to death.

(Trinidad Guardian) Gov­ern­ment doesn’t yet have a sys­tem which would have al­lowed im­mi­gra­tion of­fi­cials to ac­quire visa in­for­ma­tion from the Unit­ed States which would have in­di­cat­ed that Trinidad and To­ba­go-born US-based rap­per Nic­ki Mi­naj’s hus­band was an al­leged sex of­fend­er in his na­tive coun­try.

 (Trinidad Guardian) Moves to in­crease the ef­fi­cien­cy of the pro­tec­tion or­der sys­tem are in the works.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Over the past year Brazil exported thousands of cargoes of wood from an Amazonian port without authorization from the federal environment agency, increasing the risk they originated from illegally deforested land, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Nestle SA is launching a reforestation project to plant at least 3 million trees in Mexico and Brazil in the next year and a half as the Swiss food group strives for carbon neutrality by 2050, executives told Reuters.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela has arrested the head of state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela’s lubricants division on corruption allegations, according to a statement read on state television yesteday.

(Trinidad Express) The couple who faced 46 charges in relation to alleged sexual abuse of a 16-year-old have been denied bail.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Having blamed herself for his disability since his birth, 45-year-old Suzette Morais broke down in tears yesterday when her three-year-old son heard clearly for the first time.

(Trinidad Guardian) One day af­ter a San Juan mar­ket ven­dor re­port­ed that he was paid with a coun­ter­feit $100 bill at the Cen­tral Mar­ket in Port-of-Spain, a source in the Bankers’ As­so­ci­a­tion of Trinidad and To­ba­go (BATT) is say­ing coun­ter­feits are much more ram­pant than the pub­lic knows.

(Trinidad Guardian) There is a short­age of N-95 masks in the coun­try, which puts doc­tors at risk should there be an out­break of the nov­el coro­n­avirus (COVID-19).

(Jamaica Gleaner) The St James police on Monday took two men into custody following a brazen mid-morning incident in which a popular Chinese businessman and his personal security guard were shot and killed outside a bank across from the Church Street Police Station in downtown Montego Bay.

(Barbados Nation) Emotions ran high on Monday evening at the meeting called by management of Chaps Restaurants Ltd.

(Jamaica Observer) Jamaica’s health authorities last night reiterated that interim guidelines relating to the admittance of cruise ships to the island’s ports have been drafted and circulated to The Port Authority of Jamaica and relevant agencies.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The St James police yesterday took two men into custody following a brazen mid-morning incident in which a popular Chinese businessman and his personal security guard were shot and killed outside a bank across from the Church Street Police Station in downtown Montego Bay.

Shaking hands is banned in church due to fears of spreading the coronavirus.

(Trinidad Express) In an ultimate act of love, David Francis braved the strong currents at Cumana beach, Toco, to get to the woman he married three months ago.

(Trinidad Guardian) There is a short­age of N-95 masks in the coun­try, which puts doc­tors at risk should there be an out­break of the nov­el coro­n­avirus (COVID-19).

(Trinidad Guardian) Two months af­ter her hus­band’s in­car­cer­a­tion forced her to live alone in a new home, Su­san “Mary” Seep­er­sad suf­fered a trag­ic death when her throat was slit on Mon­day morn­ing.

PORT-DE-PAIX, Haiti, (Reuters) – Jacquelin Joseph is struggling to re-open his small food and beverage store in the northern Haitian town of Port-de-Paix, months after the country returned to a semblance of normality following violent anti-government protests.