Regional News

(Trinidad Guardian) Phar­ma­cies around the coun­try are re­port­ing an in­crease in sales of sur­gi­cal masks, as lo­cals take mea­sures to safe­guard against the coro­n­avirus.

(Trinidad Express) An early morning accident in San Fernando has left three people injured.

(Trinidad Express) “It was a fake wealthy list. And I always knew I would be vindicated at the court and it came at a good time — when we are embarking on a (general election) campaign,” Oropouche East MP Dr Roodal Moonilal said yesterday, He was speaking to the Express following his victory at the court in which he received a $475,000 judgment, plus $69,000 for legal costs, in a defamation lawsuit.

(Barbados Nation/BGIS) The Ministry of Energy and Water Resources has issued effective offshore exploration licences for the Carlisle Bay and Bimshire blocks to BHP Petroleum.

(Jamaica Gleaner) St Vincent  and the Grenadines: Hundreds of Vincentians today marched through streets of the capital Kingstown ahead of a vigil to protest the murder of a nurse allegedly by her husband.

(Trinidad Express) The Gov­ern­ment is do­ing away with for­eign in­sur­ance com­pa­nies and once the In­sur­ance bill act is pro­claimed in two months, such com­pa­nies will have to in­cor­po­rate them­selves and reg­is­ter a T&T com­pa­ny, Fi­nance Min­is­ter Colm Im­bert said yester­day.

(Trinidad Express) A 19-year-old man and his 33-year-old common law wife were shot dead in her house at Claxton Bay early Thursday.

(Trinidad Express) With the Carnival season already in gear and the decriminalization of 30 grammes and less of marijuana, the TT Police Service (TTPS) is asking members of the police to be mindful of the drinks and substances they may consume.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Two British nationals are set to be deported from Jamaica back to their homeland after overstaying in the island for more than 20 years.

(Jamaica Observer) Jamaican born Leroy Headley, one of America’s 15 most wanted who fled the United States almost two years ago, yesterday waived his extradition hearing rights and will be returned to Vermont where he is wanted for the murder of his girlfriend Anako “Annette” Lumumba, who had two children for him.

 (Trinidad Guardian) Chief Med­ical Of­fi­cer Dr Roshan Paras­ram says the most con­cern­ing fea­ture of the nov­el coro­n­avirus is its rapid spread.

BRIDGETOWN,  (Reuters) – Internationally acclaimed Barbadian poet, essayist and historian Edward Kamau Brathwaite, whose prolific writings sought to assert the identity of Caribbean peoples and their African roots, died at his home in Barbados on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Trump administration is ramping up pressure against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s government, and energy companies with ties to it, from Russia’s Rosneft to U.S.-based

SAN SALVADOR,  (Reuters) – More than 130 Salvadorans have been killed after being deported from the United States since 2013, U.S.-based

(Trinidad Guardian) The man charged with the mur­der of school teacher Ashram Boodram has pend­ing mat­ters for at­tempt­ed mur­der and armed rob­bery.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The police are reporting that the man suspected of murdering two women as they slept at a house on Knowles Road, Mandeville, Manchester this morning was caught in a dragnet a short while ago.

(Jamaica Star) Although the World Health Organisation declared the coronavirus as a global emergency last week, Sean, a Jamaican teacher living in China, says he is not worried because the government there is handling the situation the best way it knows how.

RIO DE JANEIRO/HOUSTON, (Reuters) – A former trader at oil firm Petrobras has signed a plea bargain agreement with Brazilian prosecutors investigating bribery allegations, defense lawyers and prosecutors said, a potential breakthrough in a case involving some of the world’s top commodity trading houses.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – At least half a dozen Venezuelan banks have begun storing in vaults millions of dollars and euros accumulated in cash by businesses during an unexpected economic liberalization by President Nicolas Maduro, according to sources.

(Trinidad Express) A man who allegedly raped and molested his child, and his wife who failed to report the alleged crimes, have been arrested.