Regional News

(Trinidad Guardian) In an un­usu­al feat, a now con­firmed tor­na­do touched down in parts of Wood­brook and In­vaders Bay this af­ter­noon, leav­ing be­hind a trail of de­struc­tion.

SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – Lawmakers who attended a crisis summit with Chilean President Sebastian Pinera’s ruling coalition called yesterday for reforms to tackle inequality in response to countrywide riots that sowed chaos in the South Ameri-can nation and led to 15 deaths and the arrest of more than 2,600 people.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – As Haiti entered a sixth week of violent anti-government protests over corruption and economic woes, Catholic leaders held a rare march yesterday calling for a resolution to the crisis that has paralyzed the country and sweeping political reform.

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A judge with the U.S. Court of International Trade has struck down the Trump administration’s 2017 revisions to a sugar trade pact with Mexico that limited imports of refined sugar into the United States, ruling that the changes were “unlawful.”

(Jamaica Observer) Eight-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt, along with Glenford Christian, founder and chairman of Cari-Med Group of Companies, will be bestowed with the 2019 International Humanitarian Award this Friday, October 25 in New York City.

(Trinidad Express) Danah Alleyne witnessed the autopsy of her companion Keone Paryag who was killed from a gunshot wound to the leg in a stand-off with police on Friday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Despite seven of 19 Jamaican police divisions being under a state of emergency (SOE), murders and shootings are still higher as at October 19 this year than for the corresponding period in 2018.

(Trinidad Guardian) Pas­tor Dave Neaves ap­peared in court yes­ter­day for al­leged­ly sex­u­al­ly as­sault­ing a 13-year-old girl.   Neaves, 46, of the Grace Wor­ship Cen­tre in Rio Claro, was grant­ed bail but on the con­di­tion that he has no con­tact with the girl.

(Jamaica Observer) They never got the chance to finish their last conversation due to a faulty phone.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Former Prime Minister P.J. Patterson has been discharged from hospital seven days after he was admitted with injuries received in a car accident at his Norbook, St Andrew home.

(Trinidad Guardian) A 14-year-old girl, who is be­lieved to be a vic­tim of hu­man traf­fick­ing, was among 22 fe­males de­tained at a ‘Se­cret Sun­day’ pool par­ty bust­ed by of­fi­cers of the Spe­cial Op­er­a­tions Re­sponse Team (SORT) af­ter mid­night on Sun­day.

(Trinidad Newsday) Princes Town MP Barry Padarath advised his political opponents to attack him if they wish, but not his baby daughter, giving Newsday his take on last Friday’s row in the Standing Committee of the House of Representatives.

(Trinidad Guardian) A Val­sayn busi­ness­man and his son who were both de­tained in a raid by po­lice of­fi­cers from the Spe­cial Op­er­a­tions Re­sponse Team(SORT) at La­dy Chan­cel­lor Heights, Port-of-Spain ear­ly this morn­ing are ex­pect­ed to be charged for the pos­ses­sion of a firearm and am­mu­ni­tion.

SANTIAGO,  (Reuters) – Thousands of Chileans poured into Santiago’s central squares yesterday to protest high living costs after a weekend of looting, arson and clashes with security forces killed 11 people and prompted President Sebastian Pinera to declare the country “at war” with vandals.

CULIACAN, Mexico, (Reuters) – Mexico jumped into action yesterday in the wake of a cartel assault that freed Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s son in a northern city, sending in special forces to patrol the town and asking U.S.

RIO DE JANEIRO/SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil has collected more 600 tonnes of oil from its northeastern beaches since Sept.

(Trinidad Express) Businessmen driving luxury cars were among the 20 men taken away from the “$500 a night” apartment complex where 22 females, some children, were found in a police raid shortly after midnight.

(Trinidad Newsday) A Chaguanas father is making a desperate plea to the public for any assistance that can help reduce the financial burdens he faces in his attempts to fund his daughter’s last few months in a US college.

(Jamaica Observer) Jamaica’s foremost ceremonial and protocol expert Merrick Needham yesterday added to the debate on whether or not American rapper Kanye West blundered in his use of the national emblems and symbols for profit, following his ‘Sunday Service’ pop-up concert at Emancipation Park in Kingston on Friday.

(Trinidad Guardian) A man from St James was on Sunday shot and killed with­in me­tres of the lo­ca­tion where his fa­ther met a sim­i­lar fate at the hands of the po­lice, a lit­tle over two years ago.