Regional News

(Trinidad Guardian) There is an es­ti­mat­ed back­log of 20,000 peo­ple in T&T re­quir­ing ac­tion on their agri­cul­tur­al State land leas­es – and Cab­i­net has been put on no­tice to deal with 400 ap­pli­ca­tions next Thurs­day.

MEDELLIN, Colombia,  (Reuters) – Members of the Organization of American States (OAS) ended two days of meetings yesterday without a clear plan for increasing pressure on embattled Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, despite a majority vote to recognize a representative from the country’s opposition.

(Trinidad Express) A Jamaican national who went mining for gold in Guyana and then came to this country to sell it to jewellery stores in Port of Spain, only to later break into the business places and steal the jewellery claiming he was underpaid for his “hard work” has been sentenced to four years’ imprisonment.

(Jamaica Observer) An additional 44 foreigners living in Jamaica were today granted citizenship by the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA).

LIMA,  (Reuters) – Indigenous groups in Peru are turning to the courts with a new legal strategy for keeping mining and oil projects off their lands, racking up victories that could make it harder for companies to secure permits in the Andean country, a major minerals producer.

(Trinidad Express) For the second time in just over one month and the third time in two years, a Claxton Bay man has been awarded compensation by the court for wrongful arrest and malicious prosecution.

(Barbados Nation) MISSING WITHOUT a trace. That seems to be the situation surrounding Monday’s disappearance of American visitors Magdalena Devil, 25, and Oscar Suarez, 32, who went missing at sea after renting a jet ski at Holetown, St James, for a half-hour ride.

(Trinidad Express) One of the arguments offered by anti-migrant proponents is that the 14,000 -plus Venezuelans registered to live and work in Trinidad and Tobago for one year, will take the jobs of locals.

(Jamaica Observer) MONTEGO BAY, St James — England McCrane, the woman who is accused of being a ‘quack doctor’ and has been in custody for the past six months, wept openly in court Monday.

(Jamaica Observer) A FILM based on the life of pioneer Jamaican nurse Mary Seacole is in the works, according to Variety Magazine.

The University of the West Indies (UWI) has announced the establishment of a new campus of the university in Antigua and Barbuda.

(Trinidad Guardian) To­ba­go Po­lice are cur­rent­ly in­ves­ti­gat­ing a video of a group of boys dressed in the uni­form of Sig­nal Hill Sec­ondary School pass­ing around what ap­peared to be a firearm.

(Trinidad Newsday) Members of the 2019 National Culinary Team, who took part in the Taste of the Caribbean competition in Miami which ended on Tuesday, took away gold, silver and bronze medals in individual categories.

(Jamaica Observer) Senior defence attorney Bert Samuels says the four Jamaican fishermen who have brought a case against the United States Coast Guard alleging egregious mistreatment and human rights violations in 2017 could have a case against their own Government.

(Jamaica Gleaner) An alleged quack doctor who reportedly fleeced several residents of western Jamaica out of hundreds of thousands of dollars under the guise that they were being treated by a certified physician will know today whether she will be granted bail.

(Trinidad Express) A six-year-old boy was stung by a scorpion while at school on Monday.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s Congress threw out part of a decree by President Jair Bolsonaro giving say over indigenous land claims to the Agriculture Ministry, further undermining the right-wing president’s agenda to empower rural farmers in disputes over land.

GUATEMALA CITY,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security will deploy up to 89 agents to Guatemala by the end of August under a joint agreement to curb illegal immigration and strengthen border security, according to an official document seen by Reuters on Tuesday.

(Trinidad Express) Minister Dr Keith Rowley’s ‘wajang’ behaviour places Trinidad and Tobago at risk if United States President Donald Trump pulls support to the Caribbean basin programme says Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The US Coast Guard Cutter Confidence on which the five Jamaican fishermen were detained pending the Jamaican Government’s response to a request to prosecute the men.