Regional News

(Jamaica Gleaner) The police have released the identities of the four men who died in a collision involving two cars on the Rock main road in Trelawny early yesterday morning.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Huge crowds filled the Mexican capital’s main square on Sunday, turning out to support the nation’s electoral body ahead of the upcoming presidential vote and taking aim at current President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s efforts to consolidate its power.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The police shot and killed a man who reportedly fired at them after he was confronted about his presence outside the lock-up at the Hunts Bay police station in St Andrew last night.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A 15-year-old boy from St Ann has been charged with the alleged rape of a six-year-old girl at a daycare facility in the parish last month.

(Trinidad Guardian) Between 2015 and 2023, T&T had more than 876 confirmed oil spills and chemical releases, according to statistics from the Environmental Management Authority (EMA).

(Trinidad Guardian) Four trade unions have condemned the Salaries Review Commission’s (SRC) proposed salary increase for Government officials.

KINGSTOWN,  (Reuters) – The top court in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines dismissed a challenge to anti-gay laws dating to British colonial rule on Friday, leaving the Caribbean country among a handful that still prescribes harsh criminal penalties against gays and lesbians.

(Trinidad Express) Three people were shot and killed by police in Tunapuna yesterday morning while one of them was on an Instagram Live video.

(Trinidad Guardian) As clean-up efforts continue across southwest Tobago, fisherfolk are warning customers that fish prices will go up.

(Trinidad Express) 31-Year-old Luka Goring was last night shot and killed while inside a Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) restaurant in Gasparillo.

MONTEVIDEO, (Reuters) – Uruguay’s main port received two cargo scanners sixteen years ago to detect drugs and other suspicious loads.

KINGSTOWN,  (Reuters) – The top court in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines dismissed a challenge to anti-gay laws dating to British colonial rule on Friday, leaving the Caribbean country among a handful that still prescribes harsh criminal penalties against gays and lesbians.

(Trinidad Guardian) As clean-up efforts continue across southwest Tobago, fisherfolk are warning customers that fish prices will go up.

SCARBOROUGH, Tobago,  (Reuters) – Nine days after a slick was first spotted by Trinidad and Tobago’s Coast Guard, an oil leak from a capsized barge remains unplugged, according to first responders and authorities, prompting nations across the Caribbean to coordinate a response.

(Trinidad Express) Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has volunteered his country’s resources to help mitigate the oil spill impacting Tobago’s southwestern coast as the toxic slick continues to float towards neighbouring territories.

(Trinidad Guardian) Minister of Works and Transport Rohan Sinanan is denying allegations that the Government has been withholding critical information from the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) regarding the Tobago oil spill.

(Trinidad Guardian) Grenada has contacted the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency and other partners, as possible oil from the Tobago oil spill has entered their marine area of responsibility.

PORT OF SPAIN,  (Reuters) – An oil spill that has stained Tobago’s coastline in the Caribbean is entering into Grenada’s waters and could impact neighbouring Venezuela, Tobago’s Chief Secretary Farley Augustine told Reuters yesterday.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela’s government has asked staff from the United Nations’ human rights body to leave the country within three days, saying it will conduct a revision of its cooperation with the organization, with the UN saying it would evaluate next steps.

PORT OF SPAIN,  (Reuters) – An oil spill that has stained Tobago’s coastline in the Caribbean is entering into Grenada’s waters and could impact neighbouring Venezuela, Tobago’s Chief Secretary Farley Augustine told Reuters today.