Regional News

(Trinidad Guardian) Businessman Ishwar Galbaransingh has died. Confirmation of his death came from his wife Cheryl yesterday afternoon.

(Trinidad Guardian) The ‘de Ware Tijd’ newspaper says it will not comply with a demand by President Chandrikapersad Santokhi to remove from its website, the photo on the cover of a book by a Dutch entrepreneur, Gerard van den Bergh, alleging corruption at the highest level in Suriname.

(Trinidad Express) Calypsonian Weston “Cro Cro” Rawlins defamed businessman Inshan Ishmael in one of his songs, and has been ordered to pay $250,000 in damages.

WASHINGTON/CARACAS,  (Reuters) – The U.S. will reinstate sanctions on Venezuela’s oil sector if the Venezuelan government does not lift its ban on a leading opposition candidate running for president later this year, a White House official said today.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Jamaican Bar Association (JAMBAR) says the Government should seriously consider a proposal by dancehall artiste Mr Vegas for a ban on pillion riders on motorcycles.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Jamaican Bar Association (JAMBAR) has reacted to public outcry over last week’s barring of media from the initial court appearance in the murder case of former Member of Parliament Jolyan Silvera.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Carlos Bolsonaro, a son of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, was targeted by federal police raids today in an investigation into suspected illegal spyingon political foes during his father’s term, two sources familiar with the matter said.

(Barbados Nation) With the radiotherapy machine at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) out of operation for several months, close to 100 cancer patients are on a waiting list to get the life-saving procedure in other countries.

(Reuters) – The U.S. is reviewing its sanctions policy against Venezuela after a court in that country upheld a ban preventing  presidential candidate Maria Corina Machado from holding office, the  U.S.

(Reuters) – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a loan worth $100 million to Paraguay to help the country improve its logistics performance and commercial integration, it said in a statement.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Brydens Group’s regional distribution centre is poised to play a key role in adding to the domestic economy as it will occupy just over 24 acres or approximately 36 per cent of eTeck’s Factory Road Industrial Park with an initial investment value of US$29 million during phase one of development.

 (Reuters) – The United States is reviewing its sanctions policy against Venezuela after a court upheld a ban which prevents presidential candidate Maria Corina Machado from holding office, the State Department said today.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Media Association Jamaica (MAJ) Limited has joined the Press Association of Jamaica in calling for restoration of media attendance at the court case involving murder accused Jolyan Silvera.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s Supreme Justice Tribunal yesterday upheld a ban which prevents presidential candidate Maria Corina Machado from holding office, upending the opposition’s plans for elections planned later this year.

NAIROBI, (Reuters) – A Kenyan court yesterday rejected a plan to send police officers to Haiti to lead a U.N.-approved

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombia recalled its ambassador to Argentina for consultations yesterday, after Argentine President Javier Milei called his Colombian counterpart Gustavo Petro a “communist murderer.”

QUITO, (Reuters) – Ecuador’s top court has blocked nine questions that President Daniel Noboa wanted to put to Ecuadoreans in a referendum on security issues, arguing they failed to meet constitutional requirements, it said yesterday.

NAIROBI,  (Reuters) – A Kenyan court today ruled a plan to send police officers to Haiti to lead a U.N.-approved

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – A Brazilian federal judge ruled that miners Vale VALE3.SA

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s Abin spy agency allegedly conducted illegal surveillance on at least three Supreme Court Justices and a former Lower House speaker during Jair Bolsonaro’s presidency, according to Supreme Court documents unsealed yesterday.