Regional News

(Trinidad Express) Police have no motive for the murder of Special Reserve Police officer Jerome Bleasdel.

(Trinidad Guardian) Trade Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon has heaped praise on local manufacturer SM Jaleel for contributing to T&T’s exports over the 100 years of its existence.

(Trinidad Express) Mother of two Laura Sankar has been murdered. Sankar, 34, was chopped to death at the family home near Princes Town on Saturday night.

(Reuters) – Venezuela has canceled the passports of dozens of journalists and activists since President Nicolas Maduro claimed a re-election victory, part of what rights groups say is an intensifying campaign of repression against the authoritarian president’s opponents, the Financial Times reported on Saturday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Two men were gunned down hours apart in Diego Martin on Friday.

(Trinidad Guardian) For 14 agonising and terrifying hours, 12-year-old Princemerci Burke remained at the hands of his kidnapper in a forested area in the hills of Dibe, Long Circular, St James, on Friday, praying for his safe release.

(Trinidad Express) Mother of two Laura Sankar has been murdered. Sankar, 34, was chopped to death at the family home near Princes Town on Saturday night.

(Trinidad Guardian) Police are investigating another kidnapping, which reportedly was carried out by men dressed as police officers. 

(Reuters) – Venezuela has canceled the passports of dozens of journalists and activists since President Nicolas Maduro claimed a re-election victory, part of what rights groups say is an intensifying campaign of repression against the authoritarian president’s opponents, the Financial Times reported yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Minister of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs, Dr Amery Browne, has joined the list of countries and prominent individuals condemning the Dominican Republic’s mass deportation of Haitians.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Farmers of coffee in Jamaica’s high mountains have witnessed a two-thirds dip in production from pre-pandemic levels.

(Trinidad Guardian) National Security Minister Fitzgerald Hinds has admitted that more than 60 per cent of the vehicle fleet of the T&T Police Service (TTPS) either needs repairs or will have to be written off.

(Trinidad Guardian) Rishi Motilal has appeared in court charged with the murder of his estranged common-law wife and his 14-month-old baby.

(Trinidad Express) Two police officers have made their appearances in court after being charged for the murder of Central businessman Sachel Kungebeharry. 

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Six transplant patients tested positive for HIV after receiving infected organs from the Rio de Janeiro organ donation service, state officials said yesterday.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said today it made “no sense” for the U.S.

NAIROBI,  (Reuters) – Kenya will send 600 more police officers to Haiti next month to bolster an international anti-gang mission, President William Ruto said today during a visit by the Haitian prime minister intended to speed up deployments to the force.

PARIS, (Reuters) – France announced today new curfew measures to try and quell civil unrest on its Caribbean island of Martinique, which has been hit by violent protests over the last month due to anger over rising living costs.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has defended the $50 million allocation to the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) for entertainment and functions.

SAINT-MARC, Haiti, (Reuters) – Armed men launched fresh attacks on the Haitian town of Arcahaie, local media reported on Wednesday, as families mourned the growing list of victims of a massacre days earlier in an agricultural town some 60 km (37 miles) to the north.