Regional News

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – Colombia’s security forces yesterday killed a leading member of the so-called FARC dissidents in the south west of the Andean country, during an operation in Cauca province, President Ivan Duque said.

(Barbados Nation) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley yesterday announced her new Cabinet that featured shifts and new faces.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – Haiti was struck by a 5.3 magnitude earthquake and a series of smaller tremors today that killed one person and led panicked residents of the Caribbean nation’s southern peninsula to flood into the streets.

TEGUCIGALPA,  (Reuters) – Honduran lawmakers in rival alliances backed two different people as congressional president yesterday amid disputes between President-elect Xiomara Castro and dissident members of her party, warning of a new political crisis in the poverty-stricken Central American nation.

(Trinidad Express) The Judith Jones-led Police Service Com-mission (PolSC) has released the letter of complaint written by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley against then-police commissioner Gary Griffith in September 2020.

(Trinidad Express) Sergeant Lisa Felix has died after testing positive for Covid-19.

(Trinidad Guardian) A leading regional executive, who has been embroiled in the ongoing tiff between the business communities of Guyana and T&T, believes the situation, while it is unfortunate, provides a good opportunity to address all outstanding differences between the two countries.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – The Haitian judge overseeing the investigation into the July assassination of President Jovenel Moise said in a letter on Friday he had withdrawn from the case, deepening the disarray in an ongoing probe of the brazen crime.

(Trinidad Guardian) In 2021, the Financial Investigations Branch (FIB) charged four people with money laundering with a cumulative value of TT $30,747,417 and it’s anticipated that this year, more people will face similar charges.

LIMA,  (Reuters) – Spanish energy firm Repsol said yesterday a clear-up operation for a major oil spill on the coast near Peru’s capital Lima would take until the end of February, in an environmental incident declared a ‘catastrophe’ by the government.

(Trinidad Guardian) Days after she was subjected to fierce criticisms for her comments on poverty in T&T, Jeanine Brandt, this country’s delegate at the Miss World 2021 pageant, has been named among 40 semi-finalists who will go to Puerto Rico from March 13 to 18, to compete in the next round of the competition.

PARIS, (Reuters) – One police officer was injured and police faced gunfire during a night of civil unrest over COVID-19 restrictions in Guadeloupe, a French overseas territory in the Caribbean, the island’s local authority said on Friday.

(Barbados Nation) Moments after being sworn in for a second time as Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Amor Mottley said she would spend this weekend fine-tuning a new Cabinet.

(Trinidad Guardian) Three people were murdered and two others injured in separate incidents within the space of 17 hours in Pleasantville and Erin.

(Trinidad Express) Police responded to a double homicide at Pleasantville, near San Fernando on Wednesday night.

(Trinidad Express) Carnival 2022 is happening. Even if it is just a “taste” that will allow only certain events, and no fetes.

(Barbados Nation) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley created history once again with a second consecutive 30-0 victory at the polls.

(Trinidad Express) The Chinese contractor building the Central Block of the Port of Spain General Hospital has threatened to terminate the contract with the Government.

(Trinidad Guardian) A “technical issue” forced a Caribbean Airlines flight to be diverted to Norfolk, Virginia, in the United States yesterday.

(Reuters) – Preliminary results trickled in late yesterday from the first general election Barbados has held since becoming a republic last year, with initial returns strongly favouring the Barbados Labor Party (BLP) of Prime Minister Mia Mottley.