Regional News

(Trinidad Guardian) A man who was part of a couple kidnapped from their farm in Piarco and for whom a $2 million ransom was made, has escaped his kidnappers.

(Trinidad Express) Energy Minister and Port of Spain North/St Ann’s West MP Stuart Young says fireworks should not be sold to members of the public, and are a waste of foreign exchange.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – At least six people died and nine were seriously injured when a wall of rock collapsed on top of motor boats below a waterfall in southeastern Brazil yesterday, the local fire department said.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombian Victor Escobar became the first person in the Andean country with a non-terminal illness to die by legally regulated euthanasia late on Friday, his lawyer Luis Giraldo confirmed.

 (Reuters) – Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd has paused some of its cruise operations amid rising numbers of COVID-19 infections due to the Omicron variant.

 (Trinidad Express) Homicide detectives have charged a third man in connection with a 2020 quadruple homicide.

(Trinidad Guardian) Trinidad and Tobago has crossed 3,000 COVID-19 fatalities since the start of the pandemic with over 1,000 deaths reported in the last 45 days.

(Trinidad Express) A three-year feud between neighbours in La Romaine is said to have led to the killing of a man and the burning-down of a house on Tuesday night.

(Trinidad Guardian) Another police officer has succumbed to COVID-19.   In a statement, the TTPS said PC Saied Ali passed away on Wednesday.

LIMA,  (Reuters) – Peru’s attorney general opened a preliminary investigation against leftist president Pedro Castillo on Monday on allegations of collusion and influence peddling in cases related to government public works contracts.

(Trinidad Guardian) Police Constable Shelford Kinsale and Police Constable Anthony Mohammed both tested positive for COVID-19 and subsequently passed away.

(Trinidad Express) Two homes in Maraval which are occupied by businessman Adrian Scoon were searched yesterday by officers of the Western Division.

(Trinidad Guardian) Twenty-seven year old Ceyon Nicholas of Simon Road, Carapo, has been charged with the murders of Richie Richard Ragoo and Emmanuel Nyron Phillip and the attempted murder of another man.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said he was discharged from hospital yesterday morning, two days after being admitted with an intestinal obstruction.

(Reuters) – U.S. authorities yesterday charged a Colombian man with conspiracy to commit murder or kidnapping outside the United States in connection with the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise, the first official charges in the brazen crime.

(Trinidad Express) Eleven North Eastern Division Task Force officers were detained yesterday after a Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS)-issued Galil rifle went missing over the Christmas period.

(Trinidad Express) Sixty-seven people, including members of the Defence Force and the Coast Guard, were detained yesterday morning on a boat in the waters off Carenage.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – Gunmen unsuccessfully attempted to assassinate Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry during an event on Saturday commemorating the Caribbean country’s independence, his office said in a statement.

(Trinidad Guardian) Two years after they were arrested for having in their possession an AK-47 high-powered rifle, 75-year-old Roy Mahabir and his daughter-in-law Sharlene Lawrence, 28, were gunned down on Sunday night.

SAO PAULO/BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was hospitalized yesterday with an intestinal blockage and may need to undergo surgery in the latest complication from a 2018 stabbing.