(Trinidad Express) Some businesses are breathing a sigh of relief following the Prime Minister’s announcement that the Government will not seek a third extension of the state of emergency (SoE).
(Trinidad Guardian) A 33-year-old man ran amok in New Grant last night, hacking to death two members of his family and wounding two others, including a pensioner.
(Jamaican Observer) The way has now been cleared for baby Ariah Turner to lead a normal life.
(Trinidad Express) The Ministry of Health advises that the World Health Organization (WHO) has granted Emergency Use Listing (EUL) approval for the Bharat BBV152 Covaxin COVID-19 Vaccine.
(Trinidad Express) – From this week elderly and immunocompromised people in Trinidad and Tobago who have already been vaccinated against Covid-19 would be able to access an additional dose of the vaccine to further protect them against the virus.
(Reuters) – Costa Rican children aged five and up must get COVID-19 vaccinations, according to a new health ministry mandate, making the Central American country one of the first to adopt such a requirement for kids.
(Reuters) – The Biden administration is prepared to impose further sanctions and ratchet up diplomatic pressure on Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega’s government following elections set for this Sunday, senior U.S.
(Jamaica Observer) A father charged in connection with the death of his seven-year-old daughter attended the thanksgiving service held for her on the outskirts of this town on Wednesday and delivered a tribute.
(Barbados Nation) Barbadians may soon have shorter curfew hours. Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley said yesterday she was “close to extending the curfew” but the decision depended on the outcome of discussion being held with the medical authorities on the point at which this should be done.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The application brought by a senior data specialist who is seeking an injunction to bar his employer, Digicel Jamaica Limited, from implementing a mandatory COVID-19 vaccinate-or-test policy has been set for hearing on November 17.
(Trinidad Express) There is now some light at the end of the tunnel.
(Trinidad Express) A 34-year-old man was shot dead in Port of Spain on Wednesday afternoon.
(Trinidad Express) After spending almost a week in the Intensive Care Unit at the Arima Hospital being treated for Covid-19, former district medical officer Dr Vinod Mahabir died yesterday (Wednesday) morning.
(Jamaica Observer) Dancehall entertainer Popcaan was slapped with a $10,000 fine after pleading guilty to several road traffic violations in the Yallahs Traffic Court in St Thomas yesterday.
(Trinidad Guardian) The government of Belize has sued Trinidad and Tobago for allegedly failing to apply a 40 per cent Common External Tariff (CET) on 3,000 tonnes of brown sugar imported from Guatemala and Honduras in 2019.
(Trinidad Guardian) The body of Jeneka Guerra was found in a shallow grave in Santa Barbara, Maracas St Joseph.
SAO PAULO/GLASGOW, (Reuters) – Of the more than 100 countries that committed to ending deforestation by 2030 in Glasgow this week, one country was particularly welcome: Brazil.
GLASGOW, (Reuters) – Brazil’s Mines and Energy Minister Bento Albuquerque said yesterday that the water shortage driving a crisis for the country’s hydroelectric dams, which many observers link to climate change, had improved after recent rains.
GLASGOW, (Reuters) – Colombia will designate a further 16 million hectares (39.5 million acres) of its maritime areas as protected next year, eight years earlier than planned, President Ivan Duque said yesterday at the global COP26 climate conference Climate summit sees new pledges on cutting methane, saving forests in Glasgow.
(Trinidad Express) – A man was almost beheaded and a woman in critical condition after a man attacked them with a cutlass in South Oropouche on Monday.
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