Regional News

A powerful 5.7 earthquake was felt in sections of Trinidad and Tobago and as far north as St Vincent and the Grenadines yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) A prison officer narrowly escaped being shot and killed at his Foster Road, Sangre Grande home on Friday night.

(Trinidad Guardian) A prison officer narrowly escaped being shot and killed at his Foster Road, Sangre Grande home on Friday night.

(Trinidad Guardian) Education Minister Anthony Garcia is not totally surprised at reports the University of T&T (UTT) is facing financial constraints and will not be able to operate beyond January 2018.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelans heaving under an unprecedented economic meltdown know little about the finer points of foreign debt negotiations, but long for anything that would put more food on their plate and slow the world’s highest inflation.

(Trinidad Guardian) Four Guyanese nationals were arrested on Thursday in connection with robbing a police officer.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s cash-strapped government invited creditors to a Nov.

BUENOS AIRES,  (Reuters) – Amado Boudou, who had been former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez’s economy minister and vice president, was arrested on corruption charges yesterday, becoming the second major official in her government to face detention.

(Trinidad Guardian) One day after being stripped of her title, Yvonne Clarke was reinstated to represent T&T at the November 26 Miss Universe pageant in Las Vegas.

(Trinidad Guardian) One day after being stripped of her title, Yvonne Clarke was reinstated to represent T&T at the November 26 Miss Universe pageant in Las Vegas.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello criticized the work of the U.S.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump yesterday agreed to expand the use of disaster aid to rebuild Puerto Rico’s power grid and other infrastructure wrecked by Hurricane Maria, a senior White House official told Reuters.

(Jamaica Observer) Minister of Education, Youth and Information Senator Ruel Reid indicated yesterday that the Government is currently seeking to procure closed circuit television (CCTV) systems for secondary schools.

QUITO,  (Reuters) – Ecuador’s ruling Country Alliance party, founded by former president Rafael Correa over a decade ago, has removed President Lenin Moreno as its head, citing “repeated failures” in leadership, as a schism between the former allies deepens.

(Trinidad Guardian) This country’s Miss Universe T&T pageant first runner-up Martrecia Alleyne is now being considered to replace stripped delegate Yvonne Clarke.

UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – The United Nations General Assembly yesterday adopted a resolution calling for an end to the U.S.

LIMA, (Reuters) – Indigenous villagers ended a 43-day protest that had halted production in Peru’s largest oil block after signing a deal with the government, tribal leaders and officials said on Tuesday.

(Trinidad Guardian) This country’s Miss Universe T&T pageant first runner-up Martrecia Alleyne is now being considered to replace stripped delegate Yvonne Clarke.

An international assessment has determined that Hurricane Maria inflicted around US1.3B worth of damage on Dominica in September.

The Government of India has contributed US$1M in support of various reconstruction projects in Antigua and Barbuda following Hurricane Irma.