Regional News

(Trinidad Express) Skeletal remains, suspected to be that of an 18-year-old woman, were found yesterday in Valsayn.

NAIROBI,  (Reuters) – Kenya has said its police officers will soon be in Haiti to confront rampaging gangs controlling the capital, but worsening insecurity and uncertainty about financing are casting doubt on the mission’s prospects.

SAN JOSE DEL GUAVIARE, Colombia  (Reuters) – It will be difficult for the Estado Mayor Central (EMC) armed group to sign a peace deal with the Colombian government before President Gustavo Petro finishes his term in 2026, despite trust between the two sides, a major leader of the EMC told Reuters on the sidelines of peace talks.

PORT-AU-PRINCE/KINGSTON, Jamaica, (Reuters) – Haiti’s unelected prime minister, Ariel Henry, will step down once a transition council and temporary replacement have been appointed, he said yesterday, after leading the Caribbean country since the 2021 assassination of its last president.

(Trinidad Express) Gunmen in uniforms resembling police tactical wear shot and killed four gardeners in a camp in Mayaro in the early hours of yesterday.

 (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Jamaica today to attend a Caribbean Community (CARICOM) meeting on Haiti where a collapse in security and a humanitarian crisis in the Caribbean nation has unfolded, the State Department said.

(Trinidad Guardian)  A Siparia community is in mourning after well-known attorney Everald Davidson died after a car knocked him down as he exercised in his neighbourhood on Saturday evening.

(Trinidad Express) Death was instantaneous for a 46-year-old La Romaine mechanic when he was shot while sitting in his Range Rover yesterday afternoon.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. military said today it has carried out an operation in Haiti to airlift non-essential embassy personnel from the country and added U.S.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s attorney general yesterday announced the arrest of a regional campaign leader for opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, citing alleged conspiracy, among other crimes.

(Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Kenyan President William Ruto about the Haiti crisis and the two men underscored their commitment to a multinational security mission to restore order, the State Department said yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) The highly anticipated annual Tobago Jazz Experience will not be making a return in 2024, as the Tobago House of Assembly has decided to scrap it due to its “unsustainability”.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernandez was found guilty yesterday of drug trafficking conspiracy by a U.S.

(Reuters) – A U.S. court found the former premier of the British Virgin Islands guilty on charges of drug trafficking, according to court documents published yesterday, a month after the original verdict following an unusual delay in which two jurors voiced doubts.

(Trinidad Express) When her killer ended 79-year-old Viscella Richards’ life, Trinidad and Tobago lost an actor who decades ago had shone on international silver screens in the late ’60s and early ’70s.

(Trinidad Guardian) A legendary rock and nation-builder has passed on.   Distinguished former diplomat and head of the public service, John Reginald Dumas, passed away last night (Thursday), after being hospitalised in recent weeks.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – Haiti’s government yesterday said it would extend a state of emergency around Port-au-Prince for another month as gang violence that has threatened to bring down the government and led thousands to flee their homes appeared to show no sign of abating.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States yesterday accused the Venezuelan government of failing to deliver on some of its key commitments that resulted in U.S.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – Haiti’s government today said it would extend a state of emergency in its Ouest Department, the seat of the capital Port-au-Prince, for another month after an escalation in violence from gangs seeking to oust the prime minister while he remains abroad.

(Trinidad Guardian) An autopsy is expected to be carried out today on the body of a Valsayn woman who was found dead in her home on Wednesday.