Regional News

(Trinidad Guardian) More than a million people were without electricity from just before 1 pm yesterday up to late last night, as Trinidad was hit by an islandwide power outage.

(Trinidad Guardian) Public Utilities Minister Marvin Gonzales has confirmed to Guardian Media that all power plants in Trinidad are currently down.

(Trinidad Express) Republic Bank Ltd has terminated its contentious return-to-work Covid-19 policy for ­unvaccinated workers.

(Trinidad Guardian) Homicide officers investigating the murder of Private Jamal Blake, 26, received information that Blake’s life was threatened on numerous occasions.

(Trinidad Guardian) Following increased gang warfare last October and November, three security agencies are populating a gang database, “acquiring associates of gangs”, identifying people of interest and seizing firearms and narcotics.

(Trinidad Guardian) A 26-year-old man from Santa Cruz who was shot while liming at a bar at Bourg Mulatresse died at hospital.

KINGSTON, (Reuters) – A trial of dozens of alleged gang members in Jamaica is testing recent judicial reforms designed to fight the island’s powerful criminal groups, widely blamed for the Caribbean nation having one of the world’s highest murder rates.

NEW YORK, 4 (Reuters) – Oil prices surged over 2% on Monday to their highest in more than seven years as Ukraine’s president declared a “day of unity” for Feb.

CARICOM today called for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity to be respected.

 (Trinidad Express) Wealthy businesspeople are grooming police officers for favours, says acting Police Commissioner McDonald Jacob.

(Trinidad Guardian) Police have charged one man with the murder of security guard Andy Hosein during a jewellery store robbery last week.

(Trinidad Express) The Central Bank and CLICO are claiming that two former exec¬u¬tive directors of CL Financial (CLF) operated or procured the ope¬ration of two types of Ponzi schemes in the group, which collapsed in January 2009, posing a danger of disruption to the financial system of Trinidad and Tobago.

(Trinidad Guardian) Chaguanas Mayor Faaiq Mohammed has hit back at Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley on his claims about a high demand for Venezuelan prostitutes in Chaguanas, saying it was based on a report that shows no real investigation or information based upon sound research.

PUERTO ORDAZ, Venezuela, (Reuters) – A birthday party held on a mountain sacred to indigenous Venezuelans has generated outrage over damage to the area in an episode critics see as entitled excess playing out amid Venezuela’s prolonged economic collapse.

MANAGUA, (Reuters) – Retired Nicaraguan general Hugo Torres, a former revolutionary comrade of President Daniel Ortega later considered a political prisoner by the opposition, died yesterday in a Managua prison aged 73, his political party and local media said.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – The U.S. government yesterday expressed concern over continued violence against journalists in Mexico, two days after the latest killing of a reporter.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Brazil recorded the most deforestation ever in the Amazon rainforest for the month of January, according to government data yesterday, as destruction continues to worsen despite the government’s recent pledges to bring it under control.

SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – Chile will begin to phase out the use of plastic cups, straws, takeout containers, forks, spoons and knives at restaurants and other dining establishments as a new law regulating single-use plastics enters into force tomorrow.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – A group of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s allies allegedly is coordinating a disinformation campaign and targeting of his political rivals ahead of the Oct.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil recorded the most deforestation ever in the Amazon rainforest for the month of January, according to government data on Friday, as destruction continues to worsen despite the government’s recent pledges to bring it under control.