Regional News

(Trinidad Guardian) Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh has revealed that the country’s vaccination programme has stalled.

GUAYAQUIL, (Reuters) – At least 68 prisoners were killed and more than two dozen injured in overnight violence at Ecuador’s Penitenciaria del Litoral prison, the government said yesterday, in what officials characterize as fights among rival gangs.

(Trinidad Express) – The Ministry of Health is negotiating with the manufacturers/suppliers of the new potentially life-saving Covid treatment antiviral drugs with a view to procuring them in the fight against the pandemic, if and when they are approved by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

(Trinidad Express) – Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has announced that the State of Emergency will be lifted on Wednesday.

(Trinidad Express) – Kedar Ramsingh appeared virtually in court yesterday charged with the murder of Premnath Maraj and wounding his sister with intent.

(Reuters) – A group of Haitian gangs will temporarily lift a blockade of fuel terminals to allow for gasoline distribution after weeks of crippling shortages, a gang leader said yesterday, adding that they continue to demand that the prime minister step down.

QUITO, (Reuters) – Ecuador’s Attorney General’s Office said yesterday that through a local court it had frozen the bank accounts of many business leaders and former government officials, including former President Rafael Correa and members of his administration, who were sentenced last year for breaking campaign finance laws.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s Supreme Court yesterday suspended a government order that prevented companies from requiring employees to provide proof that they have been vaccinated against COVID-19 and stopped dismissals of those not immunized.

GLASGOW,  (Reuters) – Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest rose in October from a year ago, satellite data showed today, undercutting vows by the government of President Jair Bolsonaro that it is curbing destruction of a crucial bulwark against climate change.

 (Trinidad Express) The relatives of a 31-year-old father of twin toddler boys said they tried their best to get him on the right path but in the end they believed that his poor attitude cost him his life.

(Trinidad Guardian) Two men were killed in Arima on Wednesday night.

(Trinidad Guardian) Twelve deaths in the last 24-hour reporting period have pushed the nation’s COVID-19 death toll to 1,806.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Alex Saab, a Colombian businessman close to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro who was extradited to Miami last month on U.S.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Cuba’s foreign minister yesterday said the United States was behind protests over human and civil rights planned for Nov.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden yesterday signed into law a bill calling for more sanctions and other punitive measures against the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, who extended his grip on power in an election that Washington denounced as a sham.

(Barbados Nation) The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) is to determine whether a man can be charged with raping another man in Barbados, as Crown lawyers contend that Section (3) of the Sexual Offences Act is gender-neutral.

(Trinidad Guardian) Kezia Janeka Guerra died from multiple stab and chop wounds.

SAN JOSE, (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s efforts to tackle migration from Central America by promoting the rule of law took a hit with the contentious re-election of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, the clearest example yet of the region’s democratic drift.

(Trinidad Guardian) Chaguanas businessman Kartikay Ramsundar was rescued yesterday by officers of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit (AKU), Special Operations Response Team (SORT) and Inter-Agency Task Force.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s lower house of Congress approved a constitutional amendment yesterday that would allow far-right President Jair Bolsonaro to spend an additional 92 billion reais ($16.5 billion) next year to ramp up welfare spending ahead of elections.