Regional News

(Trinidad Guardian) Twenty-year-old Abdullah Hassim studied relentlessly to make his parents proud.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Media Association of T&T (MATT) has spoken out again Trinidad-born US-based rapper Nicki Minaj for her attacks on local reporter Sharlene Rampersad on social media.

(Trinidad Guardian) A family dispute is believed to be the motive behind the murder of a Claxton Bay mother and her 21-year-old daughter who were both shot in the head on Friday.

(Trinidad Guardian) – Industrial Court president Deborah Thomas-Felix has stated that mandatory vaccinations cannot be implemented unilaterally by employers.

(Trinidad Express) – A Barrackpore family is in mourning after two of their relatives died 24 hours apart.

(Trinidad Express) – A mother and daughter were shot and killed at their home on Friday evening.

(Trinidad Express) A mother and daughter were shot and killed at their home on Friday evening.

(Trinidad Guardian) Trinidad-born US-based rapper Nicki Minaj has doxxed local reporter Sharlene Rampersad for trying to locate and interview her cousin and his friend, who were referenced in a viral tweet early this week.

CIUDAD ACUÑA, Mexico,  (Reuters) – Haitians made up most of the over 10,000 migrants sleeping on the ground and desperate for food in a squalid camp under a bridge in southern Texas yesterday, in a growing humanitarian and political challenge for U.S.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexico’s government said yesterday it would only discuss a possible shake-up of the Organization of American States (OAS) at a weekend summit if the issue is put on the table, tempering expectations for a more aggressive review of the body.

(Trinidad Guardian) The ongoing furore of United States rapper Nicki Minaj’s claim that a COVID-19 vaccine caused impotence in a Trinidadian man took centre stage on the Daily Show with Trevor Noah last night, featuring CNC3’s Jason Williams and Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh.

(Trinidad Guardian) A new scandal has emerged at the state-owned National Gas Company Ltd, this time the cost to taxpayers is almost TT$200 million and the company has said it has learned its lesson from the débâcle.

(Reuters) – The European Parliament called yesterday on the 27-nation bloc to impose sanctions on those responsible for human rights violations in Cuba after a wave of detentions following anti-government protests on the island in July.

NASSAU, (Reuters) – Bahamian Prime Minister Hubert Minnis yesterday conceded defeat in the general elections on the Atlantic island chain reeling from a surge in COVID-19 cases and slump in the tourism-dependent economy due to the pandemic.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela’s judicial system has perpetuated human rights violations as part of a state policy to quash opposition to the government of President Nicolas Maduro, a group of United Nations investigators said yesterday.

(Jamaica Observer) Floyd Green’s meteoric rise in Government came to a halt yesterday following a Moët Champagne party on Tuesday that left thousands of citizens outraged.

(Trinidad Express) “If the Delta variant gets a hold in the community, I could only say heaven help us.”

(Trinidad Express) The two men convicted of brutally murdering six-year-old Sean Luke back in 2006 were last evening ordered to serve terms of imprisonment for the killing.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  (Reuters) – Trinidad and Tobago Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh yesterday criticized as “false” the claim by American rapper Nicki Minaj that a person on the Caribbean island suffered swollen testicles after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Fresh turmoil hit Haiti’s government yesterday as a senior official stepped down saying he could not serve a premier under suspicion in the assassination of President Jovenel Moise and refusing to cooperate in the investigation.