Regional News

(Trinidad Guardian) The batch of drugs stolen from St James Medical Health Facility has been valued at $2.5 million and it includes one that is used to treat critically ill COVID-19 patients.

(Trinidad Express) China’s Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago Fang Qiu has made a major announcement on social media.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Highly-trained Colombian soldiers left at a loose end after retirement have frequently been tempted by opportunities to ply their trade abroad as private military contractors from Iraq to Yemen, military officials and experts said yesterday.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador yesterday shrugged off a video showing one of his younger brothers receiving cash from a political operator, saying it was part of a smear campaign by adversaries to discredit him.

(Trinidad Guardian) Seven more people have lost their lives to COVID-19 in this country, moving the national death toll up to 930, according to the latest update from the Ministry of Health.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Couva Point Lisas Chamber of Commerce (CPLCC) is appealing to landlords to give commercial tenants a chance.

(Trinidad Guardian) Police seized six high-powered rifles in Curepe yesterday afternoon.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuba said yesterday its two-shot Soberana 2 vaccine, delivered with a booster called Soberana Plus, had proven 91.2% effective in late stage clinical trials against the coronavirus, following similar news about its Abdala vaccine.

(Trinidad Guardian) The stepson of murdered reputed gang leader Selwyn “Robocop” Alexis was gunned down in Enterprise, Chaguanas, on Wednesday night.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Drama erupted in Brazil’s Congress yesterday as a former Health Ministry official was arrested under the orders of the lawmaker leading a Senate inquiry into the government’s handling of the COVID-19 crisis.

TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – A major power outage in Central America cut electricity to some 15 million residents yesterday, with the worst impact felt in Honduras and Nicaragua, according to regional power operator EOR, as efforts to get the lights back on were ramped up.

BEIJING, (Reuters) – Chinese researchers want to send more than 20 of China’s largest rockets to practice turning away a sizable asteroid – a technique that may eventually be crucial if a killer rock is on a collision course with Earth.

(Trinidad Guardian) After spending a little over two decades on remand and facing five failed trials, a man from Laventille accused of murdering his uncle has been freed following a civil lawsuit over breaches of his constitutional rights caused by the delay in prosecuting him.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – Haitian President Jovenel Moise was shot dead by gunmen with heavy-calibre weapons in his private residence overnight today, sparking an international outcry amid fears of a descent into chaos in the impoverished Caribbean nation.

(Trinidad Express) The Colonial Life Insurance Company (Trinidad) Ltd’s (CLICO) debt to the Government is now about $1.6 billion.

(Trinidad Guardian) Two Government Ministers are coming under fire for their purchases of luxury vehicles in the last four months as citizens continue to reel from the impacts of extended lockdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

 (Jamaica Gleaner) CASTRIES, St Lucia  St Lucians will go to the polls on July 26.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Restrictions on civic space in Venezuela remain a cause for concern, U.N.

TEGUCIGALPA,  (Reuters) – A former top executive of a Honduran construction firm was found guilty yesterday of being a collaborator in the 2016 murder of indigenous environmental activist Berta Caceres, a judge said in a court ruling.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Just days after video of a massive ocean surface blaze near a Pemex oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico went viral, Mexico’s national oil company has declared that environmental damage was avoided due to quick action by its workers.