Regional News

(TRINIDAD NEWSDAY) FOUR days after she was kidnapped, Palmiste mother of three Natalie Pollonais was rescued by police.

(JAMAICA GLEANER) Former Prime Minister Edward Seaga has made public his distaste for modern dancehall music, which he describes as lacking in substance.

(TRINIDAD GUARDIAN) The body of a work­er em­ployed at the Em­bassy of El Sal­vador was yes­ter­day found in an agri­cul­tur­al area in Cunu­pia.

(Reuters) – Florence, the sixth tropical storm in the Atlantic basin this year, intensified into a hurricane yesterday and will rapidly gain force as it churns over the open ocean toward the U.S.

SAN SALVADOR/TEGUCIGALPA,  (Reuters) – A U.S.-hosted meeting with Mexico and Central American countries scheduled for this week in Washington has been called off, officials said yesterday, as President Donald Trump’s policies test relations with the region.

(Barbados Nation) Reports coming out of Jamaica say two Barbadian men have been found dead in the eastern parish of St Thomas.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela yesterday eased 15-year-old currency controls, decreeing that private banks and exchange houses are allowed to sell dollars, but economists are skeptical the measure will improve the dysfunctional and crisis-stricken economy.

(Reuters) – Tropical Storm Florence was expected to strengthen back into a hurricane by last night, with forecasters warning the storm will bring life-threatening rip currents to the U.S.

VENICE, Italy, (Reuters) – Oscar-winning director Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma” won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival yesterday, bringing Netflix its first major festival victory to seal the online streaming company’s reputation as a big name in arthouse movies.

(Trinidad Express) Burnt remains found in Cunupia on Tuesday have been positively identified as those of 21-year-old Reshma Mahadeo.

(Trinidad Express) Police are yet to determine whether the case of San Fernando mother of three, Natalie Pollinais, was connected to that of Ria Sookdeo and Carolyn Katwaroo, both of whom are still missing.

(Trinidad Express) Instructions by the labour movement for its members to recognise a day of “rest and reflection” yesterday seemed to have gone unheeded by workers in the public and  private sector.

(Barbados Government Information Service) CARICOM Heads of Government have made a number of recommendations for consideration at the next Heads of Government conference, which they hope will make the business of living and working in the region much more viable for all.

(Jamaica Gleaner) MANDEVILLE, Manchester: Linton Stephenson, the 59-year-old Seventh-day Adventist deacon wanted for the murder of a 25-year-old Mandeville woman has been found dead in Manchester.

GUATEMALA CITY,  (Reuters) – Guatemala’s Foreign Minister said yesterday that United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres should not interfere with the country’s decision to bar an anti-corruption prosecutor.

(Trinidad Express) Four years after relatives told police Esther Williams’ died as a result of suicide, her common law husband and daughter have been charged with killing her.

(Reuters) – The United States yesterday called on Nicaragua to release all detained students and political prisoners, declaring the country’s five months of civil unrest a threat to the region’s security.

(Trinidad Express) Oilfield Workers Trade Union (OWTU) president, Ancel Roget, said yesterday the closure of Petrotrin’s refinery did not instigate this Friday’s intended day of “rest and reflection”.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s front-running far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro rallied his supporters yesterday with a message of a clean break from the past, hopeful that charges filed against two of his rivals in recent days will consolidate his support among voters fed up with rampant graft.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley last night as­sured that Gov­ern­ment is not clos­ing down Petrotrin, al­though it does in­tend to shut down its re­fin­ery op­er­a­tions.