Regional News

(Trinidad Guardian) A Chinese businessman was one of two men who were murdered in separate incidents between Saturday night and yesterday morning.

In a historic emergency sitting, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) yesterday ordered that St.

(Trinidad Guardian) A 43-year-old Carapichaima man was found shot dead and stuffed into the trunk of his silver-coloured Nissan Tiida in Laventille on Saturday.

(Trinidad Guardian) More than 30 members of the University of T&T’s (UTT) academic staff were given letters of termination on Friday, as the financially-plagued institution officially began a retrenchment exercise aimed at saving money.

(Trinidad Express) The Trinidad Government’s acquisition of an additional 26.13 per cent of the publicly-traded Republic Bank Limited (RBL) two weeks ago, has raised concerns about control of the bank.

(Trinidad Guardian) A 43-year-old Carapichaima man was found shot dead and stuffed into the trunk of his silver-coloured Nissan Tiida in Laventille yesterday.

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica — Reigning king of ‘fyah’, Capelton was on Friday  evening arrested and charged with rape by detectives attached to the Centre for Investigation Sexual Offence and Child Abuse (CISOCA).

(Trinidad Guardian) Embattled Chief Justice Ivor Archie has returned to work.

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) will today hold an emergency session to hear an appeal filed by a St.

(Trinidad Guardian) Finance Minister Colm Imbert said on Thursday that the debt owed by Clico to Government is finally being settled.

 (Trinidad Express) A Petit Valley woman was killed execution-style outside her home early yesterday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Top real estate attorney Jennifer Messado, has been arrested in a major fraud probe.

(Reuters) – Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos predicted today there would be “regime change” soon in neighbouring Venezuela, which holds a controversial presidential election on May 20 likely to consolidate socialist rule.

LIMA,  (Reuters) – The Peruvian government hiked excise taxes on sugary drinks, alcohol, cigarettes and polluting cars yesterday in a bid to tackle public health problems linked to obesity and cancer while shoring up public resources.

HOUSTON,  (Reuters) – ConocoPhillips said yesterday it would continue enforcing legal actions against Venezuela’s state-run oil company PDVSA until it receives a payment to satisfy a $2 billion arbitration award recently issued by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).

PAHOA, Hawaii, (Reuters) – Residents on the Big Island of Hawaii were alerted yesterday to rising levels of toxic gas from lava-oozing fissures, and geologists warned that new areas east of the erupting Kilauea volcano may be at risk to molten rock bursting from the ground.

(Reuters) – Los Angeles agreed yesterday to pay $2 million to settle a civil lawsuit over the fatal police shooting of a homeless man in 2015 that went viral in an online video and fueled a U.S.

(Trinidad Guardian) India High Commissioner to T&T Bishwadip Dey has embarked on a journey to discover T&T, not through the eyes of the young, but through the eyes of the elderly, those who witnessed the birth of this nation and contributed in their own way towards its development.

(Trinidad Express) If she had to do it again, Sherry Goolcharan would take another bullet to save the life of her only son.

BUENOS AIRES,  (Reuters) – Opposition politicians and many ordinary Argentines have been quick to criticize President Mauricio Macri’s decision to seek a lifeline from the International Monetary Fund but the gamble could pay off if he is able to avoid onerous terms.