Regional News

HAVANA, (Reuters) – The Cuban government said yesterday the freeze on new licences for some private-sector occupations would not last years, in an attempt to reassure citizens worried about an apparent pause in the liberalization of the economy.

(Trinidad Guardian) Security officers attached to the Piarco International Airport fear there may be a major security/safety breach in the future.

(Trinidad Express) As turmoil continues to plague countries globally, including neighbouring Venezuela, more people are turning to Trinidad and Tobago as a haven from pain and persecution as evi­dent in a drastic increase in the numbers of those seeking refuge.

(Trinidad Express) Relatives of two men who were shot dead in Kelly Village on Thursday night said they were unable to understand why they were murdered as they were not involved in any illegal activity.

(Trinidad Express) Two new investigations will be launched into the multi-billion-­dollar operations of CL Financial and its subsidiaries.

(Trinidad Guardian) Stacy Mohammed and her 15-year-old son Antonio were two of the 30 passengers who were on board American Airlines Flight 2713 from Miami on Wednesday night who were thanking God for life yesterday.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – The Venezuelan state prosecutor’s office yesterday asked a local court to halt the inauguration of the country’s new 545-member legislative superbody, citing allegations that the government fudged the results of the vote that created it.

(Trinidad Express) The number of passengers injured as a result of the turbulence encountered by an American Airlines flight headed to Trinidad and Tobago on Wednesday night, stands at 30.

(Trinidad Express) A life guard who married a girl who was 14 years old when he was charged with committing eight sexual assault offences against her, has been committed to stand trial for the alleged offences.

(Trinidad Express) Trinidad Cement Limited employee Al Pascall was shot and killed at his home early yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) A 25-year-old Arouca man died on Tuesday after being chased and knocked down by a man driving a car, moments after he was forced to flee his girlfriend’s home following an argument with her former boyfriend.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition today readied itself for massive protests against a freshly elected legislative superbody that is expected to hand President Nicolas Maduro vast new powers.

St CROIX, V.I., (Reuters) – For a glimpse at the precarious financial health of this Caribbean island, visit its public hospital.

(Trinidad Express) For the second time in less than a week, a relative of a member of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) has been shot dead.

(Barbados Nation) It may be a merry Christmas this year for CLICO policyholders.

(Trinidad Guardian) A jilted husband and his friend were sentenced to death by hanging yesterday, for soliciting and contracting a hitman to murder the man’s ex-wife and her lover for $30,000 some 11 years ago.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Anti-government demonstrators barricaded streets yesterday and promised a fresh wave of protests against President Nicolas Maduro, after an election a day earlier giving the Venezuelan leader and his ruling Socialist Party sweeping powers.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The US government slapped sanctions on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro yesterday, the Trump’s administration’s toughest move so far against his government in response to Sunday’s election of a legislative superbody Washington denounced as a “sham” vote.

TORONTO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Brazil is investigating a plane crash in which three environmental enforcement agents were killed, a government spokesman said yesterday, a case which is the latest blow to efforts to protect the Amazon rainforest.

(Trinidad Guardian) If further attacks continue on Chinese people living in T&T there may be a second exodus of this group of people from the country similar to what occurred during the Black Power revolution in 1970.