A second family has arrived in Guyana to a Ministerial welcome after surviving Hurricane Dorian in The Bahamas.

At about 10 pm on  Sunday, Minister of Citizenship, Winston Felix, welcomed Guyanese Vanessa Tate, her Bahamian husband, Stevie Cooper and their three children, Stevie Jr., age 5; Steven, age 3 and 3-month-old Steve at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri.

Caribbean Airlines flew the family home free of cost following a request for humanitarian assistance in getting 23 Guyanese back on home soil.

Minister Felix, according to a statement from the Ministry of the Presidency, told reporters at the airport that government has sent the message to Guyanese in the hurricane ravaged islands that they are willing and ready to help them on return to Guyana.

“Initially, we had a list of about 102 persons indicating an interest. Then it broke down to about 28. Five came last week, five arrived [Sunday night] and two are to come … next week. We don’t know if others will join that list but so far, we know that two others are expected to return to Guyana on this very flight next Sunday night,” he said.(Stabroek News)…[+]

A Haitian senator opened fire during a protest outside the country’s parliament building, wounding two people including a photographer.

Chery Dieu-Nalio, a photographer for the Associated Press, was hit in the face. Leon Leblanc, a security guard, was also wounded in the incident. Senator Jean Marie Ralph Féthière opened fire as he left parliament in the capital, Port-au-Prince.

He claimed he was defending himself from protesters. Mr Dieu-Nalio, who was wearing body armour clearly marked with the word “Press”, was struck on the chin. Reports said he was treated in hospital but his injuries were not severe. Mr Leblanc’s condition was not immediately known.

Mr Féthière, a senator from the north, told local media he had attempted to defend himself after “armed individuals threatened me”. “I was attacked by violent militant groups, so I defended myself,” he told Haiti’s Radio Mega, adding: “Self-defence is a sacred right.” Another senator, Patrice Dumont, told local media that Mr Féthière issued a warning before opening fire.(BBC)…[+]

Spain’s Supreme Court has ruled that the remains of dictator Francisco Franco should be exhumed. It backed the Socialist government’s plan to move the remains from a state mausoleum to a less controversial site. An appeal by Franco’s family against the exhumation and proposing an alternative site was rejected.

The issue has divided opinion in Spain, which remains haunted by the Franco era. He won the 1930s civil war and went on to rule Spain until 1975. In a unanimous ruling, the court said it had decided to “completely reject the appeal lodged by the family in relation to Francisco Franco’s exhumation”.

In a tweet (in Spanish), Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez hailed the decision as a “great victory for democracy”. Mr Sanchez’s deputy, Carmen Calvo, said the exhumation would be completed “as soon as possible”. The government wants to carry it out before elections on 10 November.(BBC)…[+]