CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was freed today, her Vente Venezuela movement said, shortly after she was detained amid gunshots while leaving a protest in eastern Caracas.
The Disciplined Services minimum salary has been increased to $130,000 per month President Irfaan Ali yesterday announced, a move he believes will bring equity to the salary structure of this sector of workers. “We have to ensure we have the right human resource skill set and mix, and we’ve been investing in that.
The government has decided to challenge a recent court ruling that awarded $24 million to the family of Quindon Bacchus, who was unlawfully shot and killed by police in June 2022.
Continuing the trend of the last few years, 2024 was the hottest year recorded in history and as had been predicted, it exceeded the 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 F) limit above the pre-industrial average set by the 2015 Paris Agreement.
Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, yesterday broke ground for the construction of the Kaneville Secondary School, a project that will serve over 1000 students from the Kaneville-Grove area, on the East Bank of Demerara.
The Ministry of Finance yesterday announced that budget day for 2025 is Friday, January 17.
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The Crabwood Creek Bomb Squad Cricket Club will host its first-ever awards ceremony on January 11 and the event will celebrate outstanding performances from the 2023–2024 period, benefiting several young cricketers through the commendable initiative.
(ESPN) Martin Guptill has officially confirmed his retirement from international cricket, having last played for New Zealand in October 2022.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Swedish teenager Lucas Bergvall opened his Tottenham Hotspur account in thrilling fashion with the winner in yesterday’s League Cup semi-final first leg but should not even have been on the pitch according to Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk.
(Trinidad Guardian) Days after Stuart Young was chosen as Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley’s successor at a parliamentary retreat in Tobago, he is now in limbo, as several MPs who were in that caucus are said to now be refusing to endorse him on a document indicating he will have majority support in the House of Representatives when Rowley eventually steps down.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum yesterday suggested North America including the United States could be renamed “Mexican America” – an historic name used on an early map of the region – in response to U.S.
(Trinidad Express) A man was shot dead while being driven home by his mother in Belmont on Tuesday night.
BEIRUT, (Reuters) – Lebanon’s parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun head of state today, filling the vacant presidency with a general who enjoys U.S.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Raging wildfires surrounded Los Angeles yesterday, killing at least five people, destroying hundreds of homes and stretching firefighting resources and water supplies to the limit, as more than 100,000 people were ordered to evacuate.
WASHINGTON/NAIROBI/CAIRO, (Reuters) – The United States determined yesterday that members of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias committed genocide in Sudan and imposed sanctions on the group’s leader over a conflict that has killed tens of thousands of people and driven millions from their homes.
