(Trinidad Guardian) The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has ruled in favour of former High Court judge Marcia Ayers-Caesar, dismissing an appeal brought by Trinidad and Tobago’s Judicial and Legal Service Commission (JLSC) and upholding findings that her removal from office in April 2017 was unlawful.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Church’s Texas Chicken will be entering Jamaica’s quick-service restaurant market with its first store scheduled to open at Mall Plaza in Kingston in the third quarter of this year.
Dr Chile Eboe-Osuji of Nigeria and Canada has been selected by the Regional Judicial and Legal Services Commission (RJLSC), the independent body responsible for recruiting staff and judges for the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), to join the CCJ as a Judge.
OTTAWA, (Reuters) – New Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney today called a snap election for April 28, saying he needed a strong mandate to deal with the threat posed by U.S.
CAIRO, (Reuters) – Iraq plans to raise oil production capacity to more than 6 million barrels per day (bpd) by 2029, the state news agency reported Iraq’s oil ministry as saying today.
TEL AVIV/JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Israeli protesters took to the streets for a sixth day today amid reports Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet is preparing a no confidence motion on the attorney general in its latest move against officials deemed hostile to the government.
VATICAN CITY, (Reuters) – Pope Francis left Rome’s Gemelli hospital today following a five-week stay to be treated for pneumonia, making his first public appearance since February 14 by waving to well-wishers from a balcony moments before he was discharged.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela announced it reached an agreement today with the United States to resume repatriation flights of migrants, according to a statement from the country’s Parliament President Jorge Rodriguez.
(Trinidad Guardian) Incumbent St Augustine MP Khadijah Ameen has called on Prime Minister Stuart Young to apologise to former schoolmate Imran Khan directly for a bullying incident at St Mary’s College 33 years ago.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. today announced that Argentine former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and a former government minister are ineligible for entry into the country, after the two were designated for their “involvement in significant corruption.”
The Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) today announced that JetBlue Airways will introduce a second daily flight between Georgetown (GEO) and New York (JFK), effective June 12, 2025.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s Heathrow Airport was shut today after a huge fire at a nearby substation knocked out its power, stranding passengers around the world and angering airlines who questioned how such crucial infrastructure could fail.
(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Stuart Young says one of his top priorities in his new office is addressing the issue of foreign exchange allocations.