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Moonie Ramnarine, a 65-year-old businessman from Lot 14, Lesbeholden, Black Bush Polder, was today charged with the manslaughter of 29-year-old Yognand Chaitram, a cane harvester from Lot 19, Alness Village, following a shooting on New Year’s Day.

PARIS/CHICAGO, (Reuters) – Makers of goods from sportswear to luxury cars and chemicals painted a gloomy picture today of consumer and industrial health, hitting share prices and adding to concerns about the damage from U.S.

QUETTA,  (Reuters) – Militants wearing suicide vests are seated among passengers held hostage in a train hijack in southwest Pakistan, the government said today, hampering rescue efforts as a deadline nears for when the attackers said they would start to kill people.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio signed a deal with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to bring Starlink satellite internet services to India, a surprise move from the billionaires after being at odds for months over how the country should grant them spectrum.

(Trinidad Express) Trinidad and Tobago has reached the point where it must stand up in defence of its sovereignty, former foreign affairs minister Winston Dookeran said yesterday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) No permits will be given for the importation of eggs into Jamaica despite the ongoing shortage, Minister of Agriculture Floyd Green has declared.

(Trinidad Guardian) A series of early morning police exercises led to the seizure of unauthorised video cameras, which officers suspect may have been used in monitoring their patrols and the movements of rival criminal gangs.

JEDDAH,  (Reuters) – The United States agreed today to resume military aid and intelligence sharing with Ukraine after talks where Kyiv said it would accept a U.S.

(Trinidad Guardian) The man held in connection with the fatal stabbing of 18-year-old national youth boxer Prince Charles,  has been charged with murder.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has come out in defence of Trinidad and Tobago’s sovereignty following the recent threat of US visa restrictions announced by President Donald Trump administration against governments utilising Cuba’s overseas medical missions.

MANILA,  (Reuters) – The Philippines arrested former President Rodrigo Duterte today at the request of the International Criminal Court, a major step in the world body’s investigation into thousands of killings in a “war on drugs” that defined his presidency.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Ukraine today launched its biggest ever drone attack on Moscow, killing at least two workers at a meat warehouse, injuring 18 others and causing a short shutdown at the Russian capital’s four airports, Russian officials said.

The Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR)  has congratulated Albert Ramdin, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Business and International Cooperation of Suriname, on his historic election today as the new Secretary-General of the Organization of American States (OAS).

BUCHAREST,  (Reuters) – Romanian far-right presidential contender Calin Georgescu said today he would challenge a decision to bar him from taking part in an election rerun in May, but analysts said his chances of standing were slim amid fears of Russian meddling.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Trump administration has closed more than 80% of programmes and 5,200 contracts at the U.S.

(Trinidad Express) Four men were killed in separate incidents between Friday night and Sunday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Two terms and almost ten years later, how will Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley be remembered when he steps away from that office next week?

OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Former central banker Mark Carney won the race to become leader of Canada’s ruling Liberal Party and will succeed Justin Trudeau as prime minister, official results showed today.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Secret Service shot an armed man outside the White House early today after a confrontation, and the man is now in an area hospital, it said in a statement.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The head of a key U.S. Justice Department task force that combats drugs and organized crime was fired today, amid a move by President Donald Trump’s administration to purge or sideline career officials.