(Trinidad Express) As he lamented corruption in the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service TTPS, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley on Saturday offered monetary incentives for officers of “integrity”.
(Trinidad Express) A woman, who said she was beaten with an iron chair, yesterday thanked a relative for rescuing her from what she thought was certain death.
(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says he is willing to pay more to police officers to be part of what he described as “vetted units” reserved for officers of the highest integrity.
(Trinidad Express) Miss Universe Janelle “Penny” Commissiong has urged the graduating class of Rio Claro Secondary School not to be fearful of artificial intelligence (AI) but consider the opportunities it can have in the world of work.
(Trinidad Express) Brinsley Samaroo, “The Boy From Ecclesville, Rio Claro”, came in for glowing tributes on Friday as an intellectual, ace lecturer, knowledge seeker, brilliant interpreter, critical thinker, scholar, walking encyclopaedia, nation builder and indefatigable custodian of Trinidad and Tobago’s heritage and history, including Indo-Trinidadian history, and labour and First Peoples history.
(Barbados Nation) Barbados bid farewell to its fourth Prime Minister, Sir Lloyd Erskine Sandiford, as he was laid to rest yesterday afternoon at the St James Cemetery.
GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – The Guatemalan prosecutors’ office said yesterday it would continue its investigation into anti-graft party Semilla and that its actions were not meant to interfere with a presidential run-off set to take place next month.
NAIROBI, (Reuters) – A Kenyan court yesterday sentenced a former top Venezuelan diplomat to 20 years in jail over the 2012 murder of the Latin American nation’s acting ambassador at her home in an upmarket Nairobi neighbourhood.
(Trinidad Express) “Greed and jealousy”.
These were the reasons relatives of Reynold Victor—who was killed on Tuesday near the Croisee in San Juan—gave as to why Victor was shot dead and his mother’s Morvant house firebombed on Wednesday.
GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – Guatemala’s top court yesterday suspended an order barring the party of anti-graft candidate Bernardo Arevalo from running for the presidency, after a flood of international criticism that the country’s democracy was in jeopardy.
(Trinidad Guardian) Attorney General Reginald Armour, SC, will attempt to reduce the threats of lethal autonomous weapons systems or “killer robots” through legislation.
ANCASH, Peru, (Reuters) – Archaeologists working in Peru have uncovered a 3,000-year-old sealed corridor dubbed “the condor’s passageway” that likely leads to other chambers inside what was once a massive temple complex pertaining to the ancient Chavin culture.
GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – A court in Guatemala suspended the party of anti-graft presidential candidate Bernardo Arevalo, a prosecutor at the Attorney General’s Office said yesterday, throwing into question his place in a second round run-off vote.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Candidates vying to carry the banner of Venezuela’s opposition in presidential elections next year agreed at a debate yesterday that they must present a united front against the ruling party and work to boost the economy by attracting private investment.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuba’s National Assembly said yesterday it “strongly condemns” a resolution by the European Parliament, which criticized the country’s human rights record and called for EU sanctions against Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel and other top officials.
(Trinidad Guardian) In a media release yesterday afternoon, Ministry of Health (MOH) advised that a second case of Monkeypox (Mpox) virus was confirmed by laboratory testing earlier yesterday.
(Barbados Nation) The Central Bank of Barbados is advising residents to use the security features in the new polymer banknotes in the wake of images and video on social media purporting to show counterfeit currency.
(Trinidad Guardian) Exactly two months after the World Health Organization (WHO) downgraded Monkeypox (mpox) from a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, the Ministry of Health detected the first case of the virus yesterday in T&T.