LIMA, (Reuters) – At least six people have died in Peru over the last few days as a powerful cyclone unleashed torrential rains, battering hundreds of homes and causing major disruptions in northern areas of the Latin American country, authorities said.
(Trinidad Guardian) Roger Gaspard SC is seeking counsel as he prepares to respond to a lashing from Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley during a People’s National Move-ment (PNM) public meeting in Barataria on Thurs-day night.
(Trinidad Guardian) Mexico has asked Caricom to join its legal fight to hold US gun manufacturers and distributors responsible for the crime mayhem their weapons of destruction have been used to unleash in some countries – and T&T is actively considering the request.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexico’s top diplomat yesterday criticized comments by former U.S.
NASSAU, (Reuters) – An Australian woman previously convicted of her husband’s murder in the Bahamas was found not guilty on Thursday in a retrial.
(Trinidad Express) An ex-boyfriend of Rio Claro mother of two Patrice Aaron has been charged with her murder.
(Trinidad Express) If the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) does not receive additional staff soon, then it could lead to an inevitable collapse of the criminal justice system.
(Trinidad Guardian) The Government has proclaimed legislation which will increase the number of people from Caricom member states who can enter and work in this country, as well as allow them to do so indefinitely.
(Trinidad Guardian) The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has partially dismissed a discrimination case brought by a group of citizens and institutions from Antigua and Barbuda and Grenada against the Government of Trinidad.
SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – The government of Chilean leftist President Gabriel Boric suffered a major setback yesterday after lawmakers refused to move forward with a proposed tax reform meant to finance key elements of the president’s progressive agenda.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – The Brazilian judiciary should work on compelling businesses to pay equal wages for men and women in the same roles, Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said yesterday.
ROSARIO, (Reuters) – Argentina launched an offensive on gangs in the farm hub city of Rosario yesterday, bringing in some 575 security personnel after a spate of attacks including the killing of an 11-year-old boy and a threat against soccer star Lionel Messi.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has temporarily closed its hospital in Cite Soleil, in Haiti’s capital, after gang violence threatened the safety of patients and staff, a spokesperson for the group told Reuters today.
KINGSTON, (Reuters) – Jamaica’s Supreme Court convicted a well-known crime boss yesterday in a landmark trial, marking a win for the Caribbean island’s recently reformed anti-gang laws.
MATAMOROS, Mexico, (Reuters) – Two of four Americans kidnapped by gunmen on Friday just after they drove into northeastern Mexico have been found dead, U.S.
HOUSTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. government is not planning a systematic easing of sanctions on Venezuela after an initial round allowed partners of state-run oil firm PDVSA to resume taking oil for past debts, a State Department official said.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Like many Venezuelans, Carmen Mendoza has learned to get by with a patchwork of different income streams in different currencies – her pension, renting out a property, and roughly $150 per month her two daughters send from Spain.
(Trinidad Guardian) After spending almost two decades before the courts, former prime minister Basdeo Panday, his wife Oma, former Cabinet minister Carlos John and businessman Ishwar Galbaransingh have been freed of corruption charges related to the construction of the Piarco International Airport.
(Trinidad Express) Cartels control food production in Trinidad and Tobago. This was the opinion of Prof Brinsley Samaroo, who spoke last Wednesday at the launch of “History Fest: An Examination of the Business History of T&T” at the audio-visual room of the Alma Jordan Library, The University of the West Indies, St Augustine.
(Trinidad Express) As debate continues to rage about human trafficking and prostitution in Trinidad and Tobago, an official list of convicted sex offenders has been made public for the first time via an online sex offenders registry.
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