(Reuters) – Ecuador’s government has announced the suspension of electricity service for nine hours on Sunday in 12 of the Andean nation’s 24 provinces and placed 19 areas on red alert due to a drought that has reduced the water levels of hydroelectric plants.
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Sunday condemned the killing last week of an environmental activist in Honduras who had protested over mining and hydro-electric projects to try to protect tropical forests and rivers.
(Trinidad Express) An image posted on social media indicating that Scotiabank Trinidad and Tobago Ltd is expected to have the daily limit for its ScotiaCard Visa Debit card adjusted to US$50 has caused some concern to netizens.
VATICAN CITY, (Reuters) – Pope Francis today condemned the killing last week of an environmental activist in Honduras who had protested over mining and hydro-electric projects to try to protect tropical forests and rivers.
(Trinidad Guardian) ANSA McAL says the $765 million loan, which it raised earlier this month, is going to be used for several reasons, all of which are in pursuit of its goal to double the size, scale, returns and impact of the group by 2027, an ANSA McAL spokesperson said on Friday.
(Trinidad Guardian) Caribbean Airlines (CAL) is leasing another Boeing jet to boost its operational capacity.
PARIS, (Reuters) – Authorities in Martinique are banning demonstrations in four municipalities after violent protests over rising living costs led to the imposition of a curfew earlier this week, according to a statement issued today.
(Trinidad Guardian) Chief Justice Ivor Archie says inadequate staffing, resources, poor payment packages for judges and funding continue to impede operations within the judicial system.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – The United Nations’ expert on human rights in Haiti said yesterday that the situation in the conflict-hit Caribbean nation had worsened and efforts to rebuild security must be amplified as a security mission deadline fast approaches.
TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – The Honduran Supreme Court yesterday declared unconstitutional the legal underpinning of special economic zones exempt from local laws and taxes known as ZEDEs, which have drawn foreign investors lured by the promise of light taxation and regulation.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Some 53 people have been killed and 51 others are missing in Mexico’s western Sinaloa state since rival factions of the Sinaloa Cartel began clashing on Sept 9, local authorities said yesterday, with gruesome violence showing no signs of abating.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Prime Minister Andrew Holness, while rejecting some of the startling findings of the investigation by the Integrity Commission into his statutory declarations, said on Wednesday that the report has cleared him of involvement in any illicit enrichment.
MADRID, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s former presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez said yesterday he sought diplomatic refuge after being warned President Nicolas Maduro’s security forces were “coming for you.”
(Trinidad Express) Two men were found dead in separate incidents early Thursday morning.
(Trinidad Guardian) San Juan Government Primary became the first school in the country to be outfitted with a special vending machine that doesn’t dispense snacks or beverages.
(Trinidad Express) Trinidad and Tobago has been placed under a “Hot Spell Watch #1—Yellow Level” warning for the next five days as daily temperatures are expected to reach or exceed 34°C.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Prime Minister Andrew Holness, while rejecting some of the startling findings of the investigation by the Integrity Commission into his statutory declarations, said on Wednesday that the report has cleared him of involvement in any illicit enrichment.
MADRID, (Reuters) – Spain has denied involvement in negotiations between Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez and President Nicolas Maduro’s government for his flight to Spain, before which he signed a letter saying he accepted Maduro’s victory in the country’s July election.
RIO DE JANEIRO/SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazilian energy authorities have approved bringing back daylight saving time, a senior official said yesterday, to save energy as the country faces a major drought that has hit power generation.
LIMA, (Reuters) – Peru-vian authorities scrambled to roll out a plan to fight fires raging out of control across the nation, razing crops, damaging archaeological treasures and leaving several regions in a state of disaster yesterday.
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