WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States today imposed sanctions on a current and a former Haitian senator, accusing the two politicians of engaging in international drug trafficking activities, Washington’s latest action targeting corruption in the Caribbean country.
QUITO, (Reuters) – Ecuador’s state oil company Petroecuador said today it would seek a local auditor as it looks to comply with International Monetary Fund (IMF) requirements, after no foreign firm offered to audit its financial statements.
THE HAGUE, (Reuters) – Judges at the World Court ruled yesterday that Chile and land-locked Bolivia now agreed on previous points of dispute over access to the waters of the Silala river and that they would not need to make a decision on Chile’s claims before the court.
HAVANA/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Cuba´s Vice Foreign Minister Carlos Fernandez de Cossio yesterday accused long-time rival the United States of doublespeak after the Biden administration proposed to scrap a plan to install a new undersea telecommunications cable to Cuba.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexico’s energy ministry tried earlier this year to block the publication of stricter rules on natural gas flaring, according to documents seen by Reuters, saying they would hurt state oil company Pemex and its plans to increase production.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexico’s government said yesterday a deal had been reached between employers, labor representatives and officials to raise the minimum wage by 20% in 2023.
(Trinidad Guardian) The Joint Select Committee (JSC) of Parliament on National Security yesterday heard that some 19,000 containers entered T&T over an eight-month period without being checked by customs officials.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Jeffrey Epstein’s estate has reached a nine-figure settlement with the U.S.
(Trinidad Guardian) Trinidad welcomed its largest cruise ship to date earlier today when the MSC Seashore made its inaugural visit to Port of Spain with approximately 3,500 passengers on board.
(Trinidad Express) One November night in 2005, four people were liming at a house in Arima drinking puncheon when one of them, a 45-year-old man, indicated he wanted to have sex with another member of the group, a 15-year-old boy.
(Reuters) – Brazil’s lower house of Congress late Tuesday approved a bill that aims to boost oversight of the country’s cryptocurrency sector, after one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges collapsed earlier this month.
(Trinidad Guardian) Although 2022 is now officially the bloodiest year on record in T&T’s history with the murder toll hitting 555, acting Police Commissioner Mc Donald Jacob says this still does not warrant implementing a limited State of Emergency (SoE).
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s socialist President Nicolas Maduro will enter upcoming talks with the South American country’s opposition in a strengthened position that could be bolstered further by a deal to release more than $3 billion in humanitarian funds, analysts said.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – U. S. President Joe Biden is planning to send two top advisors to Brazil to meet President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva next week, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
(Trinidad Guardian) Dopson’s Roti Shop on Maraval Road in Newtown will remain closed until further notice following the murder of owner Jason “Dobby” Dopson.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s socialist President Nicolas Maduro will enter upcoming talks with the South American country’s opposition in a strengthened position that could be bolstered further by a deal to release more than $3 billion in humanitarian funds, analysts said.
(Trinidad Guardian) Dopson’s Roti Shop on Maraval Road in Newtown will remain closed until further notice following the murder of owner Jason “Dobby” Dopson.
(Trinidad Guardian) The brutal stabbing of 68-year-old Patsy Ramcharan by a close female relative has left her relatives heartbroken and confused.
(Trinidad Guardian) The T&T Chamber of Industry and Commerce (TTCIC) has called on the Government to act swiftly to address perennial flooding.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The international community should send a strike force to Haiti to confront gangs even though police have ended a blockade of a fuel terminal that caused a humanitarian crisis, Haiti’s ambassador to the United States said yesterday.
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