(Trinidad Guardian) Schools will remain closed today as the adverse weather and flooding condition which disrupted the lives of citizens over the weekend are expected to continue for the third day.
(Trinidad Express) A Moruga pensioner died yesterday after she was stabbed multiple times allegedly by a close female relative.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – China has agreed to restructure Cuban debt and provide new trade and investment credits to the beleaguered Caribbean Island nation after a meeting in Peking between the two Communist countries’ leaders.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Tens of thousands marched with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador yesterday in a massive demonstration through the center of the country’s capital to show their support for the head of state before a 2024 general election.
(Trinidad Guardian) The country is bracing for more flooding, landslides and gusty winds through tomorrow morning following yesterday’s deluge, which sent rivers across Trinidad over their banks.
(Trinidad Guardian) A Morvant teenager was gunned down on Thursday night, after the killers reportedly mistook him for a relative.
(Reuters) – Venezuela’s government and opposition have asked the United Nations to manage a fund for billions of dollars now held in foreign banks, which will be gradually unfrozen to combat a humanitarian crisis in the oil-rich nation, delegates announced in Mexico City on Saturday.
(The Gleaner) – Two men are now dead following an alleged dispute involving a policeman on Saturday morning in Frankfield, Clarendon.
WASHINGTON/HOUSTON, (Reuters) – Chevron Corp CVX.Non today received an expanded U.S.
LIMA, (Reuters) – Peruvian President Pedro Castillo announced an updated cabinet yesterday, including leadership changes to six ministries, as his embattled administration engages in wide-ranging conflicts with its political opposition.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The seven states of emergency (SOEs) which were declared in sections of the island plagued with high crime rates on November 15 are set to fizzle on November 29 after the Government failed to win opposition support for their extension in the Senate yesterday.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Three people were killed and at least eight injured yesterday when a shooter opened fire at two schools in the Brazilian state of Espirito Santo, local police said.
BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombia’s highest administrative court has annulled the appointment of central bank co-director Alberto Carrasquilla on the grounds that it violated a gender quota law, the court said yesterday.
TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – Honduran President Xiomara Castro declared a national security emergency yesterday and began implementing a new plan to combat a rising number of cases of extortion by violent criminal groups operating across the country.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s government and opposition are preparing to resume political talks tomorrow in Mexico after a hiatus of more than a year, opening a new chapter that could help pave the way for easing U.S.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Haitian high school teacher Miguel Jacquet used to be able to provide for his family, but a dire humanitarian and economic crisis has seen him join the swelling ranks of the poor.
(Barbados Nation) Attorney Ernest Winston Jackman has been sentenced to 7 years for stealing his clients’ money and money laundering.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – The head of Brazil’s electoral court Alexandre de Moraes yesterday rejected a complaint from President Jair Bolsonaro’s allies to challenge the presidential election, which the incumbent lost by a small margin, according to a court document.
(Trinidad Express) Lone diving survivor Christopher Boodram wept throughout his testimony at the commission of enquiry (CoE) yesterday as he expressed sorrow and guilt at failing to fulfil his promise of returning for his “brothers” in the pipeline.
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – The United States is looking to crack down on environmental criminals behind surging deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon, using penalties such as Magnitsky sanctions to tackle climate change more aggressively, U.S.
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