Trinidad primary school closed after caught in gang battle crossfire
(Trinidad Express) A video showing primary school children ducking below desks as a gun battle raged outside a Laventille school has forced the school to be closed.
(Trinidad Express) A video showing primary school children ducking below desks as a gun battle raged outside a Laventille school has forced the school to be closed.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro for the first time yesterday asked protesters blocking roads nationwide to lift blockades as demonstrations are restricting people’s right to come and go and bringing losses to the economy.
SAN SALVADOR, (Reuters) – Salvadoran prisoners collaborating with officials smashed gangster graves with hammers and metal poles in President Nayib Bukele’s latest crackdown on violent gangs, this time aiming to prevent any would-be admirers from paying their respects.
BELIZE CITY, (Reuters) – Hurricane Lisa bore down on Belize yesterday, yanking out trees and toppling electric posts and causing scattered blackouts in the Caribbean nation famed for its tourist appeal, but there were no reports of deaths or major damage so far.
(Trinidad Express) member of the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force on the base in La Romaine sustained a gunshot injury to the head on Tuesday afternoon.
(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says the Government has spent $80 million to install 2,500 CCTV cameras across the country to give the T&T Police Service an extra boost in its fight against the criminal element.
BRASILIA/SAO PAULO/RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro yesterday did not concede defeat in his first public remarks since losing Sunday’s election, saying protests by his supporters were the fruit of “indignation and a sense of injustice” over the vote.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – The presidents of Colombia and Venezuela held their first bilateral meeting in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, yesterday, where they discussed topics including trade, human rights and protecting the Amazon rainforest.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Lisa will become a hurricane overnight, the U.S.
BRASILIA/SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro today did not concede defeat in his first public remarks since losing Sunday’s election, saying protests by his supporters were the fruit of “indignation and a sense of injustice” over the vote.
(Trinidad Express) An association with gang elements in St James is now believed to have led to the murders of Korey Clarke and Samantha Patrick on Wednesday night.
BRASILIA/SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – President Jair Bolsonaro will not publicly address his defeat in Brazil’s presidential election until today, a minister said, amid doubts over whether the far-right nationalist will accept the victory of his leftist rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
SAN JOSE, (Reuters) – Costa Rica’s Vice President Stephan Brunner said yesterday he had been charged for his alleged role in illicit financing during the electoral campaign of President Rodrigo Chaves, who took office this year.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Haitian authorities said yesterday they will investigate the death of a journalist who was fatally struck by a tear gas canister at a protest outside a police station, as the country faces growing gang violence and a humanitarian crisis.
(Trinidad Guardian) Rural Development and Local Government Minister Faris Al- Rawi is looking forward to the increased scope of powers that regional corporations will soon possess to enable them to take stricter action against errant contractors who have contributed to the increased flooding across the country.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva narrowly defeated President Jair Bolsonaro in a runoff election yesterday that marked a stunning comeback for the leftist former president and the end of Brazil’s most right-wing government in decades.
(Trinidad Guardian) The country’s murder toll climbed to 504 yesterday afternoon after four men were killed in three separate incidents in Morvant, St Helena and Marabella.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Leftist Luis Inacio Lula da Silva today defeated President Jair Bolsonaro in an election runoff that marked a stunning comeback for Lula and the end of Brazil’s most right-wing government in decades.
(Trinidad Guardian) After receiving several complaints from young driver’s licence applicants that they have been asked to pay or “grease hand” to pass their driving tests, Works and Transport Minister Rohan Sinanan says the Transport Division will be outfitted with their own vehicles for driving tests equipped with cameras and recording devices to end the illegal practice.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s heated presidential race has tightened ahead of today’s vote, several opinion surveys showed yesterday, with right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro eroding a slight advantage for leftist challenger Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in most polls.
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