SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela (Reuters) – Colombia’s incoming government and Venezuela will appoint ambassadors to the two countries’ capitals after years without diplomatic relations and will work to boost security along their shared border, officials said yesterday.
(Trinidad Express) Famed Cricketer Dwayne Bravo expressed his concern about T&T’s rising crime rate at the launch of his DJ Bravo 47 All White Charity Event last evening, held at the Queen’s Hall Garden Theatre, St Anns.
(Trinidad Express) Excitement turned into frustration, disgust and anger for scores of travellers entering Trinidad and Tobago on Tuesday night as they were forced to wait for hours in long lines at Piarco International Airport before clearing Immigration.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haitian gangs waged intense gun battles yesterday in Port-au-Prince, shuttering main avenues and a municipal market in the downtown area of the capital.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Top Brazilian bankers and businessmen issued a letter yesterday in defence of Brazil’s electronic voting system that has been attacked by far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, and warned that the country’s democracy was in “grave danger.”
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Crude oil spilling from one of state-run PDVSA’s joint ventures has hit an environmentally sensitive area at Venezuela’s eastern region, three sources close to the operations said yesterday.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s defense secretary, Lloyd Austin, yesterday stressed the need for militaries to be under firm civilian control at an Americas-wide defense gathering in Brazil, where military loyalty to the Constitution has become a central issue ahead of the Oct.
(Trinidad Express) A 29-year-old man was killed and his wife wounded in a shooting at their Enterprise, Chaguanas, home on Monday night.
(Trinidad Guardian) A Mayaro man has been found guilty of murder and his former common-law wife guilty of manslaughter over the death of his nine-month-old stepson, who was beaten to death in 2008.
(Trinidad Guardian) A Trinidad and Tobago national living in the United States is offering a reward of close to US$33,000 for information related to the disappearance of 24-year-old Jamaican social media influencer Donna-Lee Donaldson.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazilian police allege an Italian refiner purchased gold from a trader sourcing it illegally in the Amazon rainforest region, according to police documents, and corporate disclosures show that refiner has supplied the precious metal to four of the world’s largest tech companies.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – The government of Brazil, which is holding an election in October, has sent a letter to state-owned companies asking them to increase dividends to finance extra federal spending this year, Special Treasury and Budget Secretary Esteves Colnago said yesterday.
NASSAU, (Reuters) – Seventeen people died after a boat carrying dozens of Haitian migrants capsized off the coast of The Bahamas, authorities said yesterday, as more Haitians attempt to reach the United States to flee gang violence and poverty at home.
(Trinidad Guardian) The Trinidad and Tobago Government is being asked to pay up US$60 million owed on Clico liability or risk possibly being sued by Caricom counterpart Antigua.
(Trinidad Guardian) The escalating murder spree continued on Saturday night into yesterday, as three more people lost their lives by the gun.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Demar Sparks, the proprietor of a start-up firm that collected millions of dollars for parcels of lands in a failed Trelawny housing development, does not have a licence to operate as a real estate dealer, developer or salesman, a state regulatory body has revealed.
(Trinidad Express) Investigations into the deaths of three people in Port of Spain on the morning of July 2 remain ongoing.
BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombian President-elect Gustavo Petro on Friday met with representatives of U.S.
A Guyanese woman, Caroline Baird, 44, was shot and killed at Bush Hill, St Michael, Barbados, on Friday night.
(Trinidad Guardian) Concerned about the recent re-emergence of the polio virus in London and New York, Health Minister Terence Deyalsingh is now urging parents to ensure that their children receive their childhood immunisations.
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