SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Protesters took to the streets in several Brazilian cities yesterday to demand the impeachment of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, whose popularity has fallen in recent weeks amid corruption scandals against the backdrop of the pandemic.
(Barbados Nation) – “If we cannot get consensus . . .
(Trinidad Guardian) The chairman of the Maritime Financial Group and one of six people charged with corruption in the Piarco Airport construction projects, John Smith, 74, has been murdered.
(Trinidad Guardian) Two men have been convicted of brutally murdering six-year-old Sean Luke over 15 years ago.
(Trinidad Guardian) Shell T&T yesterday announced that production has started from its Barracuda project after achieving first gas on Sunday.
CAP-HAITIEN, Haiti, (Reuters) – A U.S. delegation and other dignitaries were hurried to vehicles as reports emerged of shots fired and crowd control gas used on protesters outside the funeral of late Haitian president Jovenel Moise today.
(Barbados Nation) It’s time to stop playing the vaccination waiting game, warns Minister of Health Jeffrey Bostic.
(Trinidad Express) In the space of 25 days, three members of a Cunupia family died from the Covid-¬19 virus while four others tested positive.
(Trinidad Express) A Sangre Grande woman was charged with murder, kidnapping and other offences and expected to appear before an Arima Magistrate.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro yesterday called a letter sent by the Vatican’s foreign minister to local businesses, which urged Caracas politicians to take seriously negotiations to resolve the country’s crisis, a “compendium of hatred.”
CAP-HAITIEN, Haiti, (Reuters) – Unrest roiled the northern Haitian city of Cap-Haitien yesterday as demonstrators set up road blocks in protest against the assassination earlier this month of President Jovenel Moise, whose body will be laid to rest there on Friday.
(Jamaica Gleaner) President of the Jamaican Bar Association, Emile Leiba has responded to comments from the Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton, who said that the Government may have go the route of France as it seeks to inoculate the population against COVID-19.
(Trinidad Express) Almost a week after couple Andre Ross and Raenne Nayan died in a car crash, they will be given their final farewell and rites together.
(Trinidad Guardian) The community of Debe is in mourning after beloved doctor and consultant at the Emergency Department of the San Fernando General Hospital succumbed to COVID-19 on Tuesday.
(Trinidad Guardian) The Trinidad and Tobago Prison Service is plunged into mourning on the passing of Prisons Officer I #3834, Nixon Lokai, on Tuesday.
(Trinidad Guardian) One thousand people have died from the Covid-19 virus in Trinidad and Tobago.
(Barbados Nation) Barbados has established a travel bubble for people coming from select countries.
(Trinidad Guardian) After an unplanned delay of more than two months, Prestige Holdings finally had the opportunity to open its 60th Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant at Xtra Plaza, Guiaco, Sangre Grande.
LIMA, (Reuters) – Peru’s electoral authority yesterday named socialist Pedro Castillo as the country’s next president, having officially won the June 6 runoff against right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori, who accepted the result but said she had been cheated.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuba, which kept coronavirus infections low last year, now has the highest rate of contagion per capita in Latin America.
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