BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s Congress yesterday chose lawmakers endorsed by President Jair Bolsonaro as speakers of its two chambers, giving the far-right leader a base among center-right politicians with whom he had once vowed never to ally.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The main suspect in the murder of Andrea Lowe Garwood while at church on Sunday morning has been taken into custody.
(Trinidad Guardian) In the first month of 2021, 25 people were murdered in T&T according to official statistics provided by the Police Service.
(Trinidad Guardian) After decades of operations, activities at the Asa Wright Nature Centre (AWNC) & Lodge have been brought to a halt.
(Trinidad Guardian) After decades of operations, activities at the Asa Wright Nature Centre (AWNC) & Lodge have been brought to a halt.
(Trinidad Guardian) The Coast Guard has cracked down on a party involving 36 people Down The Islands.
(Jamaica Gleaner) A manhunt for the presumed shooter was still under way across St James Sunday night in the wake of a spine-chilling murder of a bank executive as she prayed in church.
(Trinidad Guardian) T&T is set to receive between 100,000 to 120,000 doses of the AstraZeneca two-dose vaccine by the end of February into March.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Canada’s decision to suspend flights by its major airlines to Mexico for three months to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic could cost the Mexican tourism industry around $782 million in lost revenue, Mexico’s government said yesterday.
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Brazil’s Sao Paulo state is expecting to receive on Wednesday ingredients from Sinovac Biotech Ltd that will allow local production of 8.6 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine, the state government said in a statement yesterday.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Worship halted suddenly at the Agape Christian Church in Falmouth a short while ago, following an attack on a woman during worship, The Gleaner understands.
(Trinidad Express) An Arima family has issued an urgent appeal to find 22-year-old Andrea Bharatt who vanished after entering a taxi near her workplace on Friday afternoon.
(Trinidad Guardian) T&T is set to receive between 100,000 to 120,000 doses of the AstraZeneca two-dose vaccine by the end of February into March.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuba must devalue and deregulate further after taking initial steps this year to restructure its ailing state-run economy and presumably pay off long overdue debt, according to western creditors, business partners and analysts.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexican businessman Carlos Slim, one of the world’s richest men, has returned home from hospital following a bout of COVID-19 and is feeling well, his spokesman Arturo Elias said yesterday.
(Trinidad Express) A 23-year-old has been charged with robbing the same supermarket three times.
(Trinidad Guardian) A small road traffic accident in El Socorro has now turned into a criminal investigation after one of the drivers knocked down the other following a confrontation.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica-born Courtney Grant, who operates several restaurants across Canada, has been spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic to use his businesses to help scores of needy families and children.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The Jamaican Consulate in New York is to be closed for 10 days after a member of staff tested positive for COVID-19 The closure will take effect from February 1.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Former Prime Minister Bruce Golding is reportedly at home resting following a motor vehicle crash in Old Harbour, St Catherine Friday.
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