LIMA, (Reuters) – At least three indigenous people from Peru’s Amazon region were killed and 17 other residents and police injured in a conflict with Canadian energy company PetroTal Corp, Interior Minister Jorge Montoya said yesterday.
(Trinidad Express) The constituency of Chaguanas East is turning out to be one of the major battle grounds for the 2020 general election, as all the candidates have expressed varying degrees of confidence in emerging victorious.
(Trinidadian Guardian) Come rain or hail, the Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) will not be extending the hours for voting in tomorrow’s general election.
BRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Brazil’s death toll from COVID-19 reached 100,000 yesterday and continues to climb as most Brazilian cities reopen shops and dining even though the pandemic has yet to peak.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuba placed Havana back on a strict lockdown yesterday following a rebound in coronavirus cases, ordering restaurants, bars and pools once more to close, suspending public transportation and banning access to the beach.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – A Venezuelan court sentenced two former U.S. soldiers to 20 years in prison for their role in a failed incursion aimed at ousting President Nicolas Maduro in early May, chief prosecutor Tarek Saab said late on Friday.
(Trinidad Express) The Ministry of Health is reporting an alarming increase in the number of Covid-19 cases.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Police Commissioner Antony Anderson is touting the pending end of the ‘big book’ in logging reports at police stations as part of the ongoing transformation of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) using technology.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) says the Level 3 United States travel advisory published on Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was an upgrade from Level 4, which advises Americans ‘NOT TO TRAVEL’.
(Jamaica Observer) RHIANE Powell was overcome with emotion when his dream was realised — a home for himself and his mother.
BUENOS AIRES/MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Support grew in Latin America yesterday for a move to delay the election of a new president for the region’s leading development finance lender, a potential setback for U.S.
(Trinidad Express) Commissioner of Police, Gary Griffith, has ordered that an investigation be conducted into a report that police officers stood still and did nothing and allowed more than 1,000 spectators to witness a cricket match in Central Trinidad last Wednesday evening, thereby breaching the Public Health Ordinance Regulations guidelines.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Dirty fuel oil widely used to generate electricity in Mexico should be completely banned, Mexican scientist Mario Molina said, citing its high sulfur content as a danger to both human health and the earth’s atmosphere.
(Barbados Nation) The service for the state funeral of former Prime Minister Owen Seymour Arthur will be held on Friday, August 14 at 2 p.m.
(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has accused the United National Congress (UNC) of using racially-insensitive messaging in its televised political advertisements.
(Jamaica Gleaner) A 17-year-old girl decided to join the choir of the Mount Zion Victory House of Prayer in Sandy Bay, Clarendon, to “give them a hand” because of the flagging youth numbers in her mom’s church.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Prime Minister Andrew Holness has used a last-minute digital press conference on Independence Day to warn that tighter COVID containment measures will soon be reimposed.
BOGOTA, (Reuters) – The house arrest of former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe in a witness tampering case is unlikely to dim his influence, but has focused his party on justice reform proposals they say will bring more consistency to the judicial process, according to politicians and analysts.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – The leader of a Mexico-based church that claims over 1 million followers worldwide was ordered yesterday to remain held on $90 million bail, nearly double the original bail, on newly expanded charges of rape, human trafficking and child pornography.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro issued a decree yesterday that will set aside 1.9 billion reais ($356 million) in funds to purchase and eventually produce the potential COVID-19 vaccine being developed by AstraZeneca PLC and Oxford University researchers.
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