SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was recovering in an intensive care unit yesterday, doctors said, after being rushed to a Sao Paulo hospital for emergency surgery to drain a bleed on his brain linked to a fall in October.
(Jamaica Gleaner) An Integrity Commission investigation has found that a company linked to Prime Minister Andrew Holness and his business partner Norman Brown built an apartment complex in St Andrew with more rooms than allowed, breaching the law.
(JIS) Jamaica is now ranked number one in the Caribbean for the collection of plastic bottles for recycling, says Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Matthew Samuda.
(Reuters) – At least 229 people detained in Nicaragua for political reasons have suffered various forms of torture and other “crimes against humanity” at the hands of the government over the past seven years, a human rights NGO said yesterday.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazilian and Italian authorities said they launched two joint operations yesterday aimed at dismantling a transnational plot to transport cocaine from South America to Europe using cargo ships or airplanes.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – A federal congressman was assassinated late on Monday in Mexico’s Gulf Coast state of Veracruz, the latest killing in an outbreak of political violence in the country.
MADRID, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez said yesterday he was convinced he would return from Spain to his country in time to be sworn in as president on Jan.
SAO PAULO, Dec 10 (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was rushed to Sao Paulo overnight for emergency surgery to drain a bleed on his brain linked to a fall in October and he will remain in hospital for a couple more days, the government said today.
(Trinidad Guardian) Consultant in Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Diabetes, Dr Joel Teelucksingh, is raising concerns about increased respiratory and gastrointestinal illnesses, including coughs, colds, flu, norovirus and potentially, COVID-19.
– Haiti PM’s office says after massacre of 180 people (Reuters) – Around 180 people were killed over the weekend in Haiti’s Cite Soleil area, Haiti’s prime minister’s office said yesterday, after attacks that an NGO said were ordered by a gang leader who suspected his child had been made ill using witchcraft.
(Trinidad Express) The Trinidad and Tobago Airline Pilots’ Association (TTALPA) believes the Board of Caribbean Airlines Ltd (CAL) is trying to reverse its commitment in signing off its collective agreement after it was approved by the Finance Minister.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Although the quality of Jamaica’s spices is considered among the best in the world, the farmers who grow ginger, turmeric and pimento are earning very little from their endeavours, with most of the money going to traders of the products, according to a recent study.
(Trinidad Guardian) Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the French Republic to Trinidad and Tobago Didier Chabert, says he hopes Caribbean Airlines’ newest routes to Guadeloupe and Martinique will open up major economic opportunities for T&T businesses in those countries.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – At least 110 people were killed over the weekend in Haiti’s Cite Soleil slum when a gang leader targeted elderly people he suspected of causing his child’s illness through witchcraft, the National Human Rights Defense Network (RNDDH) said yesterday.
(Trinidad Express) Five hundred and fifty-nine people have been reported missing to the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) in 2024.
(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley came in for heavy criticism over salary increases as hundreds gathered at the Queen’s Park Savannah, opposite Whitehall, in Port of Spain yesterday.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Acting Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Claudette Thompson has argued that public demands for harsher punishments – such as the death penalty as clamoured for in cases of mass murder – ring hollow when many of those calling for such measures avoid fulfilling their civic duties, including jury service.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – At least 110 people were killed over the weekend in Haiti’s Cite Soleil slum when a gang leader targeted elderly people he suspected of causing his child’s illness through witchcraft, the National Human Right Defense Network said today.
(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley came in for heavy criticism over salary increases as hundreds gathered at the Queen’s Park Savannah, opposite Whitehall, in Port of Spain yesterday.
(Trinidad Guardian) Trinidadian entertainers closely associated with the rise of the Trinibad dancehall subgenre have been banned from performing in St Kitts and Nevis.
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