(Jamaica Gleaner) A trending and controversial music video, featuring a schoolboy and disturbing imagery and lyrics, has drawn backlash from a local children’s advocacy group, which has described the video and lyrics as “appalling and startling” and is calling for the authorities to carry out an immediate investigation.
BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Argentines have long waited for Pope Francis to visit the homeland he left in 2013 to become the head of the Roman Catholic Church.
Machel Montano is the king of chutney soca. It was the first time Montano had entered the competition, singing his song Pepper Vine, alongside Drupatie Ramgoonai and Lady Lava.
MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) – Uruguay is set for a political shift to the center-left as Yamandu Orsi took office on Saturday as the country’s next president.
(Trinidad Guardian) A St Joseph man has been charged with the murder of businessman Shashi Rampersad after police received advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
LA PAZ, (Reuters) – A crash involving two buses in Bolivia left at least 37 people dead and dozens injured in the western Potosi region, police and local authorities said yesterday.
(Trinidad Guardian) Energy Minister and acting Prime Minister Stuart Young says it is concerning that a former prime minister aspiring to lead T&T again “would continually attempt to mislead the population” (sic) and indicate to potential investors that she and her party would not honour legal agreements that may be entered into for the benefit of citizens.
KINGSTON/LONDON, (Reuters) – Many Jamaicans want their country to ditch King Charles as head of state but a bill presented by the government to do just that has frustrated some critics of the monarchy who believe the change should go further to slash colonial ties.
(Trinidad Guardian) A meeting between US officials and Caricom Foreign Affairs Ministers is being arranged in March to discuss the Trump Administration’s policy to restrict the visas of government officials whose countries employ Cuban medical practitioners.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Alleged drug cartel boss Rafael Caro Quintero, who spent decades in prison in Mexico for the murder of a U.S.
(Trinidad Express) The Government has backtracked on its decision to launch an investigation into the conduct of Auditor General Jaiwantie Ramdass as part of a wider probe into the $2.6 billion understatement in the country’s 2023 financial accounts.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Although United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced an expansion of its Cuba restrictive policy on Tuesday, it remains unclear whether Jamaica falls among “complicit” third countries in employing medical personnel through its neighbour’s labour export programme, which could lead to visa sanctions.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexico yesterday handed over major figures in the country’s criminal underworld to U.S.
(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s cancellation of licenses for foreign oil companies to operate in sanctioned Venezuela will reduce the dollars on offer in the country’s exchange market, stoking depreciation of the local bolivar currency and prices, analysts said yesterday.
PANAMA CITY, (Reuters) – Lawyers for mi-grants from around the world who were deported from the United States and moved to a remote jungle camp in Panama in recent weeks say they have been unable to communicate with their clients since they arrived there.
SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – Fifteen years ago on February 27, a devastating 8.8 magnitude quake struck southern Chile off the coast of Concepcion, shaking the ground for four minutes and unleashing a tsunami that left 550 dead.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump yesterday said he was reversing a licence given to Chevron CVX.N
HOUSTON, (Reuters) – Since it first imposed sanctions on Venezuela’s energy sector in 2019, the United States has granted individual licenses to some oil companies that allow them to export the South American country’s oil to specific destinations.
(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley announced he will officially resign from office on March 16.
GENEVA, (Reuters) – The United Nations has urged the international community to respond to what it called human rights violations by Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega’s government as it seeks to further consolidate power, according to a report published yesterday.
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