(Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court yesterday blocked one of President Donald Trump’s signature immigration policies that has helped to sharply curb a migration surge on the southern border and forced tens of thousands of mi-grants to wait in Mexico.
SAN JOSE, (Reuters) – Prosecutors raided the headquarters of Costa Rican President Carlos Alvarado yesterday as part of an investigation into possible data privacy violations by the government, the public ministry said.
(Trinidad Express) Gunmen attempted to kill a woman at her workplace in Fyzabad on Friday.
(Trinidad Express) A Guyanese national is expected to appear before a Tunapuna Magistrate today charged with the February 23 murder of Nicole Hackshaw.
(Trinidad Express) A fight over a woman during ‘las lap’ Carnival celebrations has led to the death of a Chaguanas man.
(Trinidad Guardian) For just about 30 minutes yesterday, Trinidad born rapper Nicki Minaj spent time bonding with students of the St Jude’s Home for Girls in Belmont.
(Jamaica Observer) The death of former Reggae Boy Irvino English has hit home hard among the football fraternity, especially at Waterhouse Football Club where he was considered a legend.
(Trinidad Express) The Jamaican security guard who hacked to death Rachel Logan was a demon who pretended to be a saint.
(Jamaica Star) Maxfield Park resident Nadine Brown rested her head in her arms and cried her eyes out as the thought of being homeless flashed across her mind.
(Jamaica Star) Some vendors in the Santa Cruz Market in St Elizabeth say that they are afraid to use it because of obeah workers.
(Jamaica Obserer) Dwight Fox, the 10-year-old boy from Bullet Tree district in Old Harbour, St Catherine, for whom the police yesterday activated a high alert, was later found, but concerns are that he is a repeat runaway who has vanished from his home as many as 20 times, the Jamaica Observer has learnt.
Daryl Vaz’s Cabinet post remains safe for now as Prime Minister Andrew Holness continues to “carefully” weigh issues surrounding the revocation of his United States (US) visa.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela will allow companies to raise capital in foreign currency, according to a new rule by the country’s securities regulator, as socialist President Nicolas Maduro liberalizes the struggling economy in the face of sanctions.
(Trinidad Guardian) Travellers from Iran, Italy, Japan and Singapore will be denied entry to T&T for 14 days as currently obtains for persons from China, Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh announced at the post-Cabinet press briefing a short while ago.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s Environment Ministry has fired two senior climate officials, leaving the posts vacant at a time when the country is under growing scrutiny for the greenhouse gases released by clearing the Amazon rainforest.
BOGOTA, (Reuters) – A United Nations report critical of Colombia’s efforts to protect human rights advocates failed to recognize advances in that area and social investment in regions suffering violence, President Ivan Duque said yesterday.
GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – Widespread government “ghost jobs” will likely be among the first targets of Guatemala’s new anti-corruption tsar, the official said yesterday, although the commission he heads has more limited scope than its powerful U.N.-backed
(Trinidad Guardian) Trinidad-born US-based rapper Nicki Minaj may have had a bit of a spoiler for her first ever Carnival experience on Carnival Tuesday after a video went viral on social media showing her husband, Kenneth Petty, pushing away the hand of Road March 2020 king Neil “Iwer” George during his performance on a Tribe music truck.
(Jamaica Gleaner) A Jamaican has been named Employee of the Year worldwide by the luxury independent global rating system, Forbes Travel Guide (FTG).
(Jamaica Gleaner) First Officer Shaun Nelson answered the vintage rotary phone next to his bed 22 years ago, responding to an American Eagle Airlines human resource officer offering him a job as a pilot.
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