HOUSTON, (Reuters) – Five U.S. adoptees took off from Houston yesterday to reunite with their birth families in Chile for the first time after they were stolen as infants decades ago during the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship.
(Trinidad Express) The Coast Guard is confirming the dramatic incident which has resulted in the loss of an officer who may have become trapped inside a vessel intercepted out at seas.
(Jamaica Gleaner) With the Ministry of Justice leading the charge, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Thursday called on civil society organizations (CSOs) to strengthen their collaboration and enhance their efforts in the ongoing fight for social justice across Jamaica.
(Jamaica Gleaner) While the police have not yet released the names of the three men killed in an alleged gun battle in Grange Hill, Westmoreland, early Wednesday morning, residents have identified them and linked them to the notorious Ants Posse Gang.
(Trinidad Guardian) Tensions between the T&T Airline Pilots’ Association (TTALPA) and Caribbean Airlines Limited (CAL) have escalated, with the union making a bold public statement with a billboard erected on BWIA Boulevard, near Piarco International Airport.
(Trinidad Guardian) The brutal murder of an elderly woman in a home invasion has prompted renewed calls for increased security in the Moruga community.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – A Haiti court has thrown out a prior summons order against three members of the Caribbean nation’s ruling transitional presidential council who have been accused of corruption, local newspaper Le Nouvelliste reported on Wednesday.
(Reuters) – The US government flew 177 Venezuelan migrants from Guantanamo Bay to Honduras yesterday, from where they are set to be transferred on to Venezuela, U.S.
(Trinidad Guardian) A 64-year-old woman was found dead in her St Mary’s Village home on Thursday, while her husband was discovered seriously wounded.
(Trinidad Express) Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has raised objections to what she says is the Government’s decision to hand over the Petrotrin refinery to a company that has questions to answer.
BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Deforestation in Colombia rose 35% in 2024 from a 23-year low the previous year, fueled by an uptick in the Amazon region, Environment Minister Susana Muhamad said yesterday.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazilian prosecutors presented a streamlined version of charges against former President Jair Bolsonaro this week over a plot to overturn his 2022 electoral loss, which could boost the chances of a final ruling before next year’s elections.
(Trinidad Express) Almost a month after she was shot in her home, a Princes Town woman has died at the hospital.
(Reuters) – Former colonial powers must apologise and pay compensation for their historic role in the enslavement of Africans, Grenadian Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell told European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
(Trinidad Guardian) Even as she again condemned squatting as illegal, Housing Minister Camille Robinson-Regis yesterday announced that the Government will construct 500 homes for squatters occupying both State and private lands.
(Trinidad Guardian) The mood at Digicel T&T is tense as the Digicel Group confirmed that jobs will be made redundant as part of a decentralisation plan to remain relevant.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States yesterday designated Tren de Aragua, the Sinaloa Cartel and other drug cartels as global terrorist organizations, according to a Federal Register notice, a move that comes as President Donald Trump steps up immigration enforcement against alleged gang members in the U.S.
SAN JOSE, (Reuters) – Migrants deported from the U.S. could be held in Costa Rica for up to six weeks before being sent to their home countries, Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves said yesterday.
BEIJING, (Reuters) – China will always be Latin America’s “trustworthy” friend and partner, its foreign minister told his Bolivian counterpart, as Beijing looks to improve its foothold in a region historically under the U.S.
BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro yesterday said drug traffickers have acquired two missiles which they plan to fire at his plane, in order to kill him, citing the success of his efforts to tackle the drug trade.
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