CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s attorney general yesterday said 14 arrest warrants were issued against civilians and former military personnel for allegedly conspiring against the government of President Nicolas Maduro.
QUITO, (Reuters) – A military operation in Ecuador uncovered a record 22 metric tons (22,000 kg) of cocaine, officials said yesterday, one of the country’s biggest drug seizures two weeks into an “internal armed conflict” against organized crime.
(Trinidad Express) Former head of the public service Reginald Dumas has called for any Government efforts towards constitutional reform to be all-inclusive, including that national consultations “reach every community”.
HOUSTON, (Reuters) – Dozens of companies have rushed in recent weeks to obtain data and join a U.S.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – At least 12 suspected criminals were killed on a highway near Hermosillo in the northern Mexican state of Sonora, a state official said yesterday, in what authorities called a foiled attempt to rescue the son of a cartel hitman.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Digicel Group and its affiliates issued legal documents showing that the change of majority ownership is to be completed before month-end.
(Trinidad Guardian) In early 2018, businessman Richard Ramkissoon had a brush with death when he was shot during a botched robbery.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Acknowledging that Jamaica has a plastic problem, Senator Matthew Samuda says a string of policies, including a national one on the environmentally sound management of single-use plastic products, is to be implemented this calendar year.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Overlooking the stunning Montego Bay marine reserve, Prime Minister Andrew Holness yesterday broke ground for the construction of the Pinnacle development, which will have four 28-storey apartment blocks.
BEIJING, (Reuters) – The prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Gaston Browne, will visit China on Jan.
(Barbados Nation) The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is yet to comment further on reports that some of its senior officials are now on administrative leave.
(Trinidad Express) State-owned Paria Fuel Trading Company should be investigated by police for the offence of manslaughter, since there is a case for criminal negligence in how it responded when four divers were sucked into the company’s undersea pipe-line, where they died.
(Trinidad Guardian) Richard Ramkissoon, owner of Superstore in Arima and a father of two succumbed to injuries he sustained following a home invasion yesterday morning.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Investigators probing the death of Melissa Silvera have charged her husband, Jolyan, with murder.
(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has said no to a state of emergency (SoE).
(Trinidad Guardian) While he understood the demands and risks of having his son join the Police Service, Bobby Harrinarine says he did not expect him to meet his demise so soon.
The Surinamese police have published a bulletin in their search for Desi Bouterse, publishing his photo and description, according to the NL Times.
CHANCAY, Peru, (Reuters) – In September, a group of Brazilian farmers and officials arrived in the Peruvian fishing town of Chancay.
(Trinidad Guardian) Go after the big fish. This is the call from the business community to Government as it seeks to grapple with rising crime woes.
QUITO, (Reuters) – Ecuadorean prosecutor Cesar Suarez, who focused on pursuing organized trans-national crime in Guayas province, one of the country’s most violent areas and the site of an on-air attack on a television station last week, has been killed, the attorney general said on Wednesday.
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