GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – A bus veered off a highway bridge into a polluted ravine in Guatemala City early on Monday, killing at least 51 people and trapping survivors, a spokesperson for the city’s fire department said.
(Trindiad Guardian) Acting Police Commis-sioner Junior Benjamin yesterday assured that the investigation into suspended CoP Erla Harewood-Christopher will be above board after allegations surfaced against the lead investigator.
GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – A bus veered off a highway bridge into a polluted ravine in Guatemala City early today, killing at least 51 people and trapping survivors, a spokesperson for the city’s fire department said.
(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says the region ought to be alert for aftershocks in the aftermath of a 7.6 magnitude earthquake that struck and triggered a tsunami warning across parts of the Caribbean on Saturday evening.
(Trinidad Guardian) On February 7, 2024, Tobago’s coastline was devastated when a barge capsized, spilling thousands of gallons of fuel into the sea.
(Reuters) – Nicaragua’s government described the Vatican as “depraved” and “pedophile” yesterday, two days after an interview on Catholic television channel EWTN with exiled Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando Alvarez, one of the fiercest critics of President Daniel Ortega.
(Reuters) – A federal judge in New Mexico yesterday granted a preemptive restraining order to block the U.S.
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s Environment Minister Susana Muhamad said on Sunday she has informed President Gustavo Petro of her resignation from the post.
(Trinidad Express) The event, originally scheduled to feature Jamaican dancehall artiste Vybz Kartel (Adijah Palmer) performing controversially in Trinidad and Tobago on Carnival Friday (February 28), has been postponed.
QUITO/GUAYAQUIL (Reuters) – Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa looks likely to win Sunday’s presidential election, as voters rally behind his promises to fight crime, despite critiques from his opponents that he has not done enough and the possibility the vote could move to a run-off.
(Trinidad Guardian) Grades for the University of the West Indies (UWI) St Augustine students are expected to be uploaded by tomorrow after WIGUT president Dr Indira Rampersad confirmed a six per cent wage settlement with the Government covering two negotiating periods.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – A traffic accident involving a bus in southern Mexico, which took place in the early hours of Saturday morning, killed 41 people, the government of Tabasco state said in a statement, adding that recovery work was still ongoing.
(Trinidad Guardian) University of the West Indies economist, Dr Vaalmikki Arjoon, says Trinidad Cement Ltd’s (TCL) impending cement price hike of 7 per cent from February 17, underscores the need for a robust competition policy to protect consumers from unfair price increases, highlighting the need for at least one other local cement provider capable of competing with TCL.
(Trinidad Guardian) Two women are among nine alleged gangsters who were ordered to be detained by National Security Minister Fitzgerald Hinds on Thursday.
GENEVA, (Reuters) – Sexual violence against children in Haiti has surged in the last year and their bodies have been turned into “battlegrounds,” UNICEF warned yesterday.
HOUSTON, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA has resumed regular imports of light crude as its own output of medium and light grades dwindles, creating bottlenecks for producing exportable blends, according to company documents and vessel tracking data.
PANAMA CITY, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump has postponed a phone call with Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino due to last-minute changes in the U.S.
(Reuters) – The Venezuelan government yesterday rejected the seizure of a government aircraft by the United States, calling it ‘blatant theft’ and saying the move was illegal.
(Reuters) – About 90 passengers and crew on a Royal Caribbean RCL.N
BEIJING, (Reuters) – China is opposed to U.S. “smearing and sabotage” of the Belt and Road Initiative in Panama through “pressure and coercion”, its foreign ministry said on Friday, after the South American nation decided to exit the programme.
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