MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexico’s government said yesterday it would only discuss a possible shake-up of the Organization of American States (OAS) at a weekend summit if the issue is put on the table, tempering expectations for a more aggressive review of the body.
(Trinidad Guardian) The ongoing furore of United States rapper Nicki Minaj’s claim that a COVID-19 vaccine caused impotence in a Trinidadian man took centre stage on the Daily Show with Trevor Noah last night, featuring CNC3’s Jason Williams and Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh.
(Trinidad Guardian) A new scandal has emerged at the state-owned National Gas Company Ltd, this time the cost to taxpayers is almost TT$200 million and the company has said it has learned its lesson from the débâcle.
(Reuters) – The European Parliament called yesterday on the 27-nation bloc to impose sanctions on those responsible for human rights violations in Cuba after a wave of detentions following anti-government protests on the island in July.
NASSAU, (Reuters) – Bahamian Prime Minister Hubert Minnis yesterday conceded defeat in the general elections on the Atlantic island chain reeling from a surge in COVID-19 cases and slump in the tourism-dependent economy due to the pandemic.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s judicial system has perpetuated human rights violations as part of a state policy to quash opposition to the government of President Nicolas Maduro, a group of United Nations investigators said yesterday.
(Jamaica Observer) Floyd Green’s meteoric rise in Government came to a halt yesterday following a Moët Champagne party on Tuesday that left thousands of citizens outraged.
(Trinidad Express) “If the Delta variant gets a hold in the community, I could only say heaven help us.”
(Trinidad Express) The two men convicted of brutally murdering six-year-old Sean Luke back in 2006 were last evening ordered to serve terms of imprisonment for the killing.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, (Reuters) – Trinidad and Tobago Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh yesterday criticized as “false” the claim by American rapper Nicki Minaj that a person on the Caribbean island suffered swollen testicles after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – Fresh turmoil hit Haiti’s government yesterday as a senior official stepped down saying he could not serve a premier under suspicion in the assassination of President Jovenel Moise and refusing to cooperate in the investigation.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s Supreme Court yesterday suspended a high-profile land rights case that the country’s indigenous people say is vital for their survival, with no new date for when it will re-take the matter.
(Trinidad Guardian) Hours after her husband died at the Sangre Grande Hospital after being treated for ingesting poison, Lisa Ramkissoon said she too has more questions than answers.
(Trinidad Guardian) International backlash erupted yesterday over Trinidad and Tobago-born United States-based rapper Onika “Nicki Minaj” Maharaj’s social media claims in relation to COVID-19 vaccines.
As the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) struggles to reach herd immunity, the Heads of Government have issued yet another call for persons to be vaccinated and agreed to design a Community Public Relations Strategy to supplement national campaigns encouraging citizens to vaccinate.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Gunmen stormed a hotel in Mexico’s central San Luis Potosi state yesterday and kidnapped some 20 foreigners believed to be mostly from Haiti and Venezuela, the state’s attorney general’s office said.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – The Venezuelan government wants a top envoy who has been charged with money laundering and is close to President Nicolas Maduro to take part in its political dialogue with the opposition, a move that threatens to stir tensions.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – Haiti’s chief public prosecutor has asked the judge overseeing the investigation into the assassination of President Jovenel Moise to charge Prime Minister Ariel Henry as a suspect and ordered migration services not to let him leave the country.
(Trinidad Guardian) Trinidad and Tobago, with a menu of vaccines now available, may be facing the expiration of tens of thousands of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine and Oxford/AstraZeneca doses come November.
(Trinidad Express) Murder accused Nigel Mungroo is still on the run.
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