BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe resigned his Senate seat yesterday after the Supreme Court called on him to testify in an investigation into whether he participated in witness tampering and bribery.
(Trinidad Guardian) The Law Association will have to wait a little while longer to find out if it can resume its investigation into misconduct allegations levelled against embattled Chief Justice Ivor Archie.
(Reuters) – The Chilean civil authorities are investigating 36 accusations of sexual abuse against bishops, clerics and lay workers in the Roman Catholic Church, the national prosecutor’s office said yesterday.
(Reuters) – Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said yesterday that holding early elections would create instability in the country, after almost 300 people were killed in weeks of clashes stemming from a government clampdown on protests.
BARCELONA, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When the Caribbean island of Barbuda was battered by Hurricane Irma last September, about 90 percent of homes were destroyed or damaged, and the entire population had to be evacuated.
(Trinidad Express) The Zoological Society of Trinidad and Tobago (ZSTT) has commended Government for the planned signing of the Legal Notice this Thursday declaring one of our national birds, the Scarlet Ibis as an Environmentally Sensitive Species (ESS).
(Trinidad Guardian) Two best friends died on the spot when the car they were travelling in collided head-on with another vehicle travelling in the opposite direction along the Valencia Stretch early yesterday.
(Trinidad Express) From captain to commissioner. Gary Griffith, 53, the man who senior Government sources on Saturday confirmed is the choice for Police Commissioner, was uncharacteristically quiet when the Sunday Express contacted him.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuba’s economy grew less than expected in the first half of 2018 and an ongoing liquidity crisis will force fresh belt tightening, President Miguel Diaz-Canel said yesterday.
(Trinidad Guardian) Attaining a medical degree after five years of hard work was supposed to bring financial rewards.
(Jamaica Gleaner): Senior Superintendent of Police Dermot Lawrence is believed to have committed suicide.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – A draft of Cuba’s new constitution keeps the Communist Party as its leading political force but states as its aim the construction of socialism rather than communism, reflecting changing times, top officials told lawmakers this weekend.
(Trinidad and Tobago Guardian): Police yesterday arrested the two sons of a high-ranking colleague after they seized 1.5 kilogrammes of marijuana during an exercise at a house in Mt Hope.
(Trinidad Guardian) There’s no Government support for acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams to be confirmed for the post since the fight against crime isn’t where Government wants it to be.
MANAGUA, (Reuters) – For almost six hours, one of the leaders of the resistance to Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega hid in a house while police and paramilitary groups laid siege to the last opposition stronghold, which finally fell this week.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Dead palm trees and a dried-up lagoon are what you see when you enter Caracas’s botanical garden.
(Trinidad Express) Carib Queen Jennifer Cassar of the Santa Rosa First Peoples Community has died.
(Trinidad Guardian) Prosecutors have made another blunder in the case again 10 men charged with the murder of former Independent Senator Dana Seetahal, SC.
(Trinidad Guardian) Prosecutors have made another blunder in the case again 10 men charged with the murder of former Independent Senator Dana Seetahal, SC.
(Jamaica Observer) Business and church leaders, as well as National Integrity Action (NIA), have requested an urgent meeting with Prime Minister Andrew Holness to discuss their recommendations regarding the handling of the Petrojam oil refinery issue.
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