ISTANBUL, (Reuters) – Turkish riot police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse May Day demonstrators trying to reach Istanbul’s main Taksim Square today, and Turkish media said dozens of protesters were detained.President
(Trinidad Express) Auditor General Jaiwantie Ramdass has said that her independent office is under “political” attack, and she has threatened to haul Attorney General Reginald Armour before the courts should the State refuse to pay the legal costs for her to defend herself in this regard.
(Trinidad Express) Compared with other Caribbean partners, particularly Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago has got a raw deal in terms of World Cup Cricket matches to be played on local soil.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haiti’s transition council today named Edgard Leblanc, the former senate president, to head the body instated last week as it seeks to bring security back to the violence-wracked Caribbean nation.
OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Negotiations on a future global treaty to tackle soaring plastic pollution wrapped up early today without agreement on a proposal to consider sustainable plastic production limits.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The White House said yesterday it viewed the reported role of the Indian intelligence service in two assassination plots in Canada and the United States as a serious matter.
(Trinidad Guardian) A 25-year-old woman has partially succeeded in a lawsuit over protracted delays by the T&T Police Service (TTPS) in investigating a child pornography ring she was a victim of.
(Trinidad Guardian) Finance Minister Colm Imbert has sought legal counsel on a letter from Auditor General Jaiwantie Ramdass’ attorney Anand Ramlogan SC’s Freedom Chambers, which Imbert says contains “outrageous, false and defamatory accusations and allegations”.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haiti’s new transition council is set to choose the country’s next president tomorrow, but leaders of the gangs who have exerted increasing control are clamoring for political influence and amnesties and threatening violence if their demands are not met.
On Friday in Lethem, Region Nine, Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony, handed over four Ultrasound Machines to the Regional Health Officer (RHO) Dr Cedel McWatt, to aid in improving service delivery within the Region.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Indian High Commissioner to Jamaica Masakui Rungsung says a medical camp held earlier this month at the Mustard Seed Communities’ Jacob’s Ladder in Haddon, St Ann, was the least his office could do to help the plight of Haitian children with disabilities who arrived in Jamaica in March.
LONDON (Reuters) – Scotland’s leader Humza Yousaf resigned today, further opening the door to the UK opposition Labour Party regaining ground in its former Scottish heartlands during a national election expected to be held later this year.
(Trinidad Guardian) The Auditor General Jaiwantie Ramdass has fired back at Finance Minister Colm Imbert and Attorney General Reginald Armour, SC, via a pre-action protocol letter, over alleged erroneous statements made in Parliament last Friday about her audited report on the nation’s finances.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexico’s main opposition presidential candidate Xochitl Galvez called her rival, frontrunner Claudia Sheinbaum, “the candidate of lies” during a pre-election debate yesterday and dared her to drink a bottle of water from the capital city she governed.
(Reuters) – A bus crash on the outskirts of Mexico City killed 18 people yesterday, while another 32 were injured, according to the state of Mexico’s civil protection agency.
MADRID, (Reuters) – Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said today he had decided to continue in office, days after abruptly announcing he was considering his future following the launch of a corruption investigation against his wife.
MAI MAHIU, Kenya, (Reuters) – At least 42 people have been killed in floods in central Kenya’s Mai Mahiu area after a dam burst early today, and the number of deaths could rise, police said.