WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court handed Donald Trump a major victory today, barring states from disqualifying candidates for federal office under a constitutional provision involving insurrection and reversing Colorado’s exclusion of him from its ballot.
(Trinidad Guardian) In a major shake up at the country’s main intelligence gathering agency, Major Roger Best, head of the Strategic Services Agency (SSA) has been sent on administrative leave.
(Trinidad Guardian) Following the revelations of a Sunday Guardian investigation into the Tobago oil spill and subsequent claims by the Opposition that the Government is failing to keep the public informed about its investigation, Minister of Energy and Energy Industries Stuart Young says the Government has to ensure accuracy and seek documented verification as it investigates.
(Trinidad Guardian) Police believe a disagreement with a partygoer was the motive behind the killing of disc jockey Elijah “Sugarz” Babb yesterday morning.
LONDON, (Reuters) – The Church of England has accepted a 1 billion pound target to address historical financial links to the slave trade as recommended by an oversight group led by descendants of enslaved Africans which said the initial 100 million pounds was too low.
PORT-AU-PRINCE,(Reuters) – Haiti’s government declared a state of emergency last evening, following violent clashes in the capital that have damaged communications and led to two prison breaks as a major gang leader seeks to oust Prime Minister Ariel Henry.
The police say they are investigating the murders of Zaheer Mohammed Sheriff, a 50-year-old gold miner of Byderabo Road Bartica and Donvan Washington, a 26-year-old porter of Lot 11 Seventh Avenue Bartica, which occurred at about 10:00 hrs today at Arimu Backdam, Cuyuni River, Region #7.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – International connectivity to Haiti was disrupted today following violent clashes in the capital that have damaged communications and led to a prison break at the main penitentiary as a major gang leader seeks to oust Prime Minister Ariel Henry.
DUBAI, (Reuters) – OPEC+ members led by Saudi Arabia and Russia agreed today to extend voluntary oil output cuts into the second quarter, sources said, giving extra support to the market amid concerns over global economic growth.
(Trinidad Express) The soldier who was shot and killed in La Puerta, Diego Martin, last month was a hitman for hire in the criminal underworld and had been involved in the murders of several people in the past.
(Trinidad Guardian) On February 7, an oil-like substance began leaking from an overturned barge, clearly abandoned, stuck in a reef south of Cove, Tobago.
A Woman Superintendent, a Corporal and other Ranks from Regional Police Division #3 were performing security duty at the Leonora Stadium, West Coast Demerara, at around 11 last night when they observed, intercepted and searched a 42-year-old man who was acting suspiciously and who was later found to have an unlicensed 9mm pistol and eighteen live matching rounds of ammunition in his possession.
Residents of Corriverton, Berbice, along with villagers in Orealla, Siparuta, and nearby communities, are being urged to take precautionary measures due to increased smoke levels in the air stemming from a forest fire in neighbouring Suriname, the Ministry of Home Affairs said today.
RAFAH, (Reuters) – Born a few weeks into the Gaza war, infant twins Wesam and Naeem Abu Anza were buried today, the youngest of 14 members of the same family whom Gaza health authorities say were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Rafah overnight.
GLASGOW, (Reuters) – Thea LaFond needed just two attempts to win triple jump gold at the world indoor championships today and become Dominica’s first global champion in athletics.
A New and United Guyana (ANUG) today said that Dr Asha Kissoon of The New Movement is refusing to relinquish her seat in Parliament to make way for the ANUG representative as agreed by the three list joinder parties that won a seat at the 2020 general elections.
(Trinidad Guardian) Workers have started operations to remove the overturned Gulfstream barge involved in the recent oil spill off the coast of Tobago.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden announced today plans to carry out a first military airdrop of food and supplies into Gaza, a day after the deaths of Palestinians queuing for aid threw a spotlight on an unfolding humanitarian catastrophe in the crowded coastal enclave.