GENEVA, (Reuters) – Sanctions should be stepped up against Venezuela’s leaders and oil sector in response to the country’s repressive political climate, the head of the Organisation of American States (OAS) said yesterday.
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, (Reuters) – India’s Finance Minister decried a “lack of ethics” among sections of Indian business yesterday and criticised inadequate oversight by auditors and regulators, after the financial sector was rocked by a $1.8 billion fraud at a state-run bank.
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – A viral music video called “What a shot” is stirring debate in Brazil about the glamorization of crime and freedom of expression, as surging crime in Rio de Janeiro has led the government to put troops in charge of security in the tourist city.
PARKLAND, Fla., (Reuters) – Dozens of students and parents from the Florida high school where 17 teens and staff members were slain in a shooting rampage boarded buses on Tuesday for a trip to the state capital of Tallahassee to lobby for a ban on assault-style rifles.
(Trinidad Express) Ragoonanan Narine has been sentenced to a total of 58 years in prison for sexual offences against a mentally challenged child who became pregnant after one of the assaults.
OSLO, (Reuters) – Sea levels will rise between 0.7 and 1.2 metres (27-47 inches) in the next two centuries even if governments end the fossil fuel era as promised under the Paris climate agreement, scientists said on Tuesday.
After several years of pleas regarding horrible road conditions in Mabaruma, (Barima-Waini) extensive works are underway, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).
SEOUL, (Reuters) – South Korea said yesterday it is signing free trade agreements with five Central American nations aimed at boosting market access for the Korean auto sector and electronics makers.
The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the charge against Debbie Hansraj, who is charged with the fatal stabbing of her brother, Vishal Hansraj, at Covent Garden last April, continued yesterday.
BERLIN, (Reuters) – Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD) were forced yesterday to declare that a three-year old dog called Lima would not be allowed to vote with party members on a coalition deal with Angela Merkel’s conservatives, despite joining the party.
The police say they are investigating reports of armed robberies on two Enmore, ECD families early this morning allegedly by three masked males, all of whom were armed with handguns.
(Trinidad Guardian) Neighbours and friends of 25-year-old Akel “Christmas” James are disputing the police’s claims over the circumstances surrounding his death.
The Ministry of the Presidency (MotP) last night labelled as reckless a statement by the Guyana Bar Association (GBA) expressing concern that appointments of a Chancellor of the Judiciary and a Chief Justice (CJ) might be made by the government outside of the constitutional provisions.
The office of the Auditor General (AG) has not been afforded enough access to the City Council’s records to judge whether its accounts are “clean,” AG Deodat Sharma said yesterday.
The National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NI-CIL) recently accepted an offer made by Hong Kong Golden Telecom Limited (HKGT) to pay US$3M of the outstanding US$5M for the purchase of government shares in the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT), sources say.