BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund said it will stand by Argentina after the government authorized currency controls yesterday in an about-face by President Mauricio Macri, who had previously lifted many protectionist practices of his predecessor, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
FEIJO, Brazil,(Reuters) – As thousands of fires ravage the Amazon, the world’s largest rainforest, some indigenous tribes are turning to prayer in a bid to halt the destruction and protect their environment for future generations.
(Jamaica Observer) Your chances of encountering twins in the general population are sometimes slim, much more the oddity of meeting twins who both work in the same profession…in the same institution.
(Jamaica Observer) This western Jamaica city was gripped by shock and grief yesterday, following news that a well-loved businessman was abducted from his home and taken to his business establishment where he was shot and killed during the wee hours of the morning.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Three St James men avoided prison time after they were convicted in the Western Regional Gun Court this week for illegal possession of firearm and ammunition, according to police report.
(Trinidad Guardian) The Banking and General Workers’ Union (BIGWU) has confirmed it received a complaint of inappropriate behaviour against its former president Vincent Cabrera one month before he was appointed Industrial Court judge.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The Water Resources Authority (WRA) is warning that the below-normal rainfall observed since 2018 continues to affect the water resources of the island.
(Barbados Nation) A major step has been taken towards having a medical marijuana industry in Barbados with the piloting of the Medicinal Cannabis Industry Bill 2019 in the House of Assembly on Friday.
(Trinidad Guardian) Education Minister Anthony Garcia on Friday admitted that the termination of 199 non-academic University of T&T (UTT) staff will be a traumatic experience, but said it was the only way the institution could survive.
(Barbados Nation) A mother’s worst fear was realised today.
Barbara Dorant-Layne broke down after identifying the body taken from a shallow grave at Walkers, St Andrew, this afternoon as that of her son Rahim Ward.
(Trinidad Newsday) A taxi driver conned by a woman who claimed to work for a television station believes the culprit is the same person who used a similar story and stole $300 from the wallet of a print-shop owner in San Fernando last week.
(Trinidad Guardian) Tears flowed and anxiety increased among University of T&T staff yesterday, as some collected their retrenchment letters and others waited for hours at campuses throughout the country.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – Communist-run Cuba unveiled tighter regulations on non-agricultural cooperatives yesterday, including curbs on their prices, in keeping with a broader push to increase control of the growing non-state sector.