WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Mike Pence plans to visit volcano victims in Guatemala as part of a three-nation trip at the end of the month aimed at building Latin American ties and pressuring Venezuela, a White House official said yesterday.
(Trinidad Express) The State has been ordered to pay financial compensation to soca artiste Rodney “Benjai” Le Blanc after he emerged victorious in a civil suit filed against the Office of the Attorney General, claiming he was unlawfully assaulted by police during a fete at San Fernando Hill in 2010.
(Trinidad Express) A 33 year old businessman was shot and killed by thieves in Arouca yesterday.
(Trinidad Express) Serial rapist Jules John Arjoon has been sentenced to 27 years and one month in prison, for the death of a woman who jumped out the back seat of his moving car while, unknown to her, there was another woman locked his car trunk.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaican entertainer Mavado was allegedly defrauded of just over $30 million by prominent attorney Jennifer Messado, a clerk of court revealed yesterday.
MANAGUA, (Reuters) – Nicaragua’s Roman Catholic bishops said yesterday they will mediate a new round of talks later this week between the government and civil society groups following deadly protests against President Daniel Ortega.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazilian prosecutors said yesterday that they were investigating a U.S.
(Jamaica Information Service) Prime Minister Andrew Holness yesterday renamed the North-South Highway the Edward Seaga Highway.
(A teenager who allegedly pulled a gun and attempted to fire on police officers, was killed in Laventille in the early hours of yesterday.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Attorney Jennifer Messado has been arrested and charged with addit-ional breaches of the Forgery Act.
(Trinidad Guardian) The country’s leading religious leaders yesterday called on Government not to amend the Equal Opportunities Act to accommodate the LGBTQIA community, while they want an amendment to the Marriage Act to entrench marriage as a union between a male and female when Parliament meets in September.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Sporting Central Football Academy chairman Brandon Murray was shot dead by gunmen in St Andrew on Sunday.
VATICAN CITY/SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – Pope Francis has accepted the resignations of three Chilean bishops following sex abuse scandals, including Bishop Juan Barros of Osorno, the city at the centre of the uproar, the Vatican said yesterday.
(Barbados Government Information Service) Below are some the key fiscal measures announced by Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Mia Mottley in her Mini Budget presentation delivered yesterday i.
(Trinidad Express) Opposition Member of Parliament for Chaguanas West Ganga Singh say Prime Minister Dr.
(Trinidad Express) Eric Ganesh was shot and killed while customizing a motorcycle on Saturday night.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuba said yesterday it remained baffled by health issues affecting U.S.
(Trinidad Guardian) A schoolboy who was playing a video game at his home, a man who was celebrating a friend’s birthday, and another man who took a chance to urinate in a track, were all shot dead when gunmen opened fire in Laventille on Friday night.
PINEDALE, Wyo., (Reuters) – Environ-mentalists on Friday accused the Trump administration of political interference and retaliation in the ouster of Yellow-stone National Park’s chief after his disputes with U.S.
(Jamaica Observer) Government sources told the Jamaica Observer Thursday that they are awaiting a response from Venezuela on its offer to repurchase their 49 per cent share in the local oil refinery, Petrojam.
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