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Jearlean John
Jearlean John

T&T gov’t suffers setback in corruption lawsuit

(Trinidad Guardian) The Government has suffered a setback in its prosecution of a corruption lawsuit against former Housing Development Corporation (HDC) officials, two State officials and two private companies over a $175 million land deal.

Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness (centre) and other Caribbean representatives during the meeting. (VOA photo)

Jamaica PM accepts UK PM’s apology over Caribbean migrants

(Trinidad Guardian) A sense of “relief” descended on the Caribbean community in Britain yesterday when British Prime Minister Theresa May apologised to Caribbean leaders over the treatment of members of the so-called “Windrush Generation,” who have been threatened with deportation after decades of living in the United Kingdom in what was a significant about turn on a decision by the British government to deport descendants of members of the Windrush Generation who are deemed illegal immigrants.

Brazil top court ruling could free Lula, derail graft fight

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – A decision looming before Brazil’s Supreme Court could free imprisoned former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva within days and deal the harshest blow yet to the South American country’s battle against corruption, prosecutors and judges say.

Onica King

Woman stabbed to death in Barbados

(Barbados Nation) The usual hustle and bustle of a Saturday afternoon in Bridgetown came to a standstill yesterday following the brutal murder of a 36-year-old nail technician and mother of two.

Mike Pence addresses a news conference at the Summit of the Americas in Lima, Peru yesterday.

US urges regional leaders to isolate Venezuela’s Maduro

LIMA (Reuters) – The United States urged regional leaders on Saturday to take stronger steps to isolate Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, as it joined a declaration condemning the worsening humanitarian crisis and political repression in the South American nation.

Faris Al-Rawi

AG: T&T will appeal buggery ruling

(Trinidad Express) Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi says the State will appeal Judge Devindra Rampersad’s ruling on Sections 13 and 16 of the Sexual Offences Act as unconstitutional as applied to adult consensual acts “because the law ought to be settled”.

Guatemala arrests thwarted by information leaks

GUATEMALA CITY,  (Reuters) – Guatemalan prosecutors and the United Nations-backed Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) on Friday said they had suffered information leaks that thwarted three planned arrests in a corruption scandal investigation.

Members and supporters of the LGBT community outside the Parliament Building. (Trinidad Express)

T&T buggery law ruled unconstitutional

(Trinidad Express) Cheers erupted and tears of joy were shed outside the Hall of Justice in Port of Spain yesterday as members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) community learned of the court’s ruling in the landmark case brought by gay activist Jason Jones challenging this country’s buggery laws.

Leon Bebe

T&T lettuce farmer killed during robbery

(Trinidad Guardian) Weeks before his death, lettuce farmer Leon Bebe ranted on Facebook about how people whom he grew up with could “sit down and plan up how to kill” him because of envy and greed.

Leon Bebe

T&T lettuce farmer killed during robbery

(Trinidad Guardian) Weeks before his death, lettuce farmer Leon Bebe ranted on Facebook about how people whom he grew up with could “sit down and plan up how to kill” him because of envy and greed.

Killed: Daniel Cooper

T&T dad shot dead

(Trinidad Express) The search for missing father-of-one Daniel Cooper ended yesterday morning, along an agricultural access road near Princes Town, where his body was found.

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