(Trinidad Guardian) The social, economic and political upheavals, hyperinflation, shortages of food, medicine and other supplies and US sanctions have forced many Venezuelans to flee their country and look for work in neighbouring countries, including T&T, to earn money and supplies to send back home to their families.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Prime Minister Andrew Holness has hit back at critics regarding his decision to appoint the country’s new chief justice in an acting role, declaring that he was from a different age and his way of thinking may not always coincide with those who hold traditional views.
(Trinidad Express) Tobago police officers have launched a search for a man suspected of bludgeoning to death a school teacher yesterday morning in Lambeau.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil has shelved a planned railway to ship commodities destined for China through Peru as it was too costly and faced “absurd” engineering challenges, a Brazilian official said.
(Trinidad Express) Within the next 13 months, this country will have its first Linear Accelerator facility.
(Trinidad Express) A Penal labourer appeared in the Siparia Magistrates’ Court yesterday, charged with knifing to death his elder brother.
GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – Thousands of previously unknown ancient Maya structures, including pyramids, palaces and causeways, have been revealed in Guatemala following an investigation by a team of international archaeologists using ground-penetrating laser technology.
(Trinidad Guardian) A 17-year-old was among three men, who were killed during a shootout with police in Diego Martin, yesterday.
AUSTIN, Texas, (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson yesterday raised the prospect that the Venezuelan military could decide to oust President Nicolas Maduro but said he did not know whether that would happen.
AUSTIN, Texas, (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned Latin American countries yesterday against excessive reliance on economic ties with China, saying the region did not need new imperial powers.
(Trinidad Express) Two teenage boys are expected to appear before an Arima Magistrate charged with the January 25 murder of Francis Stafford, and with wounding a woman.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – The eldest son of late Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart, committed suicide yesterday after being treated for months for depression, Cuban state-run media reported.
(Trinidad Guardian) Two soldiers, accused of defrauding the Defence Force of $1.5m in an alleged payroll scam, have agreed to repay the money.
(Trinidad Express) A Santa Cruz man is expected to appear before a Port of Spain Magistrate charged with the murder of Jason Thomas, and wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, against a friend of the victim.
(Trinidad Guardian) Grappling to deal with financial constraints, the University of T&T has now closed down its campus at the Southern Academy for the Performing Arts (SAPA) in San Fernando.
(Trinidad Guardian) A cocktail of alcohol and bad temper led to a tragic end for two siblings who spent childhood into manhood together as one ended up in the mortuary while the other sat restlessly in jail.
(Trinidad Guardian) A cocktail of alcohol and bad temper led to a tragic end for two siblings who spent childhood into manhood together as one ended up in the mortuary while the other sat restlessly in jail.
In an impassioned plea against the 20 years the prosecutor is seeking for his client, Surinamese President Desi Bouterse, attorney Irvin Kanhai on Monday told a Surinamese court the men his client is accused of killing some 35 years ago were involved in ‘high treason’ in a grand collusion with the Netherlands but denied Bouterse had anything to do with their deaths even though he was the then military leader.
(Trinidad Express) Two more homicides overnight took the number of killings this month to 59, making it the most violent in modern history.
(Trinidad Guardian) A number of new strategies were discussed during a closed-door two-hour meeting between the Prison Officers Association, commanders of the Police and Prison Service and the Minister of National Security Edmund Dillon last night to protect officers whose lives are at risk.
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