(Trinidad Guardian) Law enforcement officers yesterday raised concerns about the security in place at this country’s ports of entry, after they discovered three high-powered assault rifles – AK47s – in a barrel containing loose dog food at the El Socorro Bond area of Piarco Air Services.
(Trinidad Guardian) Law enforcement officers yesterday raised concerns about the security in place at this country’s ports of entry, after they discovered three high-powered assault rifles – AK47s – in a barrel containing loose dog food at the El Socorro Bond area of Piarco Air Services.
DALLAS, (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Corp’s chief executive said yesterday the company would reconsider how it communicates the risks its faces from climate change after shareholders approved a measure calling for increased transparency.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Trump administration has rolled out a new questionnaire for U.S.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Charge d’Affaires of the Venezuelan Embassy, Luis Gutierrez, said the Nicolas Maduro administration remains committed to bilateral agreements between the troubled South American nation and its Caribbean counterparts, including Jamaica.
CARACAS/NEW YORK, (Reuters/IFR) – Goldman Sachs Group Inc’s statement that it never transacted directly with the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro when it bought $2.8 billion of bonds for pennies on the dollar was dismissed by the country’s opposition yesterday as an effort to “put lipstick on this pig.”
GENEVA, (Reuters) – Tobacco growing causes “massive harm” to the environment through extensive use of chemicals, energy and water, and pollution from manufacturing and distribution, the World Health Organization (WHO) said yesterday.
(Trinidad Express) Good news on gas is on the horizon. The Express understands British Petroleum (BP) has had success in its exploration of two wells — Savannah and Macadamia.
BRASILIA, (Reu-ters) – Brazilian Presi-dent Michel Temer must respond within 24 hours to federal police questions about his alleged involvement in a sprawling political graft probe, a Supreme Court judge ruled yesterday, a source with direct knowledge of the investigation told Reuters.
(Trinidad Guardian) The Government Information Services Limited (GISL) will be no more and its 60 employees will be sent home, Minister of Communications Maxie Cuffie confirmed yesterday.
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentine Foreign Minister Susana Malcorra resigned yesterday and will move to Madrid to be closer to her family, President Mauricio Macri said.
CARACAS (Reuters) – The president of Venezuela’s opposition-run Congress yesterday accused Wall Street investment bank Goldman Sachs of “aiding and abetting the country’s dictatorial regime” following a report that it had bought $2.8 billion in bonds from the cash-strapped country.
(Trinidad Guardian) University of the West Indies history professor, Dr Brinsley Samaroo, great-grandson of indentured Indians, in a moving search for his roots in India, found his relatives in the village of Baraich in Uttar Pradesh and keeps a close connection with them.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Scandal-plagued Brazilian President Michel Temer yesterday named a new justice minister, placing a respected legal figure in the position as the leader defends himself against corruption allegations.
(Trinidad Express) A man recently released from prison was ambushed and shot dead outside a bar in Barataria yesterday.
(Trinidad Express) A woman was found chopped to death in an apartment in Cunupia on Saturday.
(Trinidad Express) A gunman on a bicycle shot dead a Chaguanas businessman and wounded his daughter yesterday.
CARACAS (Reuters) – Courier services have told customers that the Venezuelan customs authority has banned them from importing items such as gas masks, slingshots and bulletproof vests used by some demonstrators in anti-government protests.
LIMA (Reuters) – The financial arm of the World Bank is considering issuing about $2 billion in bonds to finance environmentally friendly projects in Peru, the nation’s economy minister said yesterday.
(Trinidad Express) More than 11 years after she was kidnapped at gunpoint from her San Juan business place, severely beaten and then buried alive in a shallow grave in a cashew field in Claxton Bay, five of the men who were charged with the murder of Samdaye Rampersad, were each sentenced to 28 years in prison yesterday.
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