NEW YORK, (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney for Manhattan Preet Bharara said yesterday that “millions of people” across the country believe their police departments are biased against them and that he had not shied away from charging officers for misconduct.
(Trinidad Express) On August 19, the High Court will deliver judgment on whether the Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) acted contrary to law when it extended the regular voting time by an additional hour during last September’s general election and whether fresh elections should take place in five marginal constituencies based on that illegality.
(Barbados Nation) Pay up some of the millions of dollars owed to us.
(Trinidad Guardian) Five managers of the Human Resources Department at State-owned Petrotrin were suspended yesterday, following the conclusion of a four-year audit into a recruitment exercise.
BELIZE CITY, Belize, (Reuters) – Burdened by chronic back pain, Belize Prime Minister Dean Barrow avoids traveling abroad, his colleagues say.
(Trinidad Guardian) Already on the run for two murders and wanted by police for several weeks, Jason Khan told relatives he was not going to surrender or flee the country but was ready to die at the hands of police.
(Jamaica Observer) – As Jamaica continues to struggle with the rising incidence of serious crimes among young people, Commonwealth Secretary-General Baroness Patricia Scotland argues that the problem is not unique to the island and that the best way to address the situation is to reduce the exposure of children to abusive circumstances.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Senior US Department of Justice officials overruled internal recommendations to prosecute global bank HSBC Holdings Plc for money-laundering violations because of concerns about the stability of the financial system, according to a congressional report released yesterday.
(Trinidad Guardian) It will be a committed gesture to the legacy of late former prime minister Patrick Manning if the Prime Ministers and Presidents of the region resuscitate the Caricom and Caribbean integration charted by Manning’s vision of the Caribbean as a potent force on the world stage, said President Anthony Carmona on Saturday.
(Barbados Nation) The dust has settled on the fight for Banks Breweries and now the substantial legal costs in the bidding war falls to Banks Holdings and SLU Beverages.
(Trinidad Guardian) Calls are being made to rename the Piarco International Airport to the Patrick Augustus Manning International Airport in honour of this country’s late prime minister for his keen interest in civil aviation.
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba is drastically cutting electricity, imports and investment, as well as reducing fuel consumption by 28 per cent through the end of the year, its economy minister said on Friday in a closed-door speech to the National Assembly published by official media yesterday.
(Reuters) – Venezuelan authorities have arrested a representative of the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca at the center of the Panama Papers scandal on accusations of seeking clients interested in investing “illicit funds”, state prosecutors said.
(Trinidad Guardian) Founder and chairman of Sandals Resorts Gordon Butch Stewart has denied allegations made by Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister Gaston Browne that Sandals has been retaining the lion’s share of hotel room tax income, by what the Antiguan government has called “an unlawful agreement.”
MONTEVIDEO, (Reuters) – The World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) ruled in favour of Uruguay yesterday in a suit filed by Philip Morris International seeking compensation for economic damages caused by the nation’s anti-tobacco measures.
SEOUL, (Reuters) – South Korea and the United States said on Friday they would deploy an advanced missile defence system in South Korea to counter the threat from nuclear-armed North Korea, drawing a sharp and swift protest from neighbouring China.
WARSAW, (Reuters) – NATO leaders agreed yesterday to deploy military forces to the Baltic states and eastern Poland for the first time and increase air and sea patrols to reassure allies who were once part of the Soviet bloc following Russia’s seizure of Crimea from Ukraine.
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The United States has tentatively approved flights on eight U.S.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – When Venezuelan customs worker Jose Antonio Arriaga signed a petition seeking a recall referendum against President Nicolas Maduro, he suspected it could cost him his job.
BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombia’s army will up their fight against dissident FARC rebels and crime gangs across the nation even after a peace accord is signed with the Marxist group, the head of the army said, in a bid to prevent other armed groups and drug traffickers from taking over rebel territory.
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