SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – More defendants are negotiating and signing plea bargain deals in a massive bribery case focused on Brazil’s state-run oil firm Petrobras as federal prosecutors prepare charges against higher-profile suspects, including politicians.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – Retired Cuban President Fidel Castro celebrated his 89th birthday yesterday with two of his country’s closest leftist allies from Latin America, a day ahead of a historic visit by the U.S.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s popularity fell to 24.3 percent in July, hurt by voracious inflation and shortages of goods ranging from spare parts to shampoo, according to respected local pollster Datanalisis.
(Trinidad Guardian) Two minors were remanded into prison custody on Wednesday after they appeared in court charged with the unlawful killing of an 11-year-old boy who was shot dead while they were playing with a loaded shotgun. The
The TT$500 million National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA) in Port of Spain has to be completely shut down, says Arts and Multiculturalism Minister Dr Lincoln Douglas, the Trinidad Express reported last night.
(Trinidad Guardian) Two minors were remanded into prison custody yesterday after they appeared in court charged with the unlawful killing of an 11-year-old boy who was shot dead while they were playing with a loaded shotgun. The
PARAMARIBO, (Reuters) – Desi Bouterse, a former military ruler convicted of drug trafficking in the Netherlands, was sworn in for a second five-year term as president of Suriname yesterday.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said yesterday she would not consider quitting despite calls for her impeachment from opponents in Congress as the economy sinks and her popularity hits record lows.
(Barbados Nation) The Barbados government has been left with a more than Bds$800 000 bill from its hosting of the three-day Caricom Heads of Government meeting last month.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – The biggest threat to Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s hold on office may come not from a corruption scandal that has ensnared the country’s business and political elite but from a less-heralded probe into accounting practices led by a computer science graduate turned lawyer.
(Trinidad Guardian) The T&T Police Service (TTPS) has signed a multi-million dollar deal with a firm to equip all police officers with some of the latest and hi-tech guns to even the playing field against the criminal element.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – The president of Brazil’s Senate said yesterday that attempting to impeach President Dilma Rousseff was not a priority and warned that seeking her removal in Congress would “set the country on fire.”
(Trinidad Guardian) Businessman Derek Chin, owner of the MovieTowne franchise and Dachin Company Ltd, yesterday denied that he had pulled away from the stalled billion-dollar Invaders Bay Development project.
(Trinidad Express) Businesswoman Mary Ramlogan yesterday staged a protest outside the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago (CBTT) to highlight the unavailability of foreign currency, which is creating a negative impact on her business.
(Trinidad Express) Express Investigative Reporter Anika Gumbs resigned yesterday stating that she was “mentally scarred” and “traumatised” by “an unfortunate experience” with Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley.
(Trinidad Express) Surinamese national Edmund Quincy Muntslag, who was wanted in the United States, was extradited to that country from Trinidad and Tobago yesterday, to face charges of narcotics trafficking.