(Trinidad Guardian) Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Joan Honore-Paul on Wednesday night slammed Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar for her suggestion that she and her colleagues should be cleared in the Emailgate probe, saying the police were far from done with their investigations and the case was still wide open.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – A surprise boost to pension benefits approved in Congress late on Wednesday could cost Brazil dozens of billions of dollars in the years ahead, jeopardizing government efforts to rein in spending excesses that threaten the country’s fiscal health.
(Trinidad Express) No one has been cleared in the emailgate probe.
(Jamaica Observer) House Speaker Michael Peart had to cast a vote on a Bill amending the Constitution to repeal provisions relating to appeals to the Privy Council on Tuesday to ensure the Government a twothirds majority to pass it.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Sophia Martelly, wife of Haiti’s president, Michel Martelly, has been barred from running for a Senate seat in legislative elections this August, Haiti’s electoral authority announced yesterday.
CARDALES, Argentina, (Reuters) – Argentina is famous for its Malbec red wine and beef, but it boasts two lesser-known but equally prized exports: the sperm and frozen embryos of thoroughbred polo horses.
MIAMI, (Reuters) – The number of Cuban migrants looking to enter the United States ballooned in early 2015, partly driven by uncertainty over the future of special immigration consideration for Cubans after the two countries announced efforts to improve ties.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – An epidemic of dengue fever is fanning public anger over what Brazilians say is President Dilma Rousseff’s biggest challenge – the sad state of the national healthcare system.
BEIJING, (Reuters) – When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in the ancient city of Xian tomorrow at the start of a visit to China, he will be met by Chinese President Xi Jinping, in an unusual departure from normal protocol.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande yesterday urged an end to the U.S.
(Trinidad Express) United States Intellectual Property law firm Computer Law Group LLP has cleared Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and former Attorney General Anand Ramlogan of involvement in emails produced by Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley in the “Emailgate” scandal.
SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – Economist Rodrigo Valdes was named as Chile’s finance minister yesterday by President Michelle Bachelet, in a sweeping cabinet reshuffle in which four of her closest ministers were sacked or shifted into other roles.
(Trinidad Express) A Chinese company listed as posing a national security threat to the United States has been secretly awarded a TT$512 million contract to upgrade the National Operations Centre (NOC).
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela will hold parliamentary elections in the last quarter of this year and the exact date will be announced soon, the head of the National Electoral Council (CNE) said yesterday.
(Trinidad Express) Hot dogs and ketchup. An order for US$1,250,187.36 (TT$7.8 million) worth of it was made under the title “Food items for Guyana” by the National Energy Corporation (NEC), via an invoice sent to the Central International Company LLC.
(Trinidad Express) Hot dogs and ketchup. An order for US$1,250,187.36 (TT$7.8 million) worth of it was made under the title “Food items for Guyana” by the National Energy Corporation (NEC), via an invoice sent to the Central International Company LLC.
(Trinidad Express) Collapsed insurance giant Clico still owes Government TT$12.83 billion, Minister in the Ministry of Finance and Economy Rudy Indarsingh said yesterday.
(Trinidad Express) INDIFFERENCE overcame anguish in the Diego Martin West constituency of Opposition leader Dr Keith Rowley yesterday, as people reacted to his suspension from the Parliament Wednesday.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil urged Venezuela’s government yesterday to set a date for a parliamentary election as soon as possible, stepping up pressure on its leftist ally and neighbor to resolve a simmering political crisis.
(Trinidad Express) Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley was suspended from the Parliament at 9.15 last night and therefore will not be allowed to return to the House for the remainder of the session.
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