(Trinidad Express) Nicholas Ramlal, the 20-year-old man who was charged with murdering his mother and teenage sister earlier this month has been remanded into prison custody after making his first court appearance on Tuesday.
(Trinidad Express) Attorney-at-law and former police officer Taradath Singh, who survived a gun attack outside his Cunupia home last month, was shot dead outside a school in Charlieville on Tuesday evening.
LONDON/NASSAU, (Reuters) – King Charles on Tuesday acknowledged the injustices of slavery, saying Commonwealth leaders would discuss the issue at their summit next week, against the backdrop of increasingly vocal demands from the Caribbean that Britain pays reparations for its role in the slave trade.
(Reuters) – Around 1,000 soldiers from El Salvador have been sent to Haiti in a string of deployments in recent days after four Salvadoran members of the UN-backed force in Haiti went missing, a security official in Haiti told Reuters today.
-concerned at amount of cars in Barbados Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley has called for scrutiny of telecommunications services amid plans by a provider to increase broadband rates, saying consumers must receive answers about service quality and their rights.
(Trinidad Guardian) Local contractor, NH International (Caribbean), has secured a US$243 million (EC$666 million) contract to expand St Lucia’s Hewanorra International Airport, even as construction firms T&T continue to raise concerns about delayed payments and the slow rollout of government projects.
FORT MYERS, Florida, (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump on Friday used a campaign rally in Florida, where Cuban Americans are a potent voting bloc, to vow to address his concerns about Cuba once the Iran war is settled.
(Trinidad Guardian) Coming on the heels of major top-level executive announcements across Republic Financial Holdings Ltd (RFHL), the Port-of-Spain-headquartered regional banking group confirmed that Edward Ince, a director of its T&T subsidiary Republic Bank Ltd, had resigned.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuban law enforcement officials yesterday alleged that the US was allowing terrorists to operate with impunity on American soil, citing details of an investigation into a February speedboat incursion that led to a gun battle at sea, deaths and injuries on both sides.
(Trinidad Guardian) Former prime minister Stuart Young has alleged that political interference in T&T’s largest indigenous financial institution can threaten confidence in the country’s banking system, as he questioned the circumstances surrounding the departure of Republic Financial Holdings Ltd’s (RFHL) executive Richard Sammy and challenged Government’s claims that foreign exchange availability has improved.
CARICOM and the OPEC Fund for International Development have signed an agreement aimed at improving member states’ access to climate financing and supporting projects to strengthen resilience to climate change.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Cuba and the United States have maintained “channels of communication” but are not engaged in any formal negotiations, Havana’s top diplomat in Washington told Reuters, as the Trump administration pursues a pressure campaign against the Communist-ruled island.
(Trinidad Guardian) Approximately 350 employees at Nutrien’s Point Lisas nitrogen complex face retrenchment as the Canadian fertiliser giant moves to indefinitely shut down its Trinidad operations.
(Trinidad Express) A post-mortem examination has found that 18-year-old Javon Hamilton, who was killed during a home invasion in Freeport last week, died from a gunshot injury to his right upper back.
(Trinidad Guardian) Former Trinidad and Tobago high commissioner to India Dave Persad is accusing Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar of going too far in trying to please the United States, warning that pragmatism should not become “grovelling” at the expense of the country’s dignity and self-respect.
(Trinidad Guardian) Massy Holdings said yesterday that it expects to record an accounting loss of approximately US$9.8 million ($66.54 million) on the sale of its Caterpillar-related line of business and related assets in T&T to Machinery Corporation Motors (MACORP).
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – At least 11 people were killed yesterday in Haiti’s central Artibonite region by gang members after a deadly security operation, the local mayor said.
(Trinidad Guardian) Giselle Ougrah had excelled academically, graduating with excellence from St Stephen’s College after attaining 16 subjects at CSEC and CAPE.
(Reuters) – Haiti’s displacement crisis is spreading beyond the capital, with nearly 1.5 million people uprooted across the country, the International Organization for Migration said in a report published today.
SAN JOSE, (Reuters) – Costa Rica President Laura Fernandez dismissed Foreign Minister Manuel Tovar yesterday after he attended a high-level regional security meeting led by US President Donald Trump without notifying her, preventing her from participating in the gathering.
