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(BBC) Two US missionaries have been found dead in a rural area of the Caribbean island of Jamaica notorious for its high rates of crime, police say. The pair have been named as Randy Hentzel, 48, and Harold Nichols, 53. They worked in Jamaica for a Pennsylvania-based religious group called Teams for Medical Missions. Their […]
After serving as Guyana’s Permanent Representative at the United States for several years, career diplomat, Ambassador George Talbott is getting ready for his move to Brazil as the new Guyana Ambassador. Talbott is expected to take up his appointment within the next two months. Speaking to News Source in New York, Mr. Talbott, who began […]
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados Apr 27 2016 – Regional airline LIAT on Wednesday said one of its employees was assisting the police in Barbados with their investigation into a drug-related matter. LIAT said the employee in question was taken into custody on Tuesday shortly after arrival at the Grantley Adams International Airport on a flight from St. […]
A week after Ecuador’s devastating earthquake, President Rafael Correa has said the number of fatalities has risen to 646. President Correa said that another 130 people were still missing. He announced eight days of national mourning for the victims of the worst tragedy to hit the South American nation in decades. The 7.8 magnitude quake […]
Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff has said she could ask the South American trade bloc Mercosur to suspend the country if she is removed from office. Ms Rousseff has repeatedly described the impeachment process as a political coup by her rivals to oust her. She is accused of manipulating budget figures ahead of her re-election in […]
(BBC) Tensions between Guatemala and Belize over a border dispute have risen sharply after a shooting incident in which a Guatemalan teenager died. Guatemala says the 13-year-old boy was attacked by Belizean soldiers. Belize says its troops shot in self-defence after coming under fire. Belize also accuses Guatemala of “amassing” troops along the border. Guatemala’s […]
A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake in Ecuador has killed scores of people and injured more than 500, Vice-President Jorge Glas says. The quake, Ecuador’s largest since 1979, hit at 18:58 on Saturday (23:58 GMT) near the northern town of Muisne. Widespread severe damage is reported, with a bridge destroyed as far south as Guayaquil about 300km […]
Several Caribbean nationals, including Guyanese, have been arrested in New Jersey, during a 5 -day enforcement effort targeting sex offenders. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) issued a release on the operation and arrests saying it was carried out by the Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Newark Field Office as a “Crimes against Children” […]
(Trinidad Guardian) Citizens are now paying more to travel after a 15 per cent increase in the price per litre of super gasoline and diesel went into immediate effect yesterday. Alcohol and cigarettes are also going up, a 50 per cent tax will be levied on luxury vehicles with an engine size exceeding 1999cc, and […]
(BBC) Argentine President Mauricio Macri has pledged to assert his innocence when he appears before a federal prosecutor on Friday to explain his finances. An investigation began on Thursday after it transpired Mr Macri was mentioned in the Panama Papers, leaked files of law firm Mossack Fonseca. Mr Macri said he would file a judicial […]
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