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Guyana PCA Recommends Charges Against Police Officers for Murder of Quindon Bacchus

By Santana Salmon The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in Guyana, Senor Counsel, Shalimar Ali-Hack, has announced that a police officer will be charged with murder and two others with charges of attempting to obstruct the course of justice in connection with the death of Quindon Bacchus, 23, last month. Bacchus was shot several times […]

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Suspect in Killing of Haitian President Freed by Istanbul Court

A Court in Türkiye has turned down a request for the extradition of Samir Nasri Salem Handal to Haiti in connection with the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in July last year. There is an Interpol red arrest warrant out on Handal, a Jordanian businessman who allegedly rented his house to Christian Emmanuel Sanon, who […]

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WORLD VIEW: July 4th Killings, Ukraine Latest, Africa Famine, Australia Floods, More

  Trending | View in Browser July 05, 2022 Here is today’s selection of top stories from The Associated Press at this hour to begin your day.  Today’s Headlines 6 dead, 30 hurt in shooting at Chicago-area July 4 parade HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (AP) — A gunman on a rooftop opened fire on an Independence […]

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PAHO Provides $750k to Caribbean Public Health Agency

KINGSTON, Jamaica – An additional US$750,000 in financing support has been provided by the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA). The funding comes under PAHO’s Biennial Work Plan, which spans two-year funding periods, the last of which ended in December 2021. The latest allocation will cover CARPHA’s programme implementation […]

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St.Kitts Tourism Authority Names Mia Lange New Chief Marketing Officer

The St. Kitts Tourism Authority (SKTA) named Mia Lange chief marketing officer (CMO), a new position designed to “further strengthen the destination’s presence in key international source markets,” said SKTA officials in a statement. Lange will direct the strategic implementation of St. Kitts’ global marketing and branding efforts and its international agencies’ activities. Lange will […]

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Chile Finalizes Proposed Constitution, Final Vote on Sept. 4

SANTIAGO, July 4 (Reuters) – Chile’s constitutional assembly handed over the final text of a proposed new constitution to President Gabriel Boric on Monday, finalizing a year-long process to replace the country’s magna carta that dates back to the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship. The ceremony, held in Santiago, kicks off a two-month campaign to sway voters […]

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US Homeland Security Secretary Warns Migrants Against Dangerous Border Journey

By Donald Judd, CNN (CNN) Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Sunday warned migrants “not to take the dangerous journey” and attempt to cross the US-Mexico border after 53 migrants died in a sweltering semitruck in San Antonio, Texas, last week, in what is being called the deadliest human smuggling incident in US history. “We […]

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Storm Bonnie Leaves Deadly Trail in Central America

By Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News   At least five people have been killed as Tropical Storm Bonnie swept through Central America. Four died in Nicaragua and one in El Salvador, officials said. Bonnie, which has since strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane, is expected to move parallel to the coasts of southern Mexico in the […]

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Cassidy Hutchinson Testimony Shortens Odds of Trump Being Charged with Crime

by Rebecca Beitsch and Harper Neidig The Hill The Jan. 6 committee’s accumulating evidence against former President Trump, including testimony from White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, has strengthened a potential criminal case against him and chipped away at his most likely defense arguments, legal experts say. Hutchinson, a former special assistant to Trump chief of […]

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US: Man Arrested After 4 July Mass Shooting

BBC- US police have arrested a suspect after six people were killed in a mass shooting at an Independence Day parade in Highland Park, Illinois. Robert E Crimo III, 22, was detained after a brief chase, police said. The gunman climbed on to a roof, shooting randomly at spectators using a high-powered rifle. It is […]

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