PANAMA CITY, July 20 (Reuters) – Hundreds of people took to the streets of Panama on Wednesday to protest the government’s failed efforts to stem the rising cost of living, among other demands. Across the Central American nation protesters blocked roads and stopped trucks from delivering food, a pressure tactic that has been increasingly used […]
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NASSAU, July 20 (Reuters) – A vessel delivering diesel to The Bahamas resort island of Great Exuma spilled around 35,000 gallons of the fuel early on Wednesday, according to the country’s acting prime minister. “I am … advised that all of the agencies of government are deployed to mitigate the matter,” said Chester Cooper, who […]
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By Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News El Salvador’s government has extended a controversial state of emergency by another month for a fourth time. The special measures were declared in March to combat rampant gang violence. Since then, 46,000 people have been arrested on suspicion of belonging to gangs in the country of 6.5m people. Human rights […]
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BBC- Tens of thousands of former banana workers say they were made sterile by a pesticide used by US companies on plantations in Latin America in the 1970s. The United States restricted and then banned its use on the US mainland because of the health risks, but workers in Central America and South America continued […]
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The two candidates in the Conservative leadership race are setting out their pitches to the party members who will choose Boris Johnson’s successor. Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss topped the final ballot of MPs on Wednesday. Writing in the Daily Telegraph, Mr Sunak said he would introduce “a set of reforms as radical as the […]
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By Loshaun Dixon In the next two weeks, Government Auxiliary Employees (GAE) will be eligible for pensions dating back to May 2012, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Dr Timothy Harris has announced. Dr Harris last Friday disclosed that the Cabinet met last week, and determined that all the establishment workers shall become pensionable effective […]
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By Loshaun Dixon The Federation’s closest ally the Republic of China (Taiwan) has once again proved its significance to the people of St Kitts and Nevis, with the donation of a new state-of-the-art fire tender that will be used at the R.L.B. International Airport. The tender that was handed over on Tuesday was described as […]
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By Santana Salmon CNW Eight police officers were remanded on Tuesday after they appeared before a Port of Spain magistrate charged with the 2020 murders of three men in Second Caledonia, Morvant on the outskirts of the capital. The matter was adjourned to August 16. The officers – Sgt Joseph Solomon, 44, with 22 years’ […]
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The Windrush Caribbean Film Festival (WCFF) Film Awards were handed out at the closing screening in Birmingham on July 17, 2022. The Best Short Film honor was handed to filmmaker, Alex Koyode-Kay for his film on the little-known story of a young community activist, Olive Morris. The Ballad of Olive Morris is a short film that shows a […]
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By Santana Salmon CNW Jamaican dancehall entertainer Merciless was found dead in a hotel room near Lyndhurst Road in St. Andrew earlier today. Initial reports suggest that the DJ died from natural causes. Merciless, whose given name is Leonard Bartley was born on 1 July 1971 in the Turner district of Chapelton, Clarendon, Jamaica. Merciless first found success performing […]
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