By Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News Police in Nicaragua have raided five town halls governed by the opposition Citizens for Freedom party in the latest crackdown on opponents of President Daniel Ortega. Citizens for Freedom was stripped of its legal status in the run-up to presidential elections last year but its mayors had continued to govern. […]
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New subvariant now a majority of US COVID cases © AP A new omicron subvariant known as BA.5 now comprises a majority of U.S. COVID-19 cases, according to data released Tuesday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The data is a sign of the rise of the highly transmissible subvariant, which has […]
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Calypso legend David Michael Rudder is among four CARICOM nationals to be conferred with the Order of the Caribbean Community. The names were announced at the opening ceremony of the 43rd Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM, in Suriname. “I’m deeply humbled. Thank you Caribbean Community,” the words of David […]
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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