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Reggae Star Koffee Headlines St. Maarten Heineken Regatta

International-Reggae breakthrough artist Koffee – to headline for the 43rd St. Maarten Heineken Regatta Organizers of the St. Maarten Heineken Regatta are proud to announce Koffee, Grammy Award Winning, International Reggae-Star, will be performing live in St. Maarten on March 5th 2023, for the upcoming 43rd edition of the St. Maarten Heineken Regatta at the […]

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Peru’s Embattled President Could Have Eased the Crisis. What Happened?

Analysis by Tara John, CNN Peru’s President Dina Boluarte, who was born in a largely indigenous region in south-central Peru where Quechua is the most spoken language, might have been the leader to channel protesters’ frustrations. Angela Ponce/Reuters CNN  —  When Dina Boluarte was anointed Peru’s sixth president in five years, she faced battles on […]

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Peru Recalls Ambassador to Honduras for ‘Unacceptable Interference’ as Diplomatic Spat Deepens

Jan 26 (Reuters) – Peru withdrew its ambassador to Honduras, Jorge Raffo, due to Honduras’ “unacceptable interference” in the internal affairs of Peru, the South American nation’s foreign ministry said on Thursday. The step is part of a deepening showdown between Peru President Dina Boluarte and her regional peers, including the leftist leaders of Mexico, […]

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Hundreds of Children Packed in El Salvador’s Overcrowded Prisons -Rights Group

Jan 27 (Reuters) – Human Rights Watch (HRW) accused Salvadoran authorities on Friday of “mass due process violations” in the detention of tens of thousands of people, including hundreds of children, in over-crowded prisons, citing leaked government data. The rights watchdog said following the introduction of a state of emergency suspending key rights to address […]

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Colombian Drug Lord Otoniel Pleads Guilty in US Court

By Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News Notorious Colombian cocaine trafficker Dairo Antonio Úsuga, also known as Otoniel, has pleaded guilty to drugs charges in a US court. Otoniel was the leader of Colombia’s most powerful criminal gang for more than nine years. He was arrested in his Colombia hideout in October 2021 and extradited to the […]

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Five Black Cops Charged: Memphis Braces for Video Footage in Tyre Nichols Beating Death

by Cheyanne M. Daniels THE HILL The city of Memphis, Tenn., is bracing for potential civil unrest with the release of video footage of the beating of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man who died after a traffic stop earlier this month. On Thursday, five former Memphis Police officers involved in the incident were charged with second-degree […]

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Haiti Police Riot After Crime Gangs Kill 14 Officers

Image source, ReutersImage caption, Protesters attempted to break into the Haitian prime minister’s residence By Laura Gozzi BBC News Rebel police officers rioted in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince on Thursday in protest at the killing of more than a dozen colleagues by criminal gangs. The rioting officers blame the government for not taking action. More than […]

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Nevis Farmers Participate in Crop Protection Symposium

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS– Stakeholders in the agricultural sector on Nevis took part in a Crop Protection Symposium, held at the Emergency Operations Center at Long Point on January 26, 2023. The meeting, hosted by Trinidad-based Caribbean Chemicals and Agencies Limited in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA), was designed to create […]

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US FDA Recommends ‘Harmonizing’ Primary COVID Doses and Boosters, Updated Vax Effective, World Covid Stats

By Joseph Choi AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File FILE – A patient waits to be called for a COVID-19 vaccination booster shot outside a pharmacy in a grocery store, on Nov. 3, 2021, in downtown Denver. U.S. regulators have opened up COVID-19 booster shots to all and more adults, letting them choose another dose of either […]

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American Airlines Flight Attendant Shot and Killed in Trinidad

By CMC News A 22-year-old American Airlines flight attendant was shot and killed, and another person injured during a shooting in Trinidad and Tobago Tuesday night. According to the Trinidad Police, Shakir Wells, and his 19-year-old friend Martin Stewart went to visit a friend in Wallerfield. Wells stepped out of his vehicle to speak with […]

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