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Haiti prime minister resigns
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) — Embattled Haiti Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant resigned today following deadly violence and looting sparked by a now-abandoned plan to raise fuel prices. "I submitted my resignation to the president of the...
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T&T: Judge asks to recuse self over ‘threat’ text
Trinidad Guardian:- Alleged improper communication between prosecutors and a magistrate may derail the preliminary inquiry into the assassination of former Independent Senator Dana Seetahal, SC. Lawyers representing some of the 10 men charged...
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Antigua: Employers encouraged to create breastfeeding friendly environments
Antigua Observer:- Supporting the decision to breastfeed in workplaces can be beneficial to employers and employees as it can translate into less sick days for the mothers. Dr. Janelle Williams, a member of the National Breastfeeding...
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T&T: Lying CEO fired
Trinidad Express:- THE firing of Nigel Forgenie, former chief executive officer (CEO) of the Youth Training and Employment Partnership Programme (YTEPP), should send a message to all public officials that there will be sanctions for lying, says...
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Guyana: Life sentence for killing unarmed cop
Guyana Chronicle:- DELON Abrams was on Wednesday sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole by Justice Sandil Kissoon after he pleaded guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter for the 2014 killing of a serving member of...
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Venezuelans cross Guyana’s border in search of food
Guyana Times:- Over the past weekend, Guyana has seen an influx of the Warrau tribe from Venezuela entering the country through its Amakura River (Region One) border. Overwhelmed by a growing economic disaster back in Venezuela, a group,...
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Guyana: Pandit, son found murdered at home
Stabroek News:- The partially decomposed bodies of a 61-year-old pandit and his son with multiple stab wounds were discovered in their Craig Street, Campbellville home yesterday morning and it is suspected that they were killed during a...
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Guyana: Teen killed during wedding house brawl
Guyana Chronicle:- FOUR days before his birthday, 15-year-old Ricardo Singh was killed on Sunday night at a wedding house on the Soesdyke East Bank Demerara (EBD) Public Road. Singh of Lot 63, Block 1 Diamond, Housing Scheme, EBD had left his...
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