Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from BBC News - Latin America & Caribbean
President Trump says a statutory ban on tourism to Cuba will be enforced more strictly.Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from Stabroek News » Regional News
JATIBONICO, Cuba, (Reuters) – Hours over rutted roads inland from Havana, the small Cuban city of Jatibonico is a snapshot of late 19th-century living, its streets crowded with horse-drawn carriages and lacking power much of the...Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from Latin America
A bloody war for control between two factions of the powerful Sinaloa Cartel has turned the city of Culiacan into an epicenter of cartel violence.Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Latin America (Central America & Caribbean)
A 40-year-old Jamaican woman, Tamara Rowe, was stabbed to death inside her Bronx apartment on Saturday night, leaving the fate of her two small children in limbo. The children, ages 11 and two years old, are currently in the care of the...Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Latin America (Central America & Caribbean)
Western Bureau: Controversial South West St Catherine Member of Parliament (MP) Everald Warmington has apologised and withdrawn a statement in which he used an expletive on a Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) platform in Westmoreland on Sunday...Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Latin America (Central America & Caribbean)
WESTERN BUREAU: Eleven-year-old Myles Whittingham, a student of Montego Bay Christian Academy (MBCA) in St James, made an enviable addition to his scholastic history by attaining the school’s highest Primary Exit Profile (PEP) result for...Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Latin America (Central America & Caribbean)
Quick Step Primary and Infant School in St Elizabeth is attributing its removal from the list of schools that were underperforming in mathematics and language arts to strong parental involvement, partnerships with non-governmental...Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Latin America (Central America & Caribbean)
Greg Christie, former executive director of the Integrity Commission (IC), has argued that Jamaica cannot effectively fight the ever-increasing sophistication of 21st-century corruption and bribery with weakened anti-corruption laws and...Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Latin America (Central America & Caribbean)
Former People’s National Party (PNP) campaign strategist and Central Kingston caretaker Lawrence Rowe has made his switch to the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) official by accusing his former party of betrayal, hypocrisy, and cowardice....Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Latin America (Central America & Caribbean)
WESTERN BUREAU: Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) is using emotional manipulation and reckless political tactics in a bid to gain political benefit from the recent neonatal deaths at...Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from NYT > Americas
The Sinaloa Cartel, the world’s most-feared fentanyl trafficker, is reeling from an internal war and a U.S.-Mexican crackdown. Its fate could upend global criminal networks.Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from NYT > Americas
One of the world’s most powerful criminal syndicates is facing a government crackdown and internal war after the son of a drug lord betrayed his partner.Monday, June 30, 2025 from NYT > Americas
After President Trump suspended trade talks with Canada over its controversial digital services tax, Ottawa scrapped it to get back to the negotiating table.Monday, June 30, 2025 from Mexico & the Americas - Los Angeles Times
Republican senators sifted through familiar procedural hurdles toward a final vote on legislation that would dramatically transform the tax code and Medicaid.Monday, June 30, 2025 from BBC News - Latin America & Caribbean
Fluminense goalkeeper Fabio has helped his side into the Club World Cup quarter-final as he eyes Peter Shilton's appearance world record.Monday, June 30, 2025 from NYT > Americas
The dueling moves reflected how federal law enforcement officers have at times been put in the position of pursuing the Trump administration’s shifting political agenda.Monday, June 30, 2025 from NYT > Americas
After a Nicaraguan human rights activist who had fled to Costa Rica was killed, concern has grown that the Ortega government may be targeting its enemies abroad.Monday, June 30, 2025 from Mexico & the Americas - Los Angeles Times
The negligence lawsuit, filed in 2023, alleged producers 'cut corners,' contributing to the deadly shooting on the movie set.Monday, June 30, 2025 from NYT > Americas
The agreement with Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador, is undermining a long-running federal investigation into the gang, according to people familiar with the inquiry.Monday, June 30, 2025 from Mexico | The Guardian
Grisly finding comes at end of worst month in war between Sinaloa factions as government tries to stop killings Mexican authorities have found 20 bodies in the state of Sinaloa, a region gripped by a war between factions of the Sinaloa...Monday, June 30, 2025 from NYT > Americas
Calgary removed fluoride from its water supply in 2011, but residents voted to reverse course after studies linked the move to worse dental health among children.Monday, June 30, 2025 from NYT > Americas
For some survivors, he was a hero. Others who reported abuse said he failed them.Monday, June 30, 2025 from Mexico & the Americas - Los Angeles Times
Landlords say the ban on evictions took their private property in violation of the Constitution.Monday, June 30, 2025 from BBC News - Latin America & Caribbean
The gang would drill fuel out of pipelines before selling it illegally across the capital and two other states.Monday, June 30, 2025 from NYT > Americas
As a bishop in Peru, Pope Leo XIV’s handling of two abuse cases was a study in contrasts, siding strongly with victims in one and accused of failing them in the other.Monday, June 30, 2025 from Stabroek News » Regional News
(Trinidad Express) Sudden and extensive land movement has fissured the site of the Los Iros mud volcano in South Trinidad over the past few days, leaving acres of farmland and agricultural access roads damaged and cracked. The article...Monday, June 30, 2025 from BBC News - Latin America & Caribbean
José Miguel Castro was collaborating with prosecutors in the corruption case against Susana Villarán.Monday, June 30, 2025 from Stabroek News » Regional News
(Trinidad Guardian) More than 21,000 school suspensions were recorded between 2022 and 2025, prompting High Court Judge Frank Seepersad to call for urgent reform in how the nation addresses school violence and student behaviour. The...Monday, June 30, 2025 from NYT > Americas
Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet his pledge to eliminate the country’s internal trade barriers by July 1. But economists say it’s not a substitute for lost U.S. trade.Monday, June 30, 2025 from Stabroek News » Regional News
(Trinidad Express) Opposition Leader Pennelope Beckles, accompanied by a panel of lawyers, will host a legal clinic for all contractors terminated by the Community-Based Environmental Protection and Enhancement Programme (CEPEP) this...Monday, June 30, 2025 from Latin America
President Trump said Friday that he was suspending trade talks with Canada over its plans to continue with its tax on technology firms, which he called "a direct and blatant attack on our country."Monday, June 30, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Latin America (Central America & Caribbean)
The tragic death of a Chinese businessman on Sunday morning has prompted urgent calls from senior police officers for the permanent closure of the old Causeway Bridge to recreational fishing, as law enforcement officials warn that the...Monday, June 30, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Latin America (Central America & Caribbean)
The Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) says it’s “more than reasonable” for Jamaicans to know why the law enforcement requirement for the Financial Investigations Division’s (FID) top job was dropped, after a government body...Monday, June 30, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Latin America (Central America & Caribbean)
WESTERN BUREAU: Half Moon General Manager, Shernette Crichton, was named Hotelier of the Year, while Sandals Montego Bay’s Nahdira Spence was crowned Hotel Employee of the Year. The two were among several awardees recognised by the...Monday, June 30, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Latin America (Central America & Caribbean)
In an extraordinary moment for Jamaica and the wider Caribbean, Kelli-Rae Ashley, a trailblazing graduate of the University of Technology (UTech), has become the first Jamaican student from UTech’s School of Architecture to receive the...Monday, June 30, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Latin America (Central America & Caribbean)
The idiom ‘out of sight out of mind’ and underperformance are what some constituents in St Mary Western are using as the basis to grade, as failing, sitting Member of Parliament Robert Montague, whose political fate lies in the balance....Monday, June 30, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Latin America (Central America & Caribbean)
School principal Zonett Smith is hoping the Guidance Building at Ferguson Primary and Infant School in deep rural Manchester will get the support it needs to refurbish the roof that was destroyed during Hurricane Beryl. The school has...Monday, June 30, 2025 from NYT > Americas
The government said on Sunday night that it would cancel its tax on American technology companies, handing a victory to the Trump administration.Monday, June 30, 2025 from Mexico | The Guardian
Prosecutor says the bodies in Ciudad Juarez had not been cremated, and that relatives of the dead have been given ‘other material’ Police have found 381 corpses piled up in a private crematorium in northern Mexico’s Ciudad Juarez, the...Sunday, June 29, 2025 from NYT > Americas
The case before one of the most conservative courts in the country is likely to be the first to reach the Supreme Court.Sunday, June 29, 2025 from Stabroek News » Regional News
(Trinidad Express) Off-duty officers will soon be allowed to go home with their firearms, Police Commissioner Allister Guevarro has said. The article Guns for off-duty Trinidad cops appeared first on Stabroek News .Sunday, June 29, 2025 from Mexico & the Americas - Los Angeles Times
Children around the world will suffer because RFK Jr. substitutes baseless theories and junk science for knowledge about vaccines and health.Sunday, June 29, 2025 from NYT > Americas
The Catholic Church’s effort to win young followers relies in part on influencers, D.J.s and two Brazilian nuns with plenty of rhythm.Sunday, June 29, 2025 from NYT > Americas
These nuns in Brazil went viral for beatboxing. Now, they’re using their newfound fame to draw attention to the Catholic church and to their congregation’s mission. Jack Nicas, the Brazil bureau chief for The New York Times, goes behind...Sunday, June 29, 2025 from Stabroek News » Regional News
(Trinidad Guardian) The Prime Minister of India is expected to address a joint sitting of this country’s Parliament during his official visit to Trinidad and Tobago from July 3–4, 2025, at the invitation of T&T Prime Minister Kamla...Sunday, June 29, 2025 from Stabroek News » Regional News
(Trinidad Guardian) TCL Group’s Jamaican subsidiary, Caribbean Cement Company Limited (CCCL) has successfully commissioned its US$42 million debottleneck project at its Rockfort facility in East Kingston. The article TCL commissions...Sunday, June 29, 2025 from Stabroek News » Regional News
(Trinidad Guardian) The Prime Minister’s Pension (Amendment) Bill, 2025 was passed by United National Congress (UNC) and Tobago People’s Party (TPP) votes in the House of Representatives on Friday. The article Stuart Young loses PM’s...Sunday, June 29, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Latin America (Central America & Caribbean)
Born in a family with strong Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) ties, Paulette Buckham grew up seeing her father working diligently for the party as an activist in St Elizabeth. Admitting that she knew nothing about the PNP in her formative...Sunday, June 29, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Latin America (Central America & Caribbean)
The Government has denied two requests to disclose the reason a criterion for law enforcement experience was dropped from a second recruitment exercise to select the head of the Financial Investigations Division (FID) and who gave the...Sunday, June 29, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Latin America (Central America & Caribbean)
At the age of 81 Merlene Beal is not as energetic as she used to be many years ago but this has not prevented her from playing a small role in backing Dr Alfred Dawes’ bid to become the next member of parliament for St Catherine South...