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Grenada to observe CARICOM Day with a national holiday
LOOP NEWS
Grenada has taken a decision to mark the 50th anniversary of the regional integration movement, CARICOM, with a national holiday on July 4, 2023 acknowledging the importance of the regional grouping to Caribbean socio-economic development.
Earthquake hits western Haiti, killing at least three
ALJAZEERA
GRAND'ANSE, Haiti - A 4.9-magnitude earthquake has struck western Haiti, killing at least three people and injuring more than two dozen others, officials said.
Trinidad Coast Guardsmen beat, raped me – Venezuelan woman
TRINIDAD EXPRESS
PORT OF SPAIN, T&T - Coast Guard officers were the ones responsible for the rape and battery of a 21-year-old Venezuelan woman at the Heliport in Chaguaramas last month.
Guyana elected to UN Security Council
LOOP NEWS
Guyana was elected to serve a non-permanent member of the United Nation’s Security Council on June 6, 2023.
Haiti’s deadly vigilante movement sees decline in gang violence
REUTERS
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti– Violence by armed gangs has fallen “drastically” since the emergence of a vigilante justice movement that has seen at least 160 suspected criminals killed in the last month, a report by local human rights research group CARDH said on Sunday.
Nicaragua govt accuses Catholic Church of money laundering
REUTERS
MANAGUA, Nicaragua - Nicaraguan police said yesterday they are investigating several dioceses of the Catholic Church for money laundering, a day after local media reported that the bank accounts of parishes in the Central American country had been frozen.
Guyana dorm fire claims another life
LOOP NEWS
The dorm fire at the Mahdia Secondary School in Guyana has claimed its 20th life.
Guyana: Police say schoolgirl started deadly fire
LOOP NEWS
Police say they will send a file to the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) on Wednesday after indicating that the deadly fire at the dormitory at a secondary school that resulted in 19 students being killed had been started by a female student.
Jamaica PM declines 214% salary increase
JAMAICAN GLEANER
KINGSTON, Jamaica -Prime Minister Andrew Holness has declined his salary increase amid public backlash over the massive pay hikes for politicians that were announced last week.
Brazil declares animal health emergency over bird flu cases
BBC
ESPIRITO SANTO, Brazil - Brazil has declared a six-month animal health emergency after several cases of avian flu were found in wild birds. Seven cases have been reported in Espirito Santo state, with another discovered in Rio de Janeiro state.
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