A typist accused of selling her boyfriend’s gold chain because he had refused to give her money, was yesterday released on bail, after a charge of simple larceny was read to her by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan. Appearing in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts was Ashmalie Alves,...
This year’s nominees — announced yesterday by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) – are The Cure by Jah Cure, Acousticalevy (Barrington Levy), Zion Awake (Luciano), Strictly Roots (Morgan Heritage), and Branches of The Same Tree by Ghanaian singer Rocky Dawuni. Since the...
Venezuela’s opposition has won an overwhelming victory in parliamentary elections in the oil-rich nation, which is mired in economic turmoil and violent crime. Candidates for the centre-right opposition seized a majority in the national assembly, with most of the results in, marking a major political shift...
[caption id="attachment_6102" align="alignleft" width="300"] Former Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar[/caption] PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -- Former Trinidad and Tobago prime minister and current opposition leader, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, received overwhelming popular support from her United National Congress (UNC) members in internal party elections on Saturday and retained the...
A Commonwealth election observation team will observe the St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) general elections scheduled to be held on December 9, 2015. Meanwhile, the electoral observation mission of the Organization of American States (OAS/EOM) began its deployment on Thursday ahead of the elections. The...