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19 Aug, 2026
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Gov’t shortlisting firms for ‘MV Barima’ salvage
GEORGETOWN (CMC): The Guyana government has begun shortlisting companies to salvage the sunken MV Barima, nearly a month after the ferry disaster claimed at least 73 lives and left more than 30 people…
19 Aug, 2026
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Watchdog calls for US import ban over forced labour in DR sugar cane fields
SAN JUAN (AP): A report released yesterday by a human-rights group found that forced labour persists on massive sugar cane plantations across the Dominican Republic, which exports sugar and other…
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19 Aug, 2026
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Gov’t pushes to revive case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia
NASHVILLE (AP): The Justice Department is pushing to revive criminal charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, telling a federal appeals court that a judge erred in his scathing ruling that called the…
19 Aug, 2026
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Country agrees to accept 1,200 US deportees
MONROVIA (AP): Liberia has agreed to accept up to 1,200 third-country deportees from the United States, authorities in the West African country said yesterday, in one of the largest such arrangements…
19 Aug, 2026
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Rowley presses gov’t on US visa bans
PORT OF SPAIN (CMC): Former Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has called on the Trinidad and Tobago government to disclose how many citizens have had their United States visas revoked after Washington…
19 Aug, 2026
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Trump threatens Oman over Strait deal
CAIRO (AP): US President Donald Trump threatened to bomb Oman because he is unhappy that the country is close to a deal with Iran to manage ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, two regional…
19 Aug, 2026
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Brazilian police say at least 23 killed in minibus and truck crash
SAO PAULO (AP) — A minibus and a truck collided head-on in the southern Brazilian state of Paraná, killing at least 23 people and injuring five others early Wednesday, police said. Preliminary…
19 Aug, 2026
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Assembly Speaker in Suriname wants legislation to deal with suicide
PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC – The Speaker of the National Assembly in Suriname, Ashwin Adhin, says he intends to pilot private member’s legislation that will make suicide prevention legally mandatory. …
19 Aug, 2026
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CCJ announces revised arrangements for assignment of judicial panels
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on Wednesday said it has implemented, with “immediate effect”, revised arrangements for the assignment of judicial…