Cheryl Springer

President Donald Ramotar has responded to Yesu Persaud’s letter appealing for the anti-money laundering bill to be passed.

President Donald Ramotar today accused the opposition of shifting the goalpost on the stalled anti-money laundering bill as he led the first stakeholders’ consultation on the contentious legislation in the city.

(Reuters) – Journalist Joe McGinniss, an author who got up close to his subjects for revealing books such as The Selling of the President and Fatal Vision, died on Monday at age 71, his friend and attorney said.

The prime minister’s son was today granted bail after he was charged with assaulting and threatening his sister-in-law.

(Trinidad Guardian)  – Soca star Machel Montano has partnered with New Era, a global lifestyle brand, to launch five exclusive caps that will be sold during 2014 Carnival.  A limited-edition collection, only 100 of each design, are available to the public and will be sold at the Machel Montano store in Trinidad’s Piarco International Airport.

Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) adviser Roger Hernandez has expressed concern about amendments to anti-laundering legislation proposed by APNU and has also said that once passed, Guyana will have to implement those laws before it could be removed from a regional blacklist.

CALIFORNIA (Reuters) – Shirley Temple Black, who lifted America’s spirits as a bright-eyed, dimpled child movie star during the Great Depression and later became a US diplomat, died late on Monday evening at the age of 85, her family said in a statement.