HAVANA, (Reuters) – Revolutionary legend Fidel Castro turns 85 tomorrow, still an important figure in his communist-ruled Cuba, but increasingly a fading presence in the life of the country he ran for 49 years.
TOLUCA, Mexico, (Reuters) – The alleged leader of an extremely violent breakaway Mexican drug cartel who ordered the shootings and beheadings of 600 people has been arrested, authorities said yesterday.
(Jamaica Observer) Political ombudsman Bishop Herro Blair wants a year of reconciliation for politicians to confess their contribution to the destabilisation of the society ahead of next year’s general election.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has suffered the first major fall in her popularity, a poll showed yesterday, as she battles a rash of corruption scandals and a slowing economy.
(Barbados Nation) A key United states Congressional panel wants Washington to set up diplomatic missions in every Eastern Caribbean island-nation, instead of having everything done by the American Embassy in Barbados.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The Jamaican police on Tuesday refused to discuss an incident in the upscale St Andrew community of Jacks Hill, last Friday, in which a United States (US) diplomat was robbed at gunpoint of cash and “sensitive” US Embassy documents.
(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO — Recently, President Desi Bouterse also revoked the casino license his predecessor Ronald Venetiaan had granted to Best Western Elegance Hotel.
(Jamaica Observer) Government has sought the help of an international expert to develop a national policy to stem the flow of small arms into the island — the prevalence of which has been blamed for the country’s year-to-year high murder rate.
(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – With four big investments in Suriname planned for the coming three to four years, the country must start preparing now to fully benefit from these financial injections.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn sexually assaulted a housekeeper in a “violent and sadistic attack” in his hotel suite in Manhattan in May, a civil lawsuit filed yesterday alleges.
(Trinidad Express) Local Government Minister Chandresh Sharma says the inter-ministerial committee appointed to ensure proper oversight and accountability of the TT$7.2 billion Point Fortin highway project—which falls under the purview of Works and Infrastructure Minister Jack Warner–is not “unusual”.
(Barbados Nation) Police have launched a massive manhunt for two men who opened fire on patrolling officers in the upscale Navy Gardens, Christ Church neighbourhood late Saturday night.
(Trinidad Express) A 47-year-old security officer was shot and killed while on duty at a supermarket in Palmiste, San Fernando on Saturday.
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba’s Supreme Court has upheld the 15-year prison sentence of jailed American aid contractor Alan Gross for trying to set up Internet networks in Cuba, in a damaging decision for US-Cuba relations.
(Trinidad Guardian) The low-cost carrier REDjet has now been given the all clear to operate in territories beyond T&T and the territories it received licences for.
(Trinidad Express) Cases of police killings from as far back as three years ago will soon be revisited.
(Barbados Nation) Supermarket owner Charles Chaderton says Tuesday’s double murder indicates it’s time to resume hanging in Barbados.
(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar is not currently under probe by the Integrity Commission for any matter.
(Jamaica Observer) Private sugar manufacturers have negotiated to supply 80,000 tonnes of sugar to a United Kingdom-based entity in the 2011-2012 crop year for more than twice the price of the current deal, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Robert Montague announced on Thursday.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela has freed more than 2,000 inmates to improve conditions in its violent and overcrowded prisons, state media said yesterday.
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