CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said yesterday he plans to return to Cuba for more cancer treatment, in a move that will raise further concerns about his illness that has upended the OPEC nation’s politics.
(Jamaica Observer) The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has withdrawn a controversial statement made by Senior Superintendent Fitz Bailey linking of members of the homosexual community to some forms of organised crime in the country.
(Barbados Nation) Bajans, both the Government and consumers, are living above their means and therefore must put the brakes on their spending habits.
(Barbados Nation) BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Association of Caribbean Media Workers was today investigating the jailing of prominent newspaper publisher Leslie Pierre on a charge of criminal defamation, ACM president Wesley Gibbings said here.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Two months after taking office with a promise to “wake up” Haiti, President Michel Martelly is battling to install a new government and the urgent task of rebuilding from last year’s earthquake is on hold.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will travel to Brazil for cancer treatment, a Brazilian government source told Reuters yesterday, following his return home after an operation in Cuba.
BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Corruption at Colombia’s national tax and customs agency may have cost the country up to $850 million after fake companies and fictitious exports were used to claim back taxes, officials said yesterday.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazilian antitrust regulators gave their support yesterday to a deal that saves the merger that created processed foods company Brasil Foods.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The United States Embassy in Kingston has revoked the visitor’s visa of Justin O’Gilvie, the former business associate of alleged drug kingpin Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke.
(Trinidad Express) Teachers and pupils of the Dayanand Memorial Vedic School in Penal were on Monday locked out of the school compound by authorities who learnt that extra lessons were being held on the compound for a fee.
GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – The murder of Argentine folk singer Facundo Cabral in Guatemala on Saturday was the work of international gangs targeting his concert promoter, Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom said late on Monday.
(Trinidad Express) CL Financial managing director Marlon Holder on Monday signed the definitive share purchase agreement concerning the sale of 100 per cent of the shares of the energy company, the Primera group, to Canadian oil company Touchstone Exploration Inc.
DENVER (Reuters) – A Colorado grand jury has indicted 23 people allegedly linked to the Los Zetas drug cartel in connection with a ring that prosecutors said yesterday smuggled $36 million worth of marijuana from Mexico in bogus tour buses.
LONDON (Reuters) – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will begin his appeal today against his extradition from Britain to Sweden for questioning over allegations of sexual misconduct.
(Trinidad Express) A Guyanese woman was burnt to death on Friday night after she was trapped in her house.
(Barbados Nation) Cuban-trained doctors are just not up to scratch for Barbados’ medical requirements, says the Barbados Association of Medical Practitioners (BAMP).
(Trinidad Express) Lisa McKenzie, widow of deceased popular bar owner, Ricardo McKenzie, on Thursday confirmed she will be taking legal action against the Brian Lara Cancer Treatment Centre (BLCTC), where she claimed her late husband was a victim of over-radiation during treatment.
(BBC) A Jamaican lesbian has won the right to stay in the UK after immigration judges ruled she risks persecution if she returns to her home country.
(Barbados Nation) There are not enough cows in Barbados and there is a definite need for more, says president of the Barbados Dairy and Beef Producers Association, Paul Davis.
(Trinidad Express) Two hundred and twenty-three cancer patients were administered overdoses of radiation during treatment over the period of a year at the Brian Lara Cancer Treatment Centre in Port of Spain.
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