Regional News

(Jamaica Observer) Mavado fans in Zimbabwe who were anticipating his performance yesterday at the Harare International Conference Centre, have been let down as the gig was postponed.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) will be spending J$52 billion (US$602 million) for the construction of a new power plant which will add 360 megawatts of generating capacity to the national grid and replace older generating units.

(Trinidad Express) State carrier Caribbean Airlines (CAL) and Internet shopping delivery company E Zone are teaming up to enhance CAL’s express small package service, JetPack, into a more “inter-Caribbean service”.

(Trinidad Express) The remains of businessman Naail Ali were found in a shallow grave off Orange Grove Road South, Tacarigua, on Thursday, police believe.

(Trinidad Express) Nine private sector/civil society groups have written to Planning and Economy Minister Dr Bhoendradatt Tewarie, expressing concern that the request for proposals (RFP) and tendering process for the development of Invaders Bay is still on.

(Trinidad Guardian) High Court judge Anthony Thomas Aquinas Carmona has been elected a judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Hague. 

(Trinidad Express) Two houses and a car were firebombed on Wednesday night as gang violence erupted on the streets of Beverly Hills, Laventille.

(Trinidad Express) Trinidad-born journalist Davan Maharaj has been appointed editor of the Los Angeles Times.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The big green machine being ridden by recently crowned champion jockey Andrew Holness has surged into the lead, gaining six percentage points in the past month, as the party most likely to win the December 29 general election.

(Jamaica Gleaner) FLORIDA, United States: The Jamaican whose job for more than two decades was to watch – up close – the world’s best cricketers at work has painted a damning picture of the recent crop of West Indies players and administrators.

(Trinidad Express) Caribbean Airlines Ltd (CAL) is working towards self-sufficiency without a fuel subsidy by the end of next year.

(Trinidad Express) Massive losses at the Port Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (PATT) may result in new taxes and tariffs for importers and exporters using the facility.

(Trinidad Express) Poultry industry insiders are warning of a sharp increase in the price of chicken, possibly before Christmas, following Government’s application to Caricom’s Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) for an increase in the tariff on imported chicken. 

(Trinidad Express) Massive losses at the Port Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (PATT) may result in new taxes and tariffs for importers and exporters using the facility.

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Doctors in charge of throat cancer treatment for former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva called his response to chemotherapy “impressive” and said the tumour in his larynx had shrunk by 75 per cent in size.

CARACAS (Reuters) – President Hugo Chavez yesterday launched a programme to provide $100 a month to poor Venezuelan children in the latest of a plethora of social “missions” that have underpinned his popularity.

(Jamaica Observer) A University of the West Indies student who allegedly used a screwdriver to stab the mother of his child to death was on Friday offered $200,000 bail when he appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court.

(Barbados Nation) Barbadians could benefit from a reduction in Value Added Tax (VAT) – at least for one day – on the heels of Duty-Free Day and calls for a repeat of the initiative.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has apologised to Cuban President Raul Castro who was not allowed to stay at the Hilton Trinidad, St Ann’s, for the Caricom/Cuba Summit held last week in Port of Spain.

(Barbados Nation) Eleven Government Members of parliament (MPs) – including seven senior Cabinet ministers – on Saturday affixed their signatures to a formal letter and immediately dispatched it to Prime Minister Freundel Stuart requesting an “urgent” audience.