(Jamaica Observer) Former Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) General Secretary Karl Samuda on Wednesday denied that there was a plot by the party to block the extradition request of Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – A Brazilian court yesterday lifted an order that suspended construction of the massive Belo Monte hydroelectric plant in the Amazon rain forest, a project expected to face barrage of lawsuits by environmental critics.
(Trinidad Express) Public servants defied the police and risked arrest on Tuesday, when they formed a human barricade at the public entrance of the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago (CBTT) and later converged near the Parliament’s entrance at the Red House, even as the government announced its final offer to the union for the settlement of terms and conditions of employment for the period 2008-2010.
(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has written a letter to the late Daniel Guerra, telling him his death will lead to a rebirth of the nation of Trinidad & Tobago.
(BBC) Cuba’s plans to lay off half a million state workers by the end of March are behind schedule, President Raul Castro has acknowledged.
(Trinidad Express) By a vote of 29 for/11 against, the “hanging bill” was guillotined in the House of Representatives on Monday, as it failed to secure the requisite support from the Opposition PNM to become law.
(Jamaica Observer) Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) has signed a US$60.5-million loan agreement with the French Development Finance Institution (PROPARCO) to help reduce electricity theft and construct a 6 MW hydroelectric power plant on the island.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff announced yesterday an increase of nearly a fifth on financial aid under a flagship social welfare program, after implementing a series of austerity measures in recent weeks.
HOLGUIN, Cuba (Reuters) – The Cuban Communist Party has moved forward the election of new leadership to a congress in April where longtime party leader Fidel Castro is expected to step down, sources close to the party said over the weekend.
(Jamaica Observer) In 2007, two years after its creation, Caribbean Genetics (CARIGEN) burst into the public spotlight with research suggesting that more than 30 per cent of Jamaican men were not the biological fathers of their children.
LONDON, (Reuters) – The government last week scrapped its controversial plans to sell the bulk of England’s publicly owned forests after intense public opposition.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Culture Minister, Olivia Grange, has announced that the Government will establish a fund to assist Jamaican artistes who have fallen on hard times.
(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has directed that Defence Force Reserves be called out to assist in maintaining law and order in the country.
(Jamaica Observer) With 23 confirmed deaths and 194 suspected cases of ackee poisoning in less than three months, government chemists are now conducting intensive testing on the fruit to determine the reason for the unusually high number of fatalities linked to it.
BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombian criminal bands linked to former paramilitary groups drove a 40 percent rise in massacres in 2010, slaughtering human rights activists, public officials and civilians, the United Nations said yesterday. The Andean nation is the world’s No.
DUBLIN, (Reuters) – The archbishop of Dublin washed the feet of victims of clerical abuse on Sunday in one of the most visible acts of contrition for the systemic mistreatment of children that has shattered the Irish Catholic Church.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Commonwealth Caribbean countries could gain more from the emigration of their nationals if policies in receiving countries were more accommodating, says former Jamaican prime minister P.J.
KAMPALA, (Reuters) – Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, one of Africa’s longest serving leaders, won election to a fourth term in office by a huge margin yesterday but the opposition rejected the outcome.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – A month before Haiti’s decisive presidential election run-off, the political figure getting all the attention is not a candidate, and he is not even in the country.
(Trinidad Express) Gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender (GLBT) people in Trinidad and Tobago are calling on the Government to decriminalise homosexuality.
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