PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haiti yesterday heeded foreign pressure and amended the results of its November first-round election, setting up a presidential runoff that excludes a government-backed candidate hit by fraud allegations.
(BBC) The European parliament yesterday approved a deal to reduce import tariffs on Latin American bananas.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The 18th renewal of the annual Bob Marley Birthday Bash, which was not staged last year because of a temporary ban the police placed on the MXIII Lawn in Negril, is set to return with a bang this weekend at the scenic West End Road venue.
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – A widespread drought in the Amazon rain forest last year was worse than the “once-in-a-century” dry spell in 2005 and may have a bigger impact on global warming than the United States does in a year, British and Brazilian scientists said yesterday.
(Barbados Nation) Financial investigators pursuing money launderers no longer have to fear being sued by suspected felons or financial institutions during the course of their probes.
(Jamaica Observer) JP Tropical Foods Limited (JP) will in March launch a new cassava processing facility that should produce up to 5,000 kilogrammes (five tonnes) of bammies and other cassava products per week.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Supporters in Haiti of exiled former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide demonstrated for his return yesterday as the country nervously waited to hear who would contest the presidency in a March run-off election.
(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has admitted the People’s Partnership Government made a mistake in appointing Reshmi Usha Ramnarine to head the Strategic Services Agency (SSA).
(Trinidad Guardian) Government has lost much of its credibility and Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar needs to address the nation and clear the air on the Reshmi Ramnarine appointment, political analyst Selwyn Ryan and other experts said on Monday.
Dutch investigators will question politicians in Jamaica about bribes allegedly received from multinational oil trader Trafigura, the prosecution service in The Hague said yesterday, according to Agence France Presse.
(Trinidad Guardian) A San Juan businesswoman has become the country’s first reported dengue fatality this year.
(Trinidad Express) With criminal gangs in Port of Spain becoming increasingly uncontrollable, engaging in shootouts with each other and injuring innocent bystanders in the process, the Police Service has formed a special unit designed to tackle gangs in all forms.
(Trinidad Express) A vicious personal attack was on Sun-day launched against Express managing editor Omatie Lyder and political reporter Anna Ramdass by someone adopting the alias “Janice Thomas”, as this newspaper continues its investigation into how Reshmi Usha Ramnarine came to be hired as director of the Strategic Services Agency (SSA) with false credentials.
(Jamaica Observer) “This is history for us tonight, we have never performed so late in our career!”
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pressed Haiti’s leaders yesterday to adopt an internationally backed solution to an election dispute that threatens stability in the earthquake-ravaged Caribbean nation.
(Trinidad Guardian) The University of the West Indies (UWI) St Augustine campus is embarking on a strategic planning exercise to align graduates with job opportunities to drive T&T’s economy in years to come.
(Jamaica Observer) Two days after the man police described as the brain behind one of the country’s most notorious gangs was captured, Nicholas ‘Fire Key’ Nesbeth was set free on Thursday in a big foul-up that has left the constabulary’s top brass stunned and embarrassed.
(Trinidad Express) Minister of National Security, Brigadier John Sandy on Thursday night became the second Government Minister to apologise for telling the Parliament and the country that former Strategic Services Agency (SSA) director Reshmi Ramnarine was a graduate of the University of the West Indies, when she was not.
(Barbados Nation) Coroner Faith Marshall-Harris is concerned about the number of young men killing themselves – mainly because of involvement in drug-related activities.
(Go Jamaica) Prime Minister Bruce Golding has lamented Jamaica’s limited resources in the fight against drug trafficking in the country’s waters.
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