(Jamaica Observer) The certification and re-registration process for contractors seeking government contracts has become so mired in corruption that Contractor General Greg Christie said his office will now perform forensic examinations of each application.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – The dissident group “Ladies in White” accused the Cuban government yesterday of failing to meet a deadline to release political prisoners and vowed to continue their weekly protest marches until all are freed.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Head of the Organised Crime Investigation Division (OCID), Superintendent Fitz Bailey, has raised concerns about the absence of a regulatory framework to prevent unscrupulous persons from importing equipment used in the local multimillion-dollar debit-card scam.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Sonia Pottinger, who blazed a trail as reggae’s most successful female music producer, died Wednesday evening at her St Andrew home.
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Earthquake-hit Haiti escaped a fresh disaster threatened by Hurricane Tomas, but the storm caused flooding, forced thousands from their homes and increased humanitarian challenges posed by a cholera epidemic, aid workers said yesterday.
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Hurricane Tomas soaked Haiti’s crowded earthquake survivors’ camps and swamped coastal towns as it swirled between Haiti and Cuba yesterday, trailing thunderstorms that still could cause flooding and mudslides.
(Trinidad Guardian) – Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says criticism of her proposal to give conditional relief to St Vincent, St Lucia and other Caricom states is a storm in a teacup.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – A plane carrying 68 people crashed in a mountainous region of central Cuba after issuing an emergency call, state-run media said yesterday, and there were no initial reports of survivors.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Strengthening Tropical Storm Tomas drenched Haiti yesterday, threatening fragile, crowded earthquake survivors’ camps in the poor Caribbean country that is also reeling from a deadly cholera epidemic.
SAN JOSE, (Reuters) – A landslide caused by heavy rain killed 20 people in Costa Rica yesterday as President Laura Chinchilla considered declaring a national emergency to help the coffee-growing nation deal with widespread flooding.
CARACAS (Reuters) – The Venezuelan Supreme Court judge most openly critical of President Hugo Chavez’s government says it wields “total” control of the judiciary through intimidation and manipulation of appointments.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Iran is on an “explosive” course in the Middle East with its pursuit of nuclear enrichment and needs to clear up questions surrounding its program, Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal said yesterday.
(Trinidad Express) – Acting Prime Minister Jack Warner believes Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar was not being insensitive or breeding insularity when she said Trinidad and Tobago must benefit from assistance given to other Caribbean islands.
PARIS, (Reuters Life!) – A French nun who held the Guinness Book of Records title for world’s oldest person has died on the Caribbean island of Saint Barthelemy at the age of 114, the French government said on Thursday.
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) – Gunmen have killed six US citizens in separate attacks since Saturday in the violent border city of Ciudad Juarez, the US consulate said yesterday, as Mexico struggles to halt surging murders.
Relief work continues in St Vincent Officials in St Vincent say normal life is returning following the damage caused by then Hurricane Tomas earlier this week.
SLEMAN, Indonesia, (Reuters) – Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano erupted with renewed ferocity yesterday, killing another 39 people and blanketing the surrounding area with ash.
Late Prime Minister of Barba-dos David Thompson was laid to rest yesterday following a state funeral at Kensington Oval that saw thousands in attendance, including numerous foreign dignitaries and heard flowing tributes in which he was described as a man for all seasons and someone who put others first.
(Trinidad Express) No help for Caricom countries hit by Tropical Storm Tomas without benefits to Trinidad and Tobago.
Professor Clement Sankat, pro vice chancellor and principal of the St Augustine Campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) is one of the new chairpersons appointed by Cabinet for agencies of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Tertiary Education (MSTTE).
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