HAVANA (Reuters) – The Cuban government will free 52 political prisoners, Cuba’s Catholic church said yesterday, in a major concession to international pressure to improve the country’s human rights record.
(Jamaica Gleaner) – Alleged crime lord, Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke was captured four days after a $5 million bounty was put up for him, but the police are now trying to figure out if anyone gets the money.
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombian President-elect Juan Manuel Santos has invited Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez to attend his inauguration in August, local media reported yesterday, in a possible sign of warming ties between the neighbors.
Antigua and Barbados top destinations list Caribbean hotspots and American cities are among the fastest growing long-haul destinations this year, according to a travel trends report.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin vowed Monday night that history would vindicate him for controversial declarations last week surrounding the extradition saga of reputed drug baron Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke, as well as claims by a government minister that Lewin was lying.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Despite less-than-unanimous confidence among Jamaicans that its Government has the will and ability to collar crime on the island, CARICOM leaders on Monday gave a ringing endorsement to Prime Minister Bruce Golding to lead the regional fight against lawlessness during his tenure at the helm of the grouping.
(Trinidad Express) New Canadian Police Commis-sioner Dwayne Douglas Gibbs said on Monday that he has a lot of ideas and thoughts on how to deal with crime in Trinidad and Tobago, but they will have to wait until he talks with the authorities to determine how to forge ahead with them.
(Trinidad Guardian) - Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has put Caricom states on notice of a possible shift in policy regarding Petroleum Fund assistance for neighbouring islands.
(Jamaica Gleaner) – After an initial denial, the state-owned Urban Development Corporation (UDC) has admitted that it hired and is still paying millions of dollars to a company partially owned by extradited west Kingston strongman Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke.
Stepping up anti-laundering fight Dominica police say money laundering on the island linked to the illicit drug trade is posing a challenge for law enforcement officers.
(Trinidad Express) The price for the state-funded rescue of the troubled CL Financial Group has just been ratcheted up to the seven-figure mark by separate lawsuits filed by two state-owned heavyweights against Clico Invest-ment Bank (CIB) which has been put into liquidation by the Central Bank.
…shareholders in a quandary (Trinidad Guardian) CEO of CL Financial Marlon Holder has presented a five-year plan to its shareholders to turn around the financially strapped company.
QUITO, (Reuters) – Ecuadorean authorities have discovered a 30-meter (98 foot)-long submarine being built near the country’s Pacific Coast designed to carry drugs toward the United States.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela on Saturday accused a Salvadorean arrested while trying to enter the country this week of plotting attacks to disrupt legislative elections due to be held on September 26.
Unused second-hand ferry cost $64M in repairs (Trinidad Guardian) The Works Ministry has ordered the sale of a second-hand ferry acquired by the National Infrastructure Development Company (Nidco) which has cost the government $64.2 million to repair, yet has never been used yet.
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba warned yesterday that dissident hunger striker Guillermo Farinas was in danger of dying from a blood clot in his neck and may have reached the limits of medical treatment after more than four months without food.
CARACAS (Reuters) – Progress in arbitration cases and new filings are putting more pressure on Venezuela’s cash-strapped state oil company PDVSA, which faces having to compensate various firms for assets that were nationalized.
(Trinidad Express) – Local business leaders have listed unfair trade among key issues they want to see tackled by Caribbean leaders, who start a four-day summit in Montego Bay this weekend.
(Jamaica Gleaner) – Jamaican dancehall entertainer Adijah Palmer otherwise called Vybz Kartel turned himself in to the police yesterday morning.
Low growth The World Bank says that growth in the Caribbean region, excluding Haiti, will accelerate modestly to 3.2% in 2010.
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