(BBC) A Scottish newspaper is reporting that controversy is being stirred between Scotland and Trinidad and Tobago by an advertisement mocking Scotsmen in kilts in a bid to lure Trinidadian drinkers from Scotch back to rum.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Several hundred protesters clashed with riot police in Haiti’s capital yesterday to demand that outgoing President Rene Preval leave office immediately as the country moved toward a deciding presidential run-off vote.
JIS: Archival materials belonging to Jamaica’s late Ambassador of Culture The Honourable Louise Bennett-Coverley (Miss Lou), will be turned over to McMaster University, located in Hamilton, Canada.
(Trinidad Express) Julie Browne, the deputy spy chief who made the politically explosive recommendation to appoint her very junior technician, Reshmi Usha Ramnarine, 22 rungs up the agency ladder was asked to do so, a source with knowledge of the situation has said.
(Trinidad Express) In a strange twist of events on Friday, a 32-year-old Diego Martin man, who police on Sunday described as a “known pest”, was shot and killed by a man who he (the deceased) went to kill.
(BBC) The Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines appears to be turning up the heat on Trinidad and Tobago, the richest member of the Caribbean Community (Caricom).
MOSCOW, (Reuters) – For 15 million years, an icebound lake has remained sealed deep beneath Antarctica’s frozen crust, possibly hiding prehistoric or unknown life.
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Brazil may intensify quality inspections of imported products in an effort to stem a flood of Chinese goods that local industries say are weakening them, the O Globo newspaper reported yesterday.
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.
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