HUNTSVILLE, ONTARIO (Reuters) – US and British leaders yesterday pressed other rich nations to live up to their aid promises as they seek new ways to help poorer nations even though their own budgets are squeezed.
Heavy rain pounds DomRep Much of the Dominican Republic remains under red alert as a tropical weather system dumps heavy rain on the country.
(Jamaica Gleaner) – Former National Security Minister Dr Peter Phillips has suggested that the government may have “prepared the wicket” for Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke’s court defence.
(Trinidad Guardian) – Canadian Neal Parker, who has been nominated for the post of police commissioner, is now at the centre of an official investigation.
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela will nationalize a fleet of oil rigs belonging to US company Helmerich and Payne, the latest takeover in a push to socialism as President Hugo Chavez struggles with lower oil output and a recession.
OECS union turned down The new Trinidad and Tobago government has confirmed that it will not go ahead with the proposed economic and political unification with countries of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States.
(Jamaica Gleaner) – Alleged drug baron Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke could be charged in connection with the attacks launched by thug loyalists on the security forces during last month’s mayhem in the Corporate Area.
(Trinidad Guardian) – In a fit of rage on Tuesday a rape accused flung his shoe from the prisoners’ dock striking his attorney on the face as he threatened to kill him.
Tax challenge possible Caribbean countries are to consider whether to mount a legal challenge to a “discriminatory” British travel tax.
KINGSTON, (Reuters) – Alleged drug kingpin Christopher “Dudus” Coke was arrested by police on the outskirts of Kingston yesterday, peacefully ending a manhunt for the fugitive at the centre of last month’s deadly raids in the Jamaican capital.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Statutory bodies are to be banned from making any form of donation or contribution to political parties under new regulation expected to be in place by year end.
(Jamaica Observer) Business leaders, in spite of problems faced by crime and Government bureaucracy, on Monday knocked the delivery and cost of energy as having the greatest negative impact on production in Jamaica.
(Caribbean360.com) Eastern Caribbean leaders have signed the treaty that establishes their countries as a single economic and financial space.
(Trinidad Guardian) Works and Transport Minister Jack Warner confirmed on Monday night he was investigating several “high-priced” consultants at Caribbean Airline Limited (CAL).
(BVI Platinum News) – A Guyanese man was found guilty of stealing close to $3,000 from Roadtown Wholesale by Senior Magistrate Valerie Stephens following a trial.
(Jamaica Observer) – The University of the West Indies (UWI) is preparing to allow 200 Haitian university students whose schooling have been affected by the January 12 earthquake to complete their degrees at its three campuses.
(Trinidad Express) – Six murders across the country over the weekend kept homicide officers busy, sending the murder toll to 250.
Whaling split The votes of Caribbean nations will be closely watched at the annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission in Morocco.
(Jamaica Observer) A Jamaican businessman who authorities said stashed US$83 million in several financial institutions in the United States is now the subject of intense scrutiny by investigators from at least three investigative arms of US law enforcement.
(Barbados Nation) BDS$1.7 billion! That’s the amount Prime Minister David Thompson says the Pickering Town Centre project in St Lucy is expected to contribute to Barbados’ economy.
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