(Jamaica Observer) Parliament will next month begin debate on a Green Paper which is expected to lead to legislation abolishing corporal punishment in all public schools, Education Minister Andrew Holness announced on Wednesday.
(Trinidad Express) Justice Minister Herbert Volney on Wednesday went to court in an attempt to block the annual Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) Carnival fete.
(Trinidad Guardian) In a notice to shareholders in the press on Tuesday, Trinidad Cement Ltd (TCL) announced that it had “declared a moratorium on debt service payments (both principal and interest) in order to preserve cash to sustain operations.”
(Jamaica Observer) Canadian outfit, Cemcorp, plans to build a US$340-million, 1.5-million-ton cement plant at Port Esquivel, St Catherine, that will use red mud extracted from waste ponds created by bauxite company — Windalco — to make the clinker.
(Barbados Nation) The sugar industry must be expanded in order to survive.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – The label “Made in China” is stirring an ever-greater backlash in Brazil as cheap imports ravage local manufacturers, putting pressure on new President Dilma Rousseff to fight back.
(Trinidad Guardian) Government on Friday tabled legislation to remove obstacles to the death penalty and to allow for the creation of three categories of murder in T&T.
TERESOPOLIS, Brazil, (Reuters) – Rescuers uncovered more corpses buried under mud and wrecked homes in southeastern Brazil yesterday as the death toll from torrential rains and massive floods hit 540 people and looked certain to climb.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Gunmen clashed with police in a running street battle in a slum district of Haiti’s capital yesterday, fueling fears of a resurgence of the election-related violence that hit the poor Caribbean nation last month.
(Trinidad Express) The Anti-Corruption Commission will have “teeth” and will go after people who are corrupt in this country, says Attorney General Anand Ramlogan.
(Barbados Nation) The Barbados government says merchants are ripping off consumers with food prices and has vowed to increase the number of inspectors monitoring price movements.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haiti mourned more than 300,000 victims of its devastating 2010 earthquake yesterday in a sombre one-year anniversary clouded by pessimism over slow reconstruction and political uncertainty.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – The U.S. and Haitian governments signed a deal on Tuesday with a South Korean garment manufacturer to develop an industrial park in quake-hit Haiti in one of the largest investment projects in the poor Caribbean country.
(Trinidad Express) CLICO policyholders may have something extra to jump up for this Carnival, Attorney General Anand Ramlogan has said.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – President Rene Preval yesterday launched a poignant first anniversary remembrance of Haiti’s devastating 2010 earthquake, laying a wreath at the mass grave of tens of thousands of quake dead and saying his country would never forget the victims.
Ties between Britain and its Caribbean dependency of Anguilla took a turn for the worse on Saturday following a fiery speech by its Chief Minister, Hubert Hughes during which he mentioned Guyana thrice and invoked the spirit of the island’s 1967 revolt against its colonial rulers.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil is planning to spend $6 billion (10 billion reais) on a new project to protect its borders against smuggling and arms trafficking, Folha de S.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Barack Obama, in a setback to hopes for the quick closing of the Guantanamo Bay prison, reluctantly signed a bill yesterday barring suspects held there from being brought to the United States for trial.
SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – Chile said yesterday it had recognized a Palestinian state, joining an endorsement by Latin American peers the United States has called premature and Israel has warned is harmful to the Middle East peace process.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The Trinidadian conglomerate Neal & Massy Holdings says that it has written off its investment in Joey Issa’s Cool Petroleum Ltd and that Cool is a looking for a new equity partner to pump cash into the business that has failed to return a profit over the past two years.
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