CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan security forces have started housing families displaced by floods in tourist hotel rooms following an order by President Hugo Chavez to make use of vacant accommodation, local media said yesterday.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – President Hugo Chavez blamed “criminal” capitalism yesterday for global climate phenomena including heavy rains that have killed scores and left tens of thousands homeless in Venezuela and Colombia.
(Trinidad Guardian) Clico chairman Gerry Yetming said on Friday that he is preparing to recommend to Finance Minister Winston Dookeran that the government not pay the 14,000 holders of the insurance company’s short-term policies and mutual funds, unless former Clico chairman Lawrence Duprey “comes to the table to renegotiate the terms of the June 2009 shareholders’ agreement.”
BANOS, Ecuador (Reuters) – Villagers fled their homes yesterday after a volcano in central Ecuador erupted, spewing rocks, gas and ash that prompted officials to issue an alert and order the evacuation of nearby communities.
(Jamaica Observer) Jamaican scientist Dr Henry Lowe on Thursday night threw a lifeline to men worldwide when he announced that he had developed a formula that can reduce and eliminate prostate cancer, the number one cause of cancer deaths among males.
Caricom Trade Ministers yesterday agreed on the goods that Haiti will be able to export within the Single Market on a non-reciprocal preferential basis for three years.
(Trinidad Express) A new agreement will have to be negotiated between Government and former chairman of CL Financial Lawrence Duprey for the State to be in a strong position to recover billions of dollars it invested to save the insurance and real estate conglomerate.
(Trinidad Express) Local manufacturers have complained that their exports in Caricom countries faced product boycotts after Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s statements on how Trinidad and Tobago would offer assistance following the destruction caused by Hurricane Tomas.
(Jamaica Observer) – Celebrated Jamaican scientist Dr Henry Lowe will this evening announce the launch of a research and development institute, which will develop pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals from indigenous Jamaican plants.
(Trinidad Express) – There are 110 gangs operating in Trinidad and Tobago, each with an average membership of 12 people, Attorney General Anand Ramlogan said on Wednesday.
Reform debate launched Cuba has launched a public debate on plans to transform its struggling socialist economy by reducing the role of the state and boosting private enterprise.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haiti’s elections at the weekend were “fairly good” and were not derailed by the call for annulment made by a group of presidential candidates, two of whom later recanted, the top United Nations official in the country said yesterday.
• West Indies Union dissolved; replaced by Jamaica Conference, Atlantic Caribbean Mission(Jamaica Observer) MANDEVILLE, Manchester — The West Indies Union (WIU) Conference of Seventh-day Adventists is no more.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Thousands of Venezuelans fled their homes yesterday after landslides and swollen rivers killed at least 21 people and threatened to cause more damage.
(Trinidad Guardian) Twenty-seven thousand new jobs are set to stimulate the economy with the construction of two major projects being undertaken by the Ministry of Works.
(Jamaica Observer) A high percentage of the ambulances assigned to public hospitals are down and almost out for the count, a probe of the institutions by the Sunday Observer has found.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The Canadian police say May’s operation to capture Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke in Tivoli Gardens, west Kingston, and the tumbling of the headquarters of the Shower Posse have had a far-reaching effect on law enforcement in Toronto.
(Trinidad Express) – Police probing the murder of Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago employee Kenny Goddard have unearthed a corrupt practice involving three of their colleagues and a TSTT employee, who were providing security for work crews in high risk areas.
Campaigning closes It’s the last official day of campaigning in presidential and parliamentary elections in Haiti.
(Trinidad Express) A United States soldier and his friend were shot dead when gunmen attempted to relieve the soldier of a silver Nissan Almera motorcar early on Wednesday, police said.
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