Regional News

(Jamaica Gleaner) Within two weeks, finance minister Audley Shaw is expected to jump into heat of the discussions with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as the Bruce Golding administration forges ahead with plans to seek balance of payment support from the multilateral lending organisation.

KINGSTON,  (Reuters) – Jamaican reggae and dance hall  star Bounty Killa was arrested on assault and other charges yesterday for an altercation with an off-duty policeman nearly  two years ago.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela is taking dozens of radio stations off the air and putting stricter rules on cable and satellite television, a minister said yesterday, part of President Hugo Chavez’s battle with private media firms.

(Antigua Sun) A 50-year-old Commonwealth of Dominica national who pleaded guilty to remaining in Antigua after the expiration of a permit is to be removed from the state, while a 24-year-old Jamaican has opted to leave voluntarily instead of being deported.

TCI election plea The Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands has restated his call for Britain to allow the territory to hold general elections.

(Trinidad Guardian) – A Mt Hope businessman said he was prepared to be killed, moments after he fought back with three armed robbers, shooting one of them in the process on Tuesday afternoon.

GONAIVES, Haiti (Reuters) – Former US President Bill Clinton visited the mud-stained streets of the Haitian city of Gonaives on Tuesday on his first trip as United Nations special envoy to the poor Caribbean nation.

(Jamaica Gleaner) – The police are trying to find the gunman who shot and killed a New Zealand consultant in St Andrew last night.

Former GG favours term limits A former governor general has weighed in on the debate about whether Caribbean leaders should be restricted to term limits in government.

(Barbados Nation) President of the Barbados Association of Retired Persons (BARP), Kathleen Drayton, is dead.

(Antigua Sun) – The Jamaica/Antigua Association wants government to consider having a special building for use as an Immigration Holding Facility.

(Antigua Sun) – Starting 20 July, all non-nationals who wish to renew their work permits must first verify contributions to statutory organisations.

CDB seeks funding change The president of the Caribbean Development Bank, Compton Bourne, has told BBC Caribbean that the bank would like to raise additional funds to onlend to the region.

(Barbados Nation) – It’s true: Bajan men love Guyanese women. And Bajan women tend to be somewhat suspicious of Guyanese women.

(Trinidad Express) President of the Caribbean Court of Justice Michael de la Bastide says he is unaware of attempts to remove Justice David Hayton from the court.

(Trinidad Guardian) Legislation presented in Parliament on Friday will facilitate pension increases for former Presidents Sir Ellis Clarke and ANR Robinson and will also benefit the surviving spouse of the late President Noor Hassanali, according to Public Administration Minister Kennedy Swaratsingh.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Patrick Manning is vowing to deal with the call by the Law Association for the removal of Attorney General John Jeremie as soon as he returns home from duty abroad.

Antiviral drugs donated The US has announced it will provide 420,000 courses of the anti-viral medication Tamiflu to fight swine flu in Latin America and the Caribbean.

(Antigua Sun) – A report into investigations concerning the granting of temporary residence to non-nationals by the Immigration Department will soon be released.

(Trinidad Express) – President of the Caribbean Court of Justice Michael de la Bastide issued a statement on Tuesday reprimanding one of his own judges.