CARACAS (Reuters) – Rafael Caldera, who served twice as Venezuela’s president and released current leader Hugo Chavez from jail after his failed coup attempt in the 1990s, died at age 93 on Thursday, his family and state media said.
(Jamaica Observer) – A probe to find out what caused American Airlines Flight 331 to plough through the perimeter fence at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston on Tuesday night and crash land close to the sea, will continue over the next few days as local and international investigators continue to comb the wreckage for clues.
(Jamaica Gleaner) – One hundred and forty-five passengers aboard American Airlines flight 331 from Miami narrowly missed death as the aircraft overran the Norman Manley International Airport runway in Kingston, ending inches away from the sea along the Port Royal main road on Tuesday night.
(BBC) Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has been sworn in for another term after leading his Labour Party to an overwhelming election win.
(Trinidad Express) Finance Minister Karen Nunez-Tesheira has taken ’offence’ to the description of the Property Tax bill as a revenue-raising measure.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Biting criticism of and widespread disgust with the Government’s latest tax package has forced the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) government into reverse gear as it changes course on measures deemed by many to be “oppressive”.
(Trinidad Guardian) The disciplinary committee of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has disciplined and fined one of its members, Ramganie Bob Gopee, for alleged misconduct, regarding a United Kingdom client.
(Trinidad Express) – The theatre fraternity was thrown into shock on Sunday with the unexpected death of comedienne Mairoon Ali.
(Jamaica Gleaner) – Reacting to torrents of criticism nationwide and threats of street demonstrations by the opposition, Prime Minister Bruce Golding on Sunday succumbed to pressure over a $21 billion tax package slated to take effect on January 1, 2010.
(BBC) – The main road along Havana’s seafront, the Malecon, was sealed off on Sunday as thousands of Cubans flocked to a free open air concert by the veteran American funk disco band Kool & the Gang.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez yesterday renamed Angel Falls, the world’s tallest waterfall, saying it should be called by its indigenous name Kerepakupai Meru.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Several young professionals in the public and private sectors are warning that a spate of mass migration is on the horizon if the Government does not clean up its act and roll back the new tax package.
(Trinidad Express) Acting top cop James Philbert has admitted his officers may have used excessive force against protesters outside the Red House in Port of Spain.
CULIACAN, Mexico, (Reuters) – Mourners trickled into a palatial chapel in the heart of Mexican drug trafficking territory yesterday to pay their respects to late drug lord Arturo Beltran Leyva, shot dead by security forces this week.
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – A Brazilian toddler is making a good recovery after surgery to remove the first of 31 sewing needles pushed into his body by his stepfather in a cruel act that has enraged locals, the hospital said yesterday.
(Trinidad Guardian) – High-level talks between Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica on Wednesday focused on forming one carrier for the Caribbean.
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – The American father of a boy at the centre of a Brazil-US custody dispute made an emotional appeal to be reunited with his son yesterday, calling the situation “cruel, tragic and sad.”
BOGOTA (Reuters) – The death of Mexican drug lord Arturo Beltran Leyva will help disrupt trafficking ties between Mexican cocaine gangs and their Colombian counterparts, the Andean country’s police chief said yesterday.
Voting progressing well Electoral officials in Dominica were reporting a steady trickle of voters heading for polling booths around the country yesterday morning, as the island holds a general election.
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia on Thursday demanded Venezuela hunt down and extradite about 15 rebel chiefs it says have taken refuge across the border at a time when the two governments are caught up in a simmering diplomatic feud.
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