Regional News

(Jamaica Gleaner) A prominent businessman in Little London Westmoreland, Jamaica was murdered yesterday morning.

(Antigua Sun) – Guyanese Mark Pluck was denied bail after his lawyer Vere Bird Jr made an application on his behalf before Chief Magistrate Ivan Walters.

(Antigua Sun) – A 21-year-old Bolans man was allegedly raped at gunpoint early Monday morning and the police are investigating the incident.

No ALBA for DomRep The President of the Dominican Republic Leonel Fernandez has been quoted as saying he hasn’t considered making his country part of the Venezuelan-backed political and economic grouping known as ALBA.

-escape with $2M, fire shots Armed bandits on Monday evening robbed an overseas-based family at Guava Bush, Albion, Corentyne of almost $2M in cash and jewellery and a suspect has been taken into custody.

(Trinidad Express) Secondary school students in the Caribbean region are “digital kids stuck in analogue classrooms,” says Dr Didacus Jules, chief executive officer of the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC).

(Trinidad Express) Brothers Joseph and Jason Lawrence wanted to stay away from bad company, so they invited a few friends to play cards at their home.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Parents are being urged to encourage their children to eat more locally produced food.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Patrick Manning has refused to accept the offer by Attorney General John Jeremie to resign.

(Antigua Sun) – A Guyanese woman was deported from Antigua last week after she pleaded guilty to remaining in the state after the expiration of a permit granted to her by the Immigration Department.

(Antigua Sun) – Nigel Hamilton-Smith, the liquidator of the Stanford International Bank (SIB) in Antigua and Barbuda is proposing to develop Guiana Island, which is owned by Sir Allen Stanford, to generate money to repay investors who were allegedly swindled in the alleged Ponzi scheme.

(Trinidad Express) – Why was Rajwanti “Judy” Badri killed? Who would have wanted the 52-year-old, who had the traumatic experience of seeing one of her daughters murdered and the other badly injured, dead?

22 rescued in Haiti boat accident Authorities in Haiti have warned that there was “little hope” of finding more survivors from a boat accident on Saturday.

-4,000 lost, says economist (Trinidad Express) More than 4,000 Government-created jobs have been lost in the past ten months, economist Jwala Rambarran has said.

…in Parliament vote (Trinidad Express) Opposition MP Jack Warner says that his crucial vote in the Parliament on Friday night that secured the passage of a bill meant to tackle financial crimes such as insider trading was not a betrayal of the United National Congress but a matter of putting his country first.

(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.