Regional News

Fire destroys new PoS casino

(Trinidad Express) Before its owner was able to open its doors for business, the newly-established Play Multi-Denom casino was completely destroyed by fire in Port of Spain early Monday morning.

Mother of twins deported to Guyana

(Antigua Sun) – A young Guyanese mother of twin girls was ordered deported from Antigua last Friday after she pleaded guilty to remaining in the country after the expiration of a permit.

Four men shot dead hours apart

(Trinidad Express) – Between Wednesday night and Thursday afternoon, the lives of four men were brought to a violent and bloody end, sending the year’s murder toll to 247.

Law Association members seek no-confidence motion in Jeremie

(Trinidad Express) – Senior Counsel Desmond Allum leads a battery of 25 attorneys who have requested a Special General Meeting of the Law Association to “consider, discuss, move and pass” a no-confidence motion in John Jeremie as Attorney General and as titular head of the Bar of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.

Two new swine flu cases in Tobago

(Trinidad Express) – Preliminary tests conducted on two of three women in Tobago who were screened for the Influenza A/H1N1 Virus, otherwise known as swine flu, have returned positive.

Venezuela set to nationalize port operators

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela is set to nationalize the companies that run some of the Caribbean nation’s main ports, the latest move by the socialist President Hugo Chavez to put key areas of the economy in state hands.

Woman brutally assaulted

(Antigua Sun) – Shondell Glasgow’s face is battered and bruised almost beyond recognition and she could barely speak more than 24 hours after an ordeal which she said she hopes no other woman in Antigua and Barbuda would have to endure.

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