Canada’s aid minister quits after spending scandal
OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Canada’s foreign aid minister is resigning from politics after coming under fire for extravagant spending, including a $16 dollar glass of orange juice in a luxury London hotel.
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OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Canada’s foreign aid minister is resigning from politics after coming under fire for extravagant spending, including a $16 dollar glass of orange juice in a luxury London hotel.
ZURICH, (Reuters) – Traces of the poisonous element polonium have been found in the belongings of late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, a Swiss institute said today, and a television report said his widow had demanded his body be exhumed for further tests.
A 51-year-old man was this afternoon found buried in a shallow grave in a yard four corners from his Enmore home with suspected stab wounds and the prime suspect has since vanished.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, CMC – Dr. Ernest Hilaire, the outspoken and often controversial Chief Executive Officer of West Indies cricket, is leaving the job.
Police say that at about 0830h today, a woman reported to the police at the Divisional Headquarters at Cove & John, ECD, that she had been sexually assaulted by a Police Constable at the Enmore Police Outpost during the morning of Sunday July 01, 2012.
Former PPP Executive Member Ralph Ramkarran today declined to comment on his shock resignation from the party over the weekend.
PARIS, (Reuters) – Police raided the home and offices of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy today as part of a judicial inquiry into financial relations between his political camp and the richest woman in France, L’Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt.
(Reuters) – Actor Andy Griffith, whose portrayal of a small-town sheriff made “The Andy Griffith Show” one of television’s most enduring shows, died today at his North Carolina home at age 86.
Government has retained Trinidad-based Senior Counsel Seenauth Jairam to help challenge the opposition-led budget cuts.
(Jamaica Observer) ROSE HALL, St James — Three people, including a Bahamian, were yesterday held in an operation by members of the Area One Transnational Crime and Narcotic Division in connection with the seizure of almost 2,700 pounds of compressed ganja, valued at approximately J$27 million.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – GlaxoSmithKline Plc has agreed to plead guilty to misdemeanor criminal charges and pay $3 billion to settle what government officials said on Monday is the largest case of healthcare fraud in U.S.
Guyana Water Incorporated today said that due to operational difficulties at the Shelter-Belt Water Treatment Facility, customers in sections of Georgetown are experiencing reduced water quality.
(Jamaica Gleaner) No longer captain, and just back from international cricket wilderness, Jamaica’s explosive opening batsman Chris Gayle is not about to tone down his role as a senior team leader following his return to the West Indies.
(Trinidad Express) Opposition Senator Fitzgerald Hinds on Sunday said National Security Minister Jack Warner used his customary “FIFA ethic” to deal with the illegal occupation of the State lands by the Highway Re-Route Movement.
(Reuters) – Injury-prone paceman Mark Gillespie has been ruled out of New Zealand’s two-test series in West Indies after failing to recover from an ankle injury, the country’s cricket board (NZC) said today.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Barclays Plc Chief Executive Bob Diamond quit today under a barrage of fire from politicians, the highest-profile casualty of an interest rate-rigging scandal that spans more than a dozen major banks across the world.
(Trinidad Express) Emmanuel Gonsalves, president of the College of Science, Technology and Applied Arts of Trinidad and Tobago (COSTAATT), has been sent on six months immediate “administrative leave” by the COSTAATT board of trustees, the Express has learnt.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Dancehall entertainer Ninja Man, whose real name is Desmond Ballentine, is now free to hit the stage to perform to raise critical funds to fight his murder rap.
The police say they are continuing the search aimed at recapturing two prisoners who fled from the Mazaruni Prisons yesterday.
The Public Utilities Commission is to meet with top officials of the phone company GT&T tomorrow.
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