European Parliament wants to move ACP consultation from Suriname
(de Ware Tijd) THE HAGUE – New facts and changed circumstances mean that the European Parliament (EP) is only now making attempts to prevent the upcoming ACP/EU JPA meeting scheduled for this November from being held in Suriname. Dutch EP member Toine Manders admits to dWT that the decision to hold the joint meeting of [...]
Blatter calls for alternative to penalty shootouts
BUDAPEST, (Reuters) – FIFA President Sepp Blatter has called on Germany’s World Cup winner Franz Beckenbauer and his panel of soccer experts to try to come up with an alternative to penalty shootouts to settle drawn matches. Blatter was speaking to delegates at the FIFA Congress on Friday less than a week after Chelsea beat [...]
Jamaica eyes three-year agreement with IMF
(Jamaica Gleaner) Finance and Planning Minister Dr Peter Phillips says the country has made substantial progress towards a full re-engagement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), signalling that the new agreement will extend over three years. “Our relationship with the IMF stands at the centre of our economic recovery programme since our interest at this [...]
UWI wants closer relationship with private sector
(Barbados Nation) The University of the West Indies (UWI) is looking to develop a closer relationship with the region’s private sector as part of its 2012 to 2017 strategic plan. Word of this came yesterday from vice-chancellor Professor E. Nigel Harris during an address to members of the local private sector at the offices of [...]
Bajan DPP: Stop hiding white collar crime
(Barbados Nation) Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Charles Leacock has called on companies and other institutions to stop hiding white collar crimes in an attempt to protect the image of their businesses. Leacock made the call last night as he addressed the annual general meeting of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Barbados (ICAB) at [...]
French President makes unannounced Afghan trip
KABUL, (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande made an unannounced trip to Afghanistan today to visit some of the French troops he wants to pull out later this year, defending his plan for their early exit after meeting his Afghan counterpart Ham id Karzai. Hollande was strongly criticised at a NATO summit last weekend for [...]
West Indies 154-6 at tea
NOTTINGHAM, England, May 25, CMC – Experienced batsman Marlon Samuels was holding West Indies together after England’s seamers destroyed the top order to leave the Caribbean side reeling at tea on the opening day of the first Test here Friday. Samuels was unbeaten on 41 as West Indies, winning the toss and batting in great [...]
Lisle Austin in hot seat again
(Barbados Nation) Former CONCACAF vice-president Lisle Austin is in football’s hot seat again. But yesterday, Austin declared his hands were clean following allegations he partnered with Austin “Jack” Warner in taking an unauthorized mortgage on the soccer body’s Bds$45 million property in Trinidad and Tobago, known as the Dr Joao Havelange Centre Of Excellence. “I [...]
T&T man gets 105 years for raping mother and daughter
(Trinidad Express) A 25-year-old man has been ordered to serve a total of 105 years in prison for raping a 52-year-old mother and her 17-year-old daughter almost nine years ago. He was also charged with robbing a female relative who was eight months pregnant and a male relative of the rape victims. Ishmael Blackwell, a [...]
T&T reporter, cameraman in court for robbery
(Trinidad Express) Express reporter Akile Simon and CCN TV6 cameraman Brendon Alexander were yesterday remanded in prison following their appearance before an Arima magistrate on charges of robbery in Arouca on Sunday. The two media men appeared alongside security officer Marlie Charles and taxi-driver Randy Borris before Magistrate Anna Ryan in the First Court charged [...]
T&T PM calls in Ministers, State boards for performance review
(Trinidad Express) She didn’t use the term Cabinet reshuffle. But Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar announced last night that she would undertake a “reconfiguration” of her Cabinet and of the membership of State boards. It is expected to be done within the next two weeks. The Prime Minister made the announcement last night as she wrapped [...]
Broken water main affects Georgetown Hospital
A release from the Georgetown Hospital today said that at around 06:00h this morning, there was a temporary breakage of a 2” Main Waterline within the ceiling of the Ambulatory Care and Diagnostic Centre (ACDC) building in the region of the Accident and Emergency Unit, which affected the smooth functioning of that and neighbouring departments. [...]
Three held with gun at Leonora
Police say that at about 09:45 hrs. yesterday, ranks on a mobile anti crime patrol operating in police Division ‘D’ intercepted and executed a search of a vehicle with three male occupants on the Leonora Public Road and unearthed one .38 revolver with six (6) live matching rounds, found under the front passenger seat. Police [...]
Busy Signal waives right to extradition hearing
(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaican entertainer Busy Signal has waived his right to an extradition hearing to go to the US to be tried for absconding bail. Busy Signal’s attorney KD Knight told The Gleaner/Power 106 News that his client should leave Jamaica within a month. And he said Busy Signal whose real name is Glendale Gordon [...]
Berlusconi paid for sex, witness tells court
MILAN, (Reuters) – Italy’s former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi paid for sex during at least one party at his luxury villa outside Milan, a witness said today at a trial where he is accused of paying for sex with an underage prostitute. Natascia Teatino told the court that a friend named Aris she had accompanied [...]