By Stabroek staff | Sunday, September 6, 2009 | 0 Comments
CARACAS (Reuters) – Thousands of Venezuelans marched yesterday in protests against President Hugo Chavez while thousands of his supporters held their own rallies, a sign …
By Stabroek staff | Saturday, September 5, 2009 | 0 Comments
Strongman facing deportation to US controls downtown Kingston
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(Jamaica Observer) A member of the Peace Management Initiative (PMI) says influential Tivoli Gardens strongman Christopher …
By Stabroek staff | Saturday, September 5, 2009 | 1 Comment
(Jamaica Gleaner) Unis McKenzie has helped raise more than 40 children and is willing to take in more. No kidding.
McKenzie, 64, is considered a community …
By Stabroek staff | Saturday, September 5, 2009 | 0 Comments
(Trinidad Express) Tobago police have launched an investigation into the cancellation of an Independence day event entitled “Experience the Concert” featuring popular US actor and …
By Stabroek staff | Saturday, September 5, 2009 | 0 Comments
(Trinidad Guardian) Anthero Mootoo, the teenager found guilty of committing fraud in the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) examinations, was on Thursday spared a fine or …
By Stabroek staff | Saturday, September 5, 2009 | 0 Comments
Jamaican rapist jailed
An illegal immigrant who raped a woman twice after escaping from holding cells at London’s Heathrow Airport has been jailed indefinitely in the …
By Stabroek staff | Friday, September 4, 2009 | 1 Comment
(Jamaica Gleaner) Per-manent Secretary in the Ministry of Transport and Works, Dr Alwyn Hayles, was on Wednesday unable to explain why money from the Port …
By Stabroek staff | Friday, September 4, 2009 | 2 Comments
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(Jamaica Gleaner) United States law-enforcement authorities are keeping a close watch on Jamaica as local justice officials react to a request for the extradition of …
By Stabroek staff | Thursday, September 3, 2009 | 0 Comments
BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombian lawmakers have approved a final bill calling for a referendum to allow President Alvaro Uribe to seek re-election in May next …
By Stabroek staff | Thursday, September 3, 2009 | 0 Comments
LONDON, (Reuters) – Oil major BP Plc said it has made an oil discovery in the Gulf of Mexico, which analysts believe could contain over …
By Stabroek staff | Thursday, September 3, 2009 | 0 Comments
HOUSTON, (Reuters) – A swanky casino on the Las Vegas strip is suing accused swindler Allen Stanford for repayment of a gambling debt of more …
By Stabroek staff | Thursday, September 3, 2009 | 0 Comments
MIAMI, (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Erika weakened as it edged over the Leeward Islands of the northeast Caribbean yesterday but it threatened to douse them …
By Stabroek staff | Thursday, September 3, 2009 | 0 Comments
SAN CARLOS, Mexico, (Reuters) – Hurricane Jimena smashed flimsy buildings, bent trees and tore fishing boats from their moorings as it collided with Mexico’s Baja …
By Stabroek staff | Wednesday, September 2, 2009 | 0 Comments
(Jamaica Gleaner) An investigation is now under way at the GraceKennedy-owned First Global Bank after the discovery of trading irregularities at the institution that have …
By Stabroek staff | Wednesday, September 2, 2009 | 1 Comment
(Jamaica Gleaner) West Kingston strongman Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke could face a maximum sentence of life in prison if he is extradited and convicted by United …
By Stabroek staff | Wednesday, September 2, 2009 | 0 Comments
(Trinidad Express) “I will do it again.”
These were the words of Diane Baptiste yesterday, after she received a national award for gallantry for fighting off …
By Stabroek staff | Wednesday, September 2, 2009 | 0 Comments
(Jamaica Gleaner) The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) has received the first allocation of money from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) under the special drawing rights …
By Stabroek staff | Wednesday, September 2, 2009 | 0 Comments
(Barbados Nation) Barbados’ tourism industry is in line for more developmental aid from the Organisation of American States (OAS).
Secretary general José Miguel Insulza made the …
By Stabroek staff | Wednesday, September 2, 2009 | 1 Comment
(Jamaica Observer) Superintendent Harry ‘Bungles’ Daley on Monday denied that he had an arrangement to collect payment from a St Catherine businessman in return for …
By Stabroek staff | Tuesday, September 1, 2009 | 0 Comments
(Trinidad Express) Express Editor-at-Large Keith Smith has been honoured this year with the Humming Bird Medal Silver.
He is among 21 National Award Recipients for 2009, …