By Stabroek staff | Thursday, December 31, 2009 | 1 Comment
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s government accused the United States yesterday of fomenting violence to undermine the Iranian administration.
The socialist Chavez is a …
By Stabroek staff | Thursday, December 31, 2009 | 0 Comments
(Antigua Sun) – Just days after it was announced that the US Justice Department is investigating contributions made to lawmakers by Allen Stanford, a democratic …
By Stabroek staff | Wednesday, December 30, 2009 | 2 Comments
-in attack on drugs-for-guns syndicate
(Jamaica Gleaner) Police in St Elizabeth are on the hunt for the sole survivor of a group of five gunmen who …
By Stabroek staff | Wednesday, December 30, 2009 | 2 Comments
(Trinidad Express) Crime has forced the Witco Desperadoes to flee their Laventille Hill home after more than 60 years and seek refuge in Belmont, officials …
By Stabroek staff | Wednesday, December 30, 2009 | 0 Comments
(Trinidad Express) A message which was posted on Facebook was said to be the reason why three women allegedly beat another before stabbing her multiple …
By Stabroek staff | Tuesday, December 29, 2009 | 2 Comments
(Jamaica Observer) – Seventeen persons were killed over the Christmas weekend, including six on Christmas Day, police reported.
Of the six killed on Christmas Day, four …
By Stabroek staff | Tuesday, December 29, 2009 | 2 Comments
(Trinidad Express) – While the rest of the country celebrated the festive season, two men were murdered on Sunday, bringing the number of people murdered …
By Stabroek staff | Tuesday, December 29, 2009 | 0 Comments
Montserrat delays treaty signing
Montserrat has said that it will not sign the treaty establishing an economic union of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean states today.
That’s …
By editor | Monday, December 28, 2009 | 0 Comments
PARAMARIBO (Reuters) – Police and troops on Christmas Day put down a riot and looting rampage in Albina, a Surinamese town bordering French Guiana, in …
By Stabroek staff | Monday, December 28, 2009 | 0 Comments
MIAMI, (Reuters) – U.S. federal authorities are investigating millions of dollars contributed by accused fraudster Allen Stanford and his staff to U.S. lawmakers over the …
By Stabroek staff | Monday, December 28, 2009 | 3 Comments
(Trinidad Express) Killers, you have reached your mark.
While the rest of the country celebrated the festive season, two men were murdered on Saturday, bringing the …
By Stabroek staff | Monday, December 28, 2009 | 0 Comments
(Jamaica Gleaner) A study on violence and dancehall, led by Dr Donna Hope-Marquis, has found that there is no correlation between the two.
Funded by the …
By Stabroek staff | Monday, December 28, 2009 | 1 Comment
(Trinidad Guardian) United National Congress (UNC) leader Basdeo Panday has been given a major Christmas gift with the political endorsement of most of his Members …
By Stabroek staff | Sunday, December 27, 2009 | 0 Comments
(Trinidiad Express) A $30 million fire in Tobago has left 95 people jobless. The inferno brought tears to many on Christmas morning, as two buildings …
By Stabroek staff | Sunday, December 27, 2009 | 1 Comment
Five injured, 9 missing in ship fire in Caribbean
CARACAS (Reuters) – Nine sailors were killed and five were burned in a Christmas Day blaze …
By Stabroek staff | Sunday, December 27, 2009 | 0 Comments
(Trinidad Express) A woman used her body as a shield for her younger brother when gunmen began shooting at him Thursday morning.
Onika Dyer, 33, failed …
By Stabroek staff | Friday, December 25, 2009 | 0 Comments
(Jamaica Gleaner) – Prime Minister Bruce Golding dramatically changed course on Wednesday night as he roundly rescinded the General Consumption Tax (GCT) on a list …
By Stabroek staff | Friday, December 25, 2009 | 0 Comments
CARACAS (Reuters) – Rafael Caldera, who served twice as Venezuela’s president and released current leader Hugo Chavez from jail after his failed coup attempt in …
By Stabroek staff | Friday, December 25, 2009 | 0 Comments
(Jamaica Observer) – A probe to find out what caused American Airlines Flight 331 to plough through the perimeter fence at the Norman Manley International …
By Stabroek staff | Thursday, December 24, 2009 | 2 Comments
(Jamaica Gleaner) – One hundred and forty-five passengers aboard American Airlines flight 331 from Miami narrowly missed death as the aircraft overran the Norman Manley …