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isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=170423</guid> <description><![CDATA[CARACAS (Reuters) &#8211; Venezuelan opposition flagbearer Henrique Capriles could give President Hugo Chavez the closest race of his career, though the socialist leader’s charisma and deep pockets provide formidable advantages as he seeks re-election in October. With a polished smile and energetic style, the 39-year-old Capriles plans to criss-cross Venezuela yesterday galvanizing supporters and trying [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/14/venezuela%e2%80%99s-capriles-faces-uphill-battle-against-chavez/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Barbados on verge of another financial downgrade</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/14/barbados-on-verge-of-another-financial-downgrade-2/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/14/barbados-on-verge-of-another-financial-downgrade-2/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:04:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stabroek staff</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Regional News]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=170424</guid> <description><![CDATA[(Barbados Nation) Barbados is on the verge of another financial downgrade. And Deputy Central Bank of Barbados Governor Harold Codrington says to avoid it the island must keep trimming its fiscal deficit. Codrington spoke against the backdrop of international credit rating agency Moody’s Investors Service lowering its domestic currency rating on Barbados last June to [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/14/barbados-on-verge-of-another-financial-downgrade-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Boy, 5, saves family from house fire</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/14/boy-5-saves-family-from-house-fire/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/14/boy-5-saves-family-from-house-fire/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:03:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stabroek staff</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Regional News]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=170427</guid> <description><![CDATA[(Trinidad Express) &#8211; Five-year-old Shrelon Callendar heroically saved his family from an inferno that engulfed their home in the early hours of Sunday morning, quickly alerting his father to the flames and smoke he saw spreading through the building. “At about one o’ clock in the morning, he ran into my room yelling, ‘Daddy, daddy, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/14/boy-5-saves-family-from-house-fire/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oil palm industry projected for Nickerie</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/14/oil-palm-industry-projected-for-nickerie-2/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/14/oil-palm-industry-projected-for-nickerie-2/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:02:33 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stabroek staff</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Regional News]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=170425</guid> <description><![CDATA[PARAMARIBO (de Ware Tijd) —Chinese investors have projected a palm oil industry in the District of Nickerie, just like in Marowijne and Para, legislator Rashied Doekhie tells de Ware Tijd. Talks are currently underway so Doekhie refuses to name the investors. The politician confirms positive tests for soil samples to test whether Nickerie is suited [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/14/oil-palm-industry-projected-for-nickerie-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Barbados CLICO bought</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/14/barbados-clico-bought-2/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/14/barbados-clico-bought-2/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:01:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stabroek staff</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Regional News]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=170426</guid> <description><![CDATA[(Barbados Nation) CLICO International General Insurance has been purchased by Sandridge Limited. Following 18 months of legal discussions, the deal was signed last Friday by hotelier Bernie Weatherhead, on behalf of Sandridge Limited, and Terrence Thornhill, acting on behalf of CLICO Holdings. The signing took place at the law offices of Clarke Gittens Farmer. In an [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/14/barbados-clico-bought-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>St. Kitts’ citizenship business surging</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/13/st-kitts%e2%80%99-citizenship-business-surging/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/13/st-kitts%e2%80%99-citizenship-business-surging/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:04:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stabroek staff</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Regional News]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=170287</guid> <description><![CDATA[(Reuters) &#8211; St. Kitts’ economic citizenship programme was established in 1984, shortly after the country’s independence from Great Britain. But Kittitian officials, including Prime Minister Denzil Douglas, say interest has jumped in the past few years. The surge comes hand-in-hand with the involvement of Henley &#38; Partners, which has managed and marketed parts of the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/13/st-kitts%e2%80%99-citizenship-business-surging/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Peru captures wounded Shining Path rebel leader</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/13/peru-captures-wounded-shining-path-rebel-leader/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/13/peru-captures-wounded-shining-path-rebel-leader/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:03:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stabroek staff</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Regional News]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=170285</guid> <description><![CDATA[LIMA,  (Reuters) - The most important leader of Peru’s leftist Shining Path insurgency has been captured by security forces after being shot in a remote jungle rife with drug trafficking, President Ollanta Humala said yesterday, announcing his first major victory against what remains of the rebel group. Artemio, the nom de guerre of Florindo Eleuterio [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/13/peru-captures-wounded-shining-path-rebel-leader/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Suriname port authority eyes ambitious expansion</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/13/suriname-port-authority-eyes-ambitious-expansion-2/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/13/suriname-port-authority-eyes-ambitious-expansion-2/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:02:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stabroek staff</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Regional News]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=170288</guid> <description><![CDATA[(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO &#8211; Suriname’s Port Authority needs an additional US$ 30 million to consolidate its leading position in the region, director John Defares tells de Ware Tijd. The port has just completed five years of expansion and modernization costing US$ 100 million. ‘The additional investment will be good for the next 20 years. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/13/suriname-port-authority-eyes-ambitious-expansion-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Venezuela says Guarapiche oil spill under control</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/13/venezuela-says-guarapiche-oil-spill-under-control-2/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/13/venezuela-says-guarapiche-oil-spill-under-control-2/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:01:33 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stabroek staff</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Regional News]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=170289</guid> <description><![CDATA[CARACAS, (Reuters) &#8211; Venezuela will put 1,500 people to work clearing up an oil spill at a river in the east of the country that has forced the authorities to close a water purification plant, the environment minister said yesterday. Officials say an accident on Feb. 4 ruptured a pipeline carrying crude near the city [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/13/venezuela-says-guarapiche-oil-spill-under-control-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Marley film for April 20</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/10/marley-film-for-april-20-2/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/10/marley-film-for-april-20-2/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:03:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stabroek staff</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Regional News]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=169878</guid> <description><![CDATA[A new documentary on the life of reggae legend Bob Marley is scheduled to open April 20 in the United States. Directed by Scottish director, Kevin Macdonald, Marley will be distributed by Magnolia Pictures. According to the Hollywood Reporter publication, the documentary will be shown in theatres, and will be available in Video On Demand [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/10/marley-film-for-april-20-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>US Ambassador complains to T&amp;T over energy projects</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/10/us-ambassador-complains-to-tt-over-energy-projects-2/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/10/us-ambassador-complains-to-tt-over-energy-projects-2/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:02:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stabroek staff</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Regional News]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=169883</guid> <description><![CDATA[(Trinidad Guardian) United States Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago Beatrice Wilkinson Welters has written to the Government, raising concerns about the Government’s proposal to award two projects worth US$5.3 billion to a consortium led by the Saudi Arabia’s state company SABIC. The ambassador’s letter followed major objections raised by US interests that they were unfairly [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/10/us-ambassador-complains-to-tt-over-energy-projects-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>T&amp;T DNA Bill passes after marathon debate</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/10/tt-dna-bill-passes-after-marathon-debate-2/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/10/tt-dna-bill-passes-after-marathon-debate-2/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:01:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stabroek staff</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Regional News]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=169884</guid> <description><![CDATA[(Trinidad Express) After almost seven hours in committee stage, the DNA Bill (Deoxyribonucleic Acid Bill, 2011) was passed yesterday morning unanimously. Debate on the Bill started at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, and by 6.30 p.m., the Senate moved to committee stage where there were further heated arguments on certain clauses. The Bill was eventually passed [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/10/tt-dna-bill-passes-after-marathon-debate-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Long-hidden archives help Guatemala war crimes trials</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/09/long-hidden-archives-help-guatemala-war-crimes-trials/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/09/long-hidden-archives-help-guatemala-war-crimes-trials/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:05:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stabroek staff</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Regional News]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=169696</guid> <description><![CDATA[GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) - The secrets from a vault of moldy documents long covered in bat and rat droppings could soon help to put former top Guatemalan officials behind bars, years after the country’s brutal civil war ended in 1996. Clues found in the millions of police documents have lifted a lid on government repression [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/09/long-hidden-archives-help-guatemala-war-crimes-trials/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Guyanese Cecil Fitt, wife die within three hours in Barbados</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/09/guyanese-cecil-fitt-wife-die-within-three-hours-in-barbados-2/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/09/guyanese-cecil-fitt-wife-die-within-three-hours-in-barbados-2/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:04:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stabroek staff</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Local]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Regional News]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=169694</guid> <description><![CDATA[(Barbados Nation) Not even death could separate Cecil and Joan Fitt. Just three hours after Cecil died at his Rendezvous Ridge, Christ Church home last week, his wife of 52 years also passed away in her bed. One of the couple’s sons, Peter, said on Monday his father had been ailing from cancer for some [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/09/guyanese-cecil-fitt-wife-die-within-three-hours-in-barbados-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>T&amp;T attempted murder witness shot dead</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/09/tt-attempted-murder-witness-shot-dead-2/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/09/tt-attempted-murder-witness-shot-dead-2/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:03:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stabroek staff</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Regional News]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=169699</guid> <description><![CDATA[(Trinidad Express) A day after the attempted murder of a man at Ste Madeleine, a witness to the crime who helped police identify suspects was shot dead on Monday night. Kevin Ellis, a “PH” driver, of Montgomery Street, was killed near his home. Ellis, 26, was shot in his head, face and upper body and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/09/tt-attempted-murder-witness-shot-dead-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Digicel to raise US$250m from bond placement</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/09/digicel-to-raise-us250m-from-bond-placement-2/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/09/digicel-to-raise-us250m-from-bond-placement-2/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:03:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stabroek staff</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Regional News]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=169698</guid> <description><![CDATA[(Jamaica Gleaner) Digicel Limited plans to raise US$250 million (J$21b) from a private placement of an eight-year bond. The proceeds will fund potential acquisitions, future capital expenditure and debt servicing. Digicel did not say when the placement of the senior notes due to mature in 2020 would happen. The bond will price at a yield [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/09/digicel-to-raise-us250m-from-bond-placement-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Death toll rises to 47 from Dominican boatwreck</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/09/death-toll-rises-to-47-from-dominican-boatwreck/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/09/death-toll-rises-to-47-from-dominican-boatwreck/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:02:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stabroek staff</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Regional News]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=169701</guid> <description><![CDATA[SANTO DOMINGO, (Reuters) &#8211; Search crews recovered 22 more bodies from the sea off the coast of the Dominican Republic yesterday, bringing the death toll to 47 after an overloaded migrant smuggling vessel capsized. The boat sank on Saturday in the Bay of Samana off the northeast coast of the Dominican Republic. Eighteen passengers were [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/09/death-toll-rises-to-47-from-dominican-boatwreck/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Manning’s sister questions quality of T&amp;T heart drugs</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/08/manning%e2%80%99s-sister-questions-quality-of-tt-heart-drugs/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/08/manning%e2%80%99s-sister-questions-quality-of-tt-heart-drugs/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:04:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stabroek staff</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Regional News]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=169496</guid> <description><![CDATA[(Trinidad Guardian) Dr Petronella Manning-Alleyne, sister of former prime minister Patrick Manning, claims drugs being used by cardiac patients in T&#38;T could be putting them at risk. “We are sourcing medication from areas of the world where standards are questionable and may not be effective because of limitations,” Manning-Alleyne, a medical doctor, said yesterday. She [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/08/manning%e2%80%99s-sister-questions-quality-of-tt-heart-drugs/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>GraceKennedy to push for overseas profits</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/08/gracekennedy-to-push-for-overseas-profits/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/08/gracekennedy-to-push-for-overseas-profits/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:03:56 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stabroek staff</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Regional News]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=169500</guid> <description><![CDATA[(Jamaica Gleaner) Grace Kennedy Group CEO Don Wehby said the conglomerate intends to earn a half of its profit from outside of Jamaica as it moves to become a global consumer group within the next eight years. According to Wehby, the plan is for the Jamaican company to have its renowned Grace brand sold on [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/08/gracekennedy-to-push-for-overseas-profits/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>BPTT to invest US$1b in T&amp;T</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/08/bptt-to-invest-us1b-in-tt-2/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/08/bptt-to-invest-us1b-in-tt-2/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:02:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stabroek staff</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Regional News]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=169502</guid> <description><![CDATA[(Trinidad Express) BP Trinidad and Tobago (bpTT) is set to invest close to US$1 billion in Trinidad and Tobago over the next year. The company’s chairman, Norman Christie, in a speech at Monday’s opening ceremony of the Trinidad and Tobago Energy Conference 2012 at the Hyatt Regency (Trinidad) in Port of Spain, outlined the various [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/08/bptt-to-invest-us1b-in-tt-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Rusal moving equipment here from Jamaica</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/08/rusal-moving-equipment-here-from-jamaica-2/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/08/rusal-moving-equipment-here-from-jamaica-2/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:01:41 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stabroek staff</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Regional News]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=169624</guid> <description><![CDATA[(Jamaica Gleaner) The government says it is not aware of any plans by alumina company, UC Rusal to close its Ewarton operations in St. Catherine. Last week Opposition Spokesman on mining, J.C Hutchinson, called for the mining minister, Phillip Paulwell to investigate reports that UC Rusal was moving heavy equipment from its Kirkvine Plant in [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/08/rusal-moving-equipment-here-from-jamaica-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Colombian ex-militia chief nabbed in Venezuela</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/08/colombian-ex-militia-chief-nabbed-in-venezuela/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/08/colombian-ex-militia-chief-nabbed-in-venezuela/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:01:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stabroek staff</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Regional News]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=169503</guid> <description><![CDATA[BOGOTA, (Reuters) - One of Colombia’s most-wanted former paramilitary commanders with suspected links to the cocaine trade has been captured in neighbouring Venezuela, both nations said on Monday. After years of acrimony, improved relations between Caracas and Bogota since Juan Manuel Santos came to power in Colombia in 2010 have led to the capture of [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/08/colombian-ex-militia-chief-nabbed-in-venezuela/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>T&amp;T minister to implement  unlimited visiting hours at hospitals</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/06/tt-minister-to-implement-unlimited-visiting-hours-at-hospitals-2/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/06/tt-minister-to-implement-unlimited-visiting-hours-at-hospitals-2/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:02:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stabroek staff</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Regional News]]></category><guid
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=169291</guid> <description><![CDATA[(Jamaica Gleaner) Senior national security operatives are probing a major security breach at one of Jamaica’s maximum-security prisons that resulted in hardened criminals hosting a marijuana-laced and liquor-filled Christmas party on its compound. The investigation was sparked by the discovery of photographs of the prison party that were sent to a photolab to be processed. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/news/regional/02/06/prisoners-held-xmas-party-at-jamaica-maximum-security-jail-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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