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Romney falls short of Super Tuesday knockout
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio, (Reuters) - Mitt Romney failed to land a knockout blow against rival Rick Santorum on “Super Tuesday,” raising the prospect of a drawn-out battle for the Republican presidential nomination between the party’s establishment and its grassroots conservatives.
T&T cop fined after pleading guilty to turning away naked rape victim from police station
(Trinidad Express) One of three police officers assigned to the Morvant Police Station, who are before a disciplinary tribunal on charges of neglect of duty, has pleaded guilty.
Six killed in West Kingston shooting
(Jamaica Gleaner) The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) are reporting that six persons including a 13-year-old girl were killed in Denham Town in West Kingston yesterday afternoon during what they say was an intense gun-battle between themselves and gunmen.
Venezuela government, opposition trade blame for violence
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela’s government and opposition blamed each other yesterday for a violent melee at a campaign stop by presidential candidate Henrique Capriles in which several people were injured by bullets.
Prince Harry arrives in Jamaica
(Jamaica Gleaner) - Britain’s Prince Harry has arrived in Jamaica on a four-day official visit.
T&T Top Cop erred in contract award -Solicitor General
(Trinidad Express) Yet another nail has been driven in the coffin of Police Commissioner Dwayne Gibbs.
Chavez faces more cancer treatment before Venezuela vote
CARACAS, (Reuters) - President Hugo Chavez said he will need radiation treatment for cancer in the run-up to Venezuela’s October presidential poll, though he insisted there was no metastasis after the removal of another tumour.
Rowley’s no-confidence motion solidly defeated
(Trinidad Express) Contrary to the statements of Government spokespeople over the past week that Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley did not have the support of all his Parliamentarians, and that some of them would vote with the Government, all Opposition members expressed no confidence in Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, voting solidly in support on Saturday of their leader’s motion.
Jamaica cops kill 10 in three parishes
(Jamaica Observer) The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) — the body responsible for probing police shootings — was kept busy yesterday in the aftermath of 10 police killings in the parishes of St Catherine, Clarendon and St James between Thursday night and Friday morning.
Digicel cuts rates in Jamaica
(Jamaica Gleaner) Cellular service provider Digicel has announced it is cutting its prepaid cross-network rates by roughly 35 per cent to J$8.
Rosebel Goldmines pumped US$340M into Suriname economy last year
(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO - In 2011, Rosebel Goldmines (RGM) pumped US$ 340.
Spotlight on Barbados insurance supervisor over CLICO losses
(Barbados Nation) With thousands of CLICO policyholders and investors now faced with the growing likelihood of losses, the spotlight has been turned on the Office of the Supervisor of Insurance.
Jamaica police shoot four men dead
(Jamaica Gleaner) The St.
Venezuela’s Chavez: I’m recovering fast from surgery
CARACAS, (Reuters) - An ebullient-sounding Hugo Chavez said yesterday he was eating, walking at dawn and recovering fast from an operation on a suspected recurrence of cancer for the Venezuelan president.
‘Commercial’ onions harvested in T&T
(Trinidad Express) The first-ever commercially viable onion crop in Trinidad and Tobago was harvested yesterday at the Tucker Valley Farm, Chaguaramas, in a pilot project run by the Ministry of Food Production and local company Caribbean Chemicals Ltd.