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Jamaica political reps to get ‘development’ training
(Jamaica Observer) A collaborative programme between Government and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) should see political representatives and local government officials being trained in best practices for development.
Canada flays Caribbean over anti-gay laws
(Barbados Nation) Canada has pointed a finger at Barbados, Jamaica, Grenada and their Commonwealth Caribbean neighbours, accusing them of being behind the times by keeping anti-homosexual laws on their statute books.
T&T ambulance refuses to help mother, ailing baby
(Trinidad Express) Health Minister Dr Fuad Khan promised “harsh decisions” after an ambulance service ignored the cry for help from a young mother and her ailing baby.
Mexican envoy kidnapped, freed in Venezuela
CARACAS (Reuters) - Mexico’s ambassador to Caracas and his wife were kidnapped overnight and then freed yesterday in the latest high profile abduction in Venezuela, where violent crime is routinely listed as citizens’ No 1 worry.
Haiti’s Duvalier faces trial for corruption, not abuses
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Former Haitian dictator Jean Claude ‘Baby Doc’ Duvalier will face trial for corruption during his 15-year rule, but not for human rights abuses, the judge handling the case said yesterday.
Brazil to breathe life into faded Cuban sugar sector
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian builder Odebrecht plans to produce sugar in Cuba, the company said yesterday, as looser restrictions on foreign investment in the communist island raise hopes of a recovery in the once-booming sector after decades of decline.
Prostitution big business in Suriname gold fields
(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – The commercial sex industry is also benefiting from high gold prices.
St Vincent PM sheds tears for Manning
(Trinidad Guardian) St Vincent Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves shed some tears yesterday after he visited his friend, former prime minister Patrick Manning, at San Fernando General Hospital.
Brian Lara must follow laws – TT Mayor
(Trinidad Express) Brian Lara’s Lady Chancellor property falls under the San/Juan Laventille Regional Cor-poration.
Investor interest in Barbados CLICO
(Barbados Nation) There may be light at the end of the tunnel for CLICO International Life’s (CIL) policyholders and investors.
US firm to invest US$30m in Jamaica green energy
(Jamaica Gleaner) American energy firm GreenRG Management LLC, which last year got the go-ahead from Cabinet to set up business in Jamaica, said it will be investing some US$30 million (J$2.
LIAT pilot fined in Barbados for drug trafficking
(Barbados Nation)LIAT pilot and admitted drug trafficker Keith Richard Otway Allen escaped a long prison term and should be back home in St Vincent and the Grenadines today after paying fines totalling Bds$1/4 million yesterday.
T&T pupil’s head flushed in toilet
(Trinidad Express) Police intend to consult the Director of Public Prosecutions in their probe against an official of Blackman’s Private School accused of plunging the head of an eight-year-old pupil in a toilet bowl and flushing it.
Jamaica MP hits out at pension benefits for PM, governor general
(Jamaica Gleaner) Controversial legislator Everald Warmington wants to see an end to the public paying for accommodation, chauffeurs, gardeners, helpers and secretaries for retired prime ministers and governors general.
Trinidad Cement Limited to challenge Competition Commission
(Trinidad Guardian) The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on Wednesday granted an application for special leave to Trinidad Cement Limited (TCL) allowing it to challenge a report on the region’s trade in cement undertaken by Caricom’s Competition Commission.