(Trinidad Express) It is a misconception by the public that the “big fish” involved in the illegal trading of drugs and guns are not being targeted by this country’s law enforcement agencies during the state of emergency.
The Lions Club of West Demerara recently wrapped its annual vocational and school bag distribution programme for 100 community children.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – A new, Chinese-built drilling rig was expected to depart Singapore yesterday or later this weekend on its way to Cuba where it will be used to usher in a new era in offshore oil exploration for the communist-led island.
LONDON, (Reuters) – A private detective jailed for illegally intercepting voicemail messages on behalf of a journalist at one of Rupert Murdoch’s British tabloids on Friday gave lawyers the names of the people he says ordered him to carry out the phone hacking.
Campus Crusade for Christ (CCC) last week launched “Kids for Christ,” an arm of the organisation aimed at reaching at-risk children in various areas of the country.
Caribbean Airlines (CAL) last evening said that five flights scheduled to depart from Port-of-Spain today have been cancelled because of Hurricane Irene.
TORONTO, (Reuters) – It may be difficult to believe that after three decades of rocking hard — 65 million albums sold and hundreds of packed concerts — Def Leppard hadn’t released a standalone live album until this year.
(Trinidad Express) Gangs are engaged in a public relations ploy to garner sympathy from citizens and prevent law enforcement officials from infiltrating their illegal organisations, Attorney General Anand Ramlogan has said.
(Trinidad Express) Police yesterday swooped down on the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Port of Spain and arrested two men they say are leaders of well-known criminal gangs in Sea Lots, Port of Spain.
The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has requested from the Guyana Government written communications on its plans for local cricket.
Caribbean Airlines this evening said that five flights scheduled to depart from Port-of-Spain tomorrow, August 27 have been cancelled because of Hurricane Irene.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Hurricane Irene caused as much as $1.1 billion in insured losses in the Caribbean, catastrophe modeling company AIR Worldwide said today, with more expected to come as the storm heads for the U.S.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – New York City today ordered the evacuation of more than 250,000 people and prepared to shut down its entire mass transit system, both unprecedented measures ahead of the expected battering from Hurricane Irene.
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Airlines canceled more than 3,000 weekend flights as Hurricane Irene swept up the East Coast toward New York, forcing carriers to move planes to safer territory and disrupting service at the busiest U.S.
(Nassau Guardian) Hurricane Irene started its exit from The Bahamas last night, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake.
(Trinidad Express) It is a misconception by the public that the “big fish” involved in the illegal trading of drugs and guns are not being targeted by this country’s law enforcement agencies during the state of emergency.
Engineer Mel Sankies died suddenly last night at a city hospital.
(Barbados Nation) One of Barbados’ oldest nightclubs and entertainment spots is calling it a day.
ABUJA, (Reuters) – A bomb blast ripped through the United Nations offices in the Nigerian capital of Abuja today as a car rammed into the building, and witnesses said they had seen a number of dead bodies being carried from the site.
Tapped phones, a warship in the night and dramatic details of the upending of the Cheddi Jagan government here in 1953 are revealed in secret documents declassified on Friday by Britain’s MI5 security service.
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