Regional News

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Alberto Nisman was working hard preparing for a congressional hearing on his claim that Argentina’s president tried to whitewash Iran’s involvement in a bombing attack that killed 85 people, a make-or-break day in his career as prosecutor.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The US Court of Appeal has dismissed Buju Banton’s request for a new trial.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – The death of a prosecutor investigating the bombing of a Jewish community center was not a suicide, as was initially reported, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez said today.

(Trinidad Express) Police believe a man named Azad Ali can help them with information that can solve the murders of Salma Chadee in Caroni and Sherlene Mahangoo-Charles in Ste Madeleine.

(Jamaica Gleaner) All 63 members of parliament will cast a critical vote on April 28 – the three-month period given to legislators to support or reject the three bills to make the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) Jamaica’s final appellate court.

(Trinidad Guardian) T&T has already failed at least one recommendation of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on money laundering, having had no convictions for the crime despite passing stringent laws last year. So

(Trinidad Express) Students of the University of the West Indies yesterday morning locked down the St Augustine Campus.

(Barbados Nation) A dress code that bans police officers from wearing dreadlocks, twists, beards, make-up, extreme hair colour or getting visible tattoos is causing an uproar in the Royal Barbados Police Force (RBPF).

(Jamaica Observer) LLOYD Bogle is living a nightmare. The 64-year-old Jamaican, who has been living in England for the past 54 years, is now stranded in the island after enjoying a two-week trip — his first back home in all that time.

(Barbados Nation) The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has withdrawn its support of the controversial Four Seasons Project, cancelling US$160 million in loans it committed to the venture more than two years ago.

GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – A Guatemalan court on Monday found Pedro Garcia Arredondo, a former police chief, guilty of ordering the 1980 attack on the Spanish embassy in Guatemala City in which 37 people died, sentencing him to 40 years in prison.

(Trinidad Guardian) A manager at Trinidad Cement Limited (TCL) Employees’ Credit Union was denied bail when he appeared in court on Monday to answer a TT$50 million fraud charge.

(Barbados Nation) The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has withdrawn its support of the controversial Four Seasons Project, cancelling US$160 million in loans it committed to the venture more than two years ago.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States will urge Cuba to lift travel restrictions on US diplomats and agree to establish US and Cuban embassies in historic talks in Havana this week aimed at restoring relations, a senior State Department official said yesterday.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Haiti’s foreign minister yesterday asked the UN Security Council and the rest of the world to continue supporting the impoverished Caribbean nation after President Michel Martelly named a new cabinet to end street protests.

SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – El Salvadoran President Salvador Sanchez Ceren has travelled to Cuba for a third time to receive medical treatment, an official said yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) A manhunt has been launched by officers of the Police Service for a wheelchair-bound man who was said to be the main suspect in the murder of 19-year-old Salma Chadee on Saturday night.

(Trinidad Express) A Tobago police officer will appear before a Scarborough magistrate tomorrow, charged with having sexual intercourse with a minor.

(Barbados Nation) BASSETERRE – Prime Minis-ter Dr Denzil Douglas on Friday announced that he had advised the Governor General to dissolve the Parliament with immediate effect.

(Jamaica Observer) – Dancehall artiste Mavado has responded to a recent petition to have him deported from the United States.