Regional News

(Barbados Nation) THE BARBADOS ECONOMY is still in the doldrums, producing no growth again, even in the first quarter when the highlight was the key winter tourist season.

(Trinidad Express) One of the men involved in the murder of senior counsel Dana Seetahal was reportedly tipped off by a police officer that he was wanted for questioning into her killing and has since gone into hiding.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Energy World International (EWI) on Monday suffered the same fate as Azurest when a decision was taken that the -contract to construct a 381-megawatt plant will be snatched from its grasp, almost a week after it was revealed that the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) refused to grant a loan to finance the project.

CATIA LA MAR, Venezuela, (Reuters) – The neighbourhood of El Chaparral began receiving cash from the Venezuelan government in 2005.

(Trinidad Express) It has been more than a month and a half since eight Trinidadian Muslims have been detained by Venezuelan authorities under suspicion of terrorist activities.

(Trinidad Express) ONE of the men involved in the murder of senior counsel Dana Seetahal was reportedly tipped off by a police officer that he was wanted for questioning into her killing and has since gone into hiding.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said last evening that her Government is offering an additional TT$2.5 million to anyone who can help with information leading to the arrest, prosecution and conviction of those involved in the murder of senior counsel Dana Seetahal.

(Trinidad Express) – Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has announced that the reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those involved in the murder of Senior Counsel Dana Seetahal, has been increased to $2.5 million.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela has violated the rights of opposition protesters through beatings, illegal detentions and failure to follow due process, Human Rights Watch said in a report released yesterday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica’s contractor general is maintaining his stance that Hong Kong’s Energy World International (EWI) should not have been awarded the contract to build the new 381-megawatt power plant on the island.

(Trinidad Express) Trinidad and Tobago lost one of its titans in the legal fraternity early yesterday morning, when 58-year-old senior counsel Dana Seetahal was gunned down in what police investigators have described as a “well-orchestrated hit” in Woodbrook.

(Trinidad Guardian) This is the text of the statement issued this afternoon by Prime Minister  Kamla Persad-Bissessar on the murder of Dana Seetahal, SC: “It is with profound sadness and shock that I learned of the tragic death of a dear friend and colleague, Senior Counsel Dana Seetahal.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – President Nicolas Maduro is introducing a controversial shopping card intended to combat Venezuela’s food shortages but decried by critics as a Cuban-style policy illustrating the failure of his socialist policies.

(Barbados Nation) One day after the National Conservation Commission (NCC) sent home almost 200 employees, lifeguard stations on at least six popular beaches went unmanned.

SAN SALVADOR, (Reuters) – An El Salvador judge yesterday issued an arrest warrant for former President Francisco Flores, who is wanted on corruption charges including embezzlement and illicit gains.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s largest private company, Empresas Polar, said on Tuesday it was halting production of pasta due to delays in foreign currency allocations from the government.

(Jamaica Gleaner) KINGSTON, Jamaica: The bank withdrawal tax is to be withdrawn and two new revenue measures are to be imposed.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar refused on Friday to say whether or not she has spoken to Sport Minister Anil Roberts about the infamous video featuring a man resembling a government minister rolling a marijuana cigarette in a hotel room with two women.

(Jamaica Observer) MANDEVILLE, Manchester — The police were on Tuesday carrying out investigations into Monday’s brutal murder of a woman and her two sons in Ramble District, near Porus in this parish.

(Jamaica Observer) MANDEVILLE, Manchester — THE police were up to late last night carrying out investigations into yesterday’s brutal murder of a woman and her two sons in Ramble District, near Porus in this parish.