CARACAS, (Reuters) – A Venezuelan court ordered the arrest yesterday of opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez on charges including murder and terrorism linked to street protests that resulted in the deaths of three people the day before.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuba hopes the opening of negotiations on a new political agreement with the European Union could lead to similar talks with the United States, a visiting EU commissioner said Cuba’s foreign minister told her yesterday.
(Barbados Nation) A British couple Tululla Salvatore, 27, and Edward Denney, 41, will appear in court today charged with wasteful employment of the police in reporting that they were robbed.
(Barbados Nation) A BAND OF PROSTITUTES has been moving through the south of the island fleecing men of thousands of dollars in a ruthless blackmail scheme.
(Barbados Nation) The workers’ unions may not know the lay-off numbers, but the International Monetary Fund (IMF) surely does.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – At least two people were shot dead yesterday during anti-government protests in Caracas, escalating the worst bout of unrest in Venezuela since turmoil after President Nicolas Maduro’s election last year.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller on Tuesday told a contentious sitting of the House of Representatives that her administration spent a total of J$117.825 million on travels for Cabinet members between January 1, 2012 and December 31, 2013.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Digicel Group made a net loss of US$198 million last year, as disclosed by Fitch ratings agency in its most recent report on the telecom.
(Barbados Nation) Barbados’ first ever Drug Treatment Court opened yesterday and with it a promise of a similar set-up for domestic violence.
(Trinidad Express) The TT$2 million Duncan Street Police Post in Port of Spain officially began functioning on Monday, equipped with 36 high-tech surveillance cameras monitoring citizens’ every move.
(Trinidad Express) Fifty-two-year-old father of five, David Smith, has been placed on TT$400,000 bail with surety clerk of the peace approval.
(Trinidad Express) A Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) contractor was found dead in the driver’s seat of his Toyota Prado Land Cruiser on Monday.
(Trinidad Express) THE BURNT BODIES of two men were discovered in a pick-up truck in a forested area in Rio Claro yesterday.
ALGIERS, (Reuters) – A military transport plane carrying relatives of members of the armed forces crashed in eastern Algeria on Tuesday, killing 103 people, the private Ennahar TV station reported, citing “informed sources”.
(Trinidad Express) Fifty-two-year-old father of five, David Smith, has been placed on TT$400,000 bail with surety clerk of the peace approval.
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – A Brazilian television cameraman was pronounced brain dead by surgeons at a Rio de Janeiro hospital yesterday, four days after a firework lit by a protester struck him in the head.
(Trinidad Express) A principal of a Tobago school is expected to appear before a Scarbo-rough Magistrate today facing 75 sex charges.
(Trinidad Express) The chief executive of a small company which recovers vehicles using Global Positioning System (GPS) technology was shot on Friday night and later died at the Port of Spain General Hospital.
(Trinidad Express) Carelessness and negligence on the part of some Petrotrin employees are the reasons why the company lost more than 7,000 barrels of oil last year.
(Trinidad Express) The chief executive of a small company which recovers vehicles using Global Positioning System (GPS) technology was shot on Friday night and later died at the Port of Spain General Hospital.
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