Regional News

(Trinidad Express) While crash victim Rajin Ragoonanan lay roadside taking his last breaths, a man pretending to assist him was instead trying to steal his jewelry.

(Trinidad Guardian) Claxton Bay-based cement producer, Trinidad Cement Limited (TCL), yesterday called on the local Securities and Exchange Commission (TTSEC) to undertake an investigation into whether or not a Republic Bank executive and a TCL shareholder contravened the insider trading provisions of the new Securities Act.

(Trinidad Express) The University of the West Indies Seismic Research Centre has recorded a magnitude 4.1 earthquake off Trinidad’s north west peninsular.

(Jamaica Observer) The Jamaican Government appears to have been taken by surprise by reports on the weekend that Venezuela is contemplating a 100 per cent increase on interest payable on oil it exports to the region under the PetroCaribe agreement.

(Trinidad Express) Officers of the North Eastern Division Task Force on Sunday seized $2.67 million worth in marijuana.

(Trinidad Express)National Security Minister Emmanuel George and Communication Minister Jamal Mohammed are expected to lose their Cabinet portfolios when Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar reshuffles her deck of ministers.

(Trinidad Express) FIVE of the 13 people killed over the emancipation weekend were shot dead as a result of a $2.67 million marijuana deal that may have gone sour, police have said.

(Trinidad Express) Political leaders have agreed to President Anthony Carmona’s call to bite the bullet of campaign financing reform.

(Jamaica Observer) Desmond McKenzie’s West Kingston Constituency organisation is offering a J$300,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of persons responsible for the killing of an 11-year-old girl on Thursday.

(Trinidad Express) NATIONAL Security Minister Emmanuel George yesterday called an emergency meeting with the heads of the country’s protective services in the wake of a dozen murders being committed in less than 72 hours.

(Trinidad Express) Gunmen have claimed the lives of seven people between last Friday night and yesterday morning.

(Trinidad Express) Political leaders have agreed to President Anthony Carmona’s call to bite the bullet of campaign financing reform.

(Trinidad Guardian) Parliamentarians are not immune from extradition. That was the comment given to the Miami Herald newspaper by Peter Carr, a spokesman for the United States Department of Justice, following former national security minister Jack Warner’s successful re-election as the MP for the Chaguanas West constituency on Monday.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Bribing a public official in Brazil could become a very onerous mistake for local and foreign businesses under a law enacted yesterday that for the first time makes companies liable for bribes paid by their employees.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cubans are cheering a U.S. visa policy that gives them five years to travel to the United States, while Cuba’s government and state-run media have largely remained silent about the new travel measure.

(Trinidad Express) The country’s largest insurance company is about to become potentially one of the State’s most lucrative and far-reaching assets.

(Jamaica Observer) Opposition Senator Dr Christopher Tufton says offers being made by China for low-cost financing for infrastructure projects in the region will not be taken up at the desired rate, due to the requirements by Chinese lending institutions for government-backed sovereign guarantees.

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica  – An eleven year old girl was shot and killed and two women injured when gunmen invaded a community in West Kingston late Thursday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the PetroCaribe Fund, Dr Wesley Hughes, says any increase in the interest rate charged on oil purchases under the agreement will contribute to an increase in Jamaica’s debt payments.

(Trinidad Guardian) Buck up. That was the message that President Anthony Carmona gave to parliamentarians yesterday.