Friday 27th January, 2012
India to help develop Trinidad as ICT hub
Port-of-Spain, Jan 27(IANS) India's Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) programme will facilitate the advancement of Trinidad and Tobago' s objective of becoming the ICT hub of the Caribbean ...
US man helping in Haiti rebuilding is shot, robbed
MIAMI (AP) -- A U.S. man who helped build a trauma center in Haiti after January 2010's devastating earthquake was treated at that hospital after being critically wounded during a robbery in ...
How Puerto Rico's Governor Could Be Dark Horse for VP
And at least one key conservative says that was a big mistake. "They were so Florida-centric they missed it," says Grover Norquist, an influential anti-tax advocate and president of ...
Jamaica Extols Cuba"s Values for Regional Development
Prensa LatinaKingston, Jan 27 (Prensa Latina) Jamaican Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade A.I. Nicholson told Cuban ambassador Yuri Gala that Cuba has lots of experience and discipline that can ...
Eastern Caribbean Promotes Economic Strategy for Further Development
Prensa LatinaCastries, Jan 27 (Prensa Latina) The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) is now advancing in the preparation and implementation of a strategy for economic growth and development for the ...
Call to Reject Traditional Parties in Dominican Republic
Prensa LatinaSanto Domingo, Jan 27 (Prensa Latina) The Country Alliance Party called to reject the traditional political organizations, which rule without taking into consideration the welfare of the majority ...
China Ex-Im Bank lends $41M for Bahamas project
Miami HeraldNASSAU, Bahamas -- China's state-owned Export-Import Bank has agreed to finance a new port and a bridge in the Bahamas, the second major infrastructure project backed in recent months by the ...
Schoolgirl In Freaky Sex Tape
Jamaica StarLivern Barrett, Star Writers An explicit one-minute video clip of a student of a popular Corporate Area high school having sex in her school uniform has left a number of persons concerned, ...
Deejay Freed Of Gun Charge
Jamaica StarStaff Reporter Deejay and sound engineer Alpachino, whose real name is Anthony Williams, has been freed of charges of illegal possession of firearm and ammunition. Williams, 38, was charged ...
Man jailed for fictitious licence
Jamaica StarA Clarendon man who reportedly presented a fictitious driver's licence to the police after being involved in a vehicular collision has found himself in jail on criminal charges. He is Deron ...
INDECOM probes murder in Kidd Lane
Jamaica StarThe Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) has commenced an investigation into the shooting death of Nicholas Burke McCarthy, a resident of Kidd Lane, Kingston 13, on Tuesday, ...
Man convicted for stealing water pump
Jamaica StarA St Catherine man who stole a water pump was convicted in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday and sentenced to six months imprisonment. Convicted of simple larceny is ...
Residents fearing area don's return
Jamaica StarMANY residents of Newland, Naggo Head and Portmore Lane in Portmore, St Catherine, have been going about in hushed tones of late, fearing what some claim is the impending release of a jailed area ...
53 detained, firearm and ammo seized
Jamaica StarFifty three persons were detained and a firearm and three rounds of ammunition seized during an operation in sections of St Catherine yesterday ...
$1m bail for human trafficking mastermind
Jamaica StarOne million dollar bail was offered to Hyacinth Ford-Drysden, the alleged mastermind behind a major human trafficking ring, in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court ...
Two wanted men held
Jamaica StarOn Tuesday, Anthony Brown was listed as wanted by the St Catherine South police. Brown, otherwise called 'Cutie' or 'Fire Kid', is from Foster Lane in Naggo Head, Portmore, in ...
577lb of ganja seized
Jamaica StarFive Hundred and seventy-seven pounds (577lb) of marijuana with a street value of J$110 million was seized by the Jamaica Customs Department during an operation with officers from the Jamaica ...
Robbers target women for gold
Jamaica StarSTAR Writer The WEEKEND Star has been informed that persons, especially females, are being targeted for by robbers for gold jewellery. Police confirmed this yesterday, saying it is one of the ...
Cops destroy six acres of ganja
Jamaica StarReports are that between 8 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., members of the Westmoreland Division, Mobile Reserve and Jamaica Defence Force carried out a joint operation in the Bluefields area. The team ...
Cuba: Tough prison terms for mahogany tree thefts
The Seattle TimesCuba convicted six people of cutting down African mahogany trees in the National Botanical Gardens and sentenced them to eight and 10 years in prison, Communist Party newspaper Granma said ...
Puerto Rico's pipeline plans on track?
UPIPuerto Rico's proposed natural gas pipeline is facing increased opposition. Via Verde, state-owned Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority's 92-mile pipeline, would run underground from ...
Grenada: Feeling the 'spice island' heat
General SourcesThe 2012 Grenada Sailing Festival begins on Friday Organizers say the waters are some of the most challenging in the Caribbean The crystal blue sea is a haven for sailors, swimmers and scuba ...
Hispanic delegates baffled by Newt Gingrich plan to liberate Cuba
The GuardianNewt Gingrich stands with members of the National Hispanic Leadership Network, who endorsed him in Miami on Friday. Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty ...
Cuba set for unprecedented Communist Party convention
M & CAlthough the convention is featured as an instrument in the Cuban constitution, such an assembly has never before been held. The two-day convention was called in the wake of the party's April ...
Rousseff won't meet with dissidents in trip to Cuba
M & CRio de Janeiro - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff does not plan to meet with dissidents to the Cuban government in her visit in Havana Tuesday, Brazilian media reported Friday citing her ...
Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich Pressed on Puerto Rico Statehood in South Florida
ABC NewsABC News’ Matthew Jaffe, Emily Friedman and Elicia Dover report: MIAMI – Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney were pressed today about their positions on Puerto Rican statehood at a ...
How Haiti is fighting poverty by killing cash
Christian Science MonitorCustomers wait outside a Digicel store in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in 2010. Haitians are beginning to use their cell phones as their wallets, finding them a more secure way to store their ...
Christie: FNM should seek forgiveness
Nassau GuardianProgressive Liberal Party (PLP) Leader Perry Christie yesterday said the Ingraham adminstration should "be asking for forgiveness, instead of asking for votes" as the next general election ...
Girl struck by jitney remembered
Nassau GuardianOn the driveway of See Saw Christian Academy yesterday, a simple message was written in colored chalk: 'R.I.P Karis Thompson - We love you. We miss you.' The four-year-old girl was struck ...
PM urges politicians against feeding ‘bad information’ to election observers
Nassau GuardianPrime Minister Hubert Ingraham yesterday encouraged political parties against 'griping' to election observers over issues that Bahamian officials can address. "One of the things that ...
Judges explain why they denied Fraser bail
Nassau GuardianThe appellate tribunal yesterday explained its decision last month to refuse bail for Bishop Earl Randolph Fraser, who was convicted of having sex with a teenage congregant he was counseling. In a ...
Spirits high at PMH following historic surgery
Nassau GuardianDoctors gathered yesterday at Princess Margret Hospital to celebrate the success of an historic surgery to remove a parasitic twin from a 22-day-old baby girl. The girl's parents, who were in ...
Ingraham officially launches Jump Start program
Nassau GuardianPM Hubert Ingraham (left) and State Minister of Finance Zhivargo Laing (right) arriving at the Jumpstart Program at Sheraton yesterday evening. Kyle Smith / ...
Latest murder victim identified
Nassau GuardianThe man who was shot and killed on Adelaide Road on Wednesday afternoon was identified as Delroy Daxon, 27, of Cowpen Road, police said. Daxon was an employee of the Bahamas Electricity ...
Russell an ‘outside child’ of FNM
Nassau GuardianReferring to himself as an 'outside child' of the Free National Movement (FNM), fired Housing Minister Kenneth Russell said yesterday he is unsure whether he still belongs to the party. ...
Butler: Govt moving too slow on upgrades to aviation sector
Nassau GuardianThe Ingraham administration has been criticized for moving too slowly to address needed upgrades to the aviation sector. SkyBahamas CEO Randy Butler made the charge a day after it was revealed that ...
Armed robbery victim drops case against accused
Nassau GuardianAn armed robbery victim had a change of heart in the middle of his testimony and told prosecutors he wanted to drop the case. Everett Johnson Jr. was giving evidence in the armed robbery trial of ...
Man charged with shooting death
Nassau GuardianPolice have charged a man with the shooting death of Dennis Tynes on January 15. Daniel Rolle appeared before Chief Magistrate Roger Gomez yesterday for an arraignment. He was not required to ...
Range Resources Reports Continued Drilling Success in Trinidad
RigzoneRange Resources announced Friday continued drilling success at its Morne Diabloe concession onshore Trinidad as it ramps up its reserves production drilling program there. Range – whose stock ...
Florida man hospitalized after shooting in Haiti
Miami HeraldMIAMI -- Hospital officials say a Florida man is being treated for a gunshot wound after being shot and robbed in Haiti.Project Medishare spokeswoman Catherine Murphy said Friday that 50-year-old ...
Alberta-bound travellers delayed 29 hours in Cuba
Calgary HeraldEDMONTON - A flight delay that stranded 177 Edmonton-bound passengers in Cuba for more than 29 hours has prompted a Canadian travel company to station a second flight crew in the area.Sunwing Travel ...
50m Test For Jamaica Stars
Jamaica GleanerGordon Williams, Gleaner WriterNEW YORK CITY, United States:A trio of elite Jamaican sprinters will get an early-season test over virgin distance when they climax tomorrow's US Open Track & ...
Bayfield Spuds New Trinidad well, but Trintes 2011 Production Disappoints
RigzoneBayfield Energy announced that it expects on Friday to spud the first well in its exploration and appraisal program on the offshore Galeota license area in ...
South Florida volunteer shot in Haiti
Miami HeraldWSVN-Fox 7 Friday morning.Dave Bompart, 50, was helping to build an orphanage when he was shot in the stomach Wednesday, the TV station reported. Cash and a passport were taken.He underwent surgery ...
Haiti, DR may face big quake period
KRQEPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Haiti and the neighboring Dominican Republic could be in for a period of periodic powerful earthquakes, according to a scientific study released Thursday. The study ...
Accused human trafficker out on bail
Jamaica GleanerHyacinth Ford-Dryden, the alleged mastermind behind a major human-trafficking ring, has been granted $1 million bail.Ford-Dryden has been ordered to surrender her travel documents and report to the ...
IDB funds new youth-development facilities
Jamaica GleanerThe Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will be doling out US$11 million to fund the development of a youth information centre (YIC) and National Youth Service (NYS) training facilities in Spanish ...
Seize a gun, save a life
Jamaica GleanerKey to savingBoth Pinnock and his superintendent in charge of operations, Clive Blair, said the key to saving 24 more lives in 2011 was the recovery of those 24 additional guns."At the ...
Customs info-tech systems to get $200m upgrade
Jamaica GleanerIN A bid to improve efficiency and better information sharing between state agencies, the Jamaica Customs Department will spend J$200 million this year to upgrade its information technology ...
JMA/JEA/JAMPRO Expo Jamaica 2012
Jamaica GleanerBrian Pengelley (right), president of the Jamaica Manufacturers' Association (JMA), shows Anthony Hylton (second right), minister of industry investment and commerce, a Jamaican product. ...
Reading The Tea Leaves: Cuba's Communists Convene
NPRJanuary 27, 2012 In Cuba this weekend, President Raul Castro will preside over the first meeting of the island's all-powerful Communist Party since last April. Castro has lowered expectations ...
State-Of-The-Art Hospital Offers Hope For Haiti
NPRA worker pushes a wheelbarrow past the new National Teaching Hospital in Mirebalais, north of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Jan. 10. When it opens this summer, the 320-bed facility will be the largest ...
Grant takes on Chuck for criticising civil service
Jamaica GleanerThe Jamaica Civil Service Association (JCSA) has taken issue with comments made by former Justice Minister Delroy Chuck who has claimed he had to micromanage the ministry to get movement on some key ...
GG's talks on Porteous spell 'trouble'
Jamaica GleanerSally Porteous shows her credentials shortly after being sworn in as a justice of the peace in October by then acting Custos Calvin Lyn. She would go on to be appointed custos. - ...
Health ministry refocuses on security at local facilities
Jamaica GleanerA NEW twist has developed in the claims and counterclaims regarding the seized BMW X5 which former Jamaica Customs boss Danville Walker said he used while at that state agency. Financial Secretary ...
Violent prejudice against Jamaica's gay people must stop | Maurice Tomlinson
The Guardianthe David Kato Voice and Vision Award , which recognises individuals who uphold the human rights and dignity of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people around the world. I ...
VIDEO: Cuba oil project drilling to start
BBCCuba will begin exploratory drilling in search of oil this weekend, when drilling will start on a rig just 100 kilometres from Florida. The operation is raising concerns over what happens under the ...
Range to develop Trinidad assets in JV
Business NewsResource industry analysts have hailed Range Resource's partnership with Trinidad's Leni Gas & Oil to effectively merge their oil and gas exploration assets in southern Trinidad, ...
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