Ex-prison boss: Bring back hanging
19 July 2010PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad – Former prisons commissioner Cipriani Baptiste, who witnessed the hangings of Dole Chadee and his gang of eight on June 4, Read More
'Poor health care' blamed for dengue
18 July 2010PORT-OF-SPAIN – The failure of local health care systems is mostly to blame for the annual rise of dengue cases, Read More
T&T joins UN in crime fight
18 July 2010PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad – Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said Friday that government was at war with criminals and would partner with the United Nations to crack down on and destroy illegal Read More
Customs workers arrested
18 July 2010KINGSTON, Jamaica – Detectives are searching for the masterminds of a major criminal ring who have been skilfully depriving Jamaica’s coffers of millions in customs duties. Read More
Purifying waters
17 July 2010Voodoo pilgrims bathing in a waterfall believed to have purifying powers Read More
St Lucia AG dismissed
17 July 2010CASTRIES, St Lucia – Prime Minister Stephenson King yesterday dismissed his attorney general and minister for justice Dr Nicholas Frederick. Read More
Barefoot Bandit going home
17 July 2010MIAMI – Without saying a word, the teenager accused in a two-year string of sometimes shoeless burglaries and other crimes that helped him gain international notoriety Read More
AG to stay on despite suit
17 July 2010KINGSTOWN, St Vincent – Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves says his attorney general Judith Jones-Morgan will not resign after a state-owned bank won a multimillion-dollar award against her husband. Read More
T&T not used as ATM'
17 July 2010PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad – Former Jamaican prime minister PJ Patterson distanced his country from remarks by the new Trinidad and Tobago governmen Read More
Guyana under floodwaters
16 July 2010GEORGETOWN – Heavy rain in Guyana has flooded large swathes of inland areas, cutting off some communities, Read More
HAITI LOVES MESSI.
15 July 2010Argentine soccer star and UNICEF’s Goodwill Ambassador Lionel Messi, second right, is escorted by bodyguards during a visit to an earthquake refugee camp in Port-au-Prince, yesterday. Haitians mobbed the football icon chanting his name and raising an Argentina flag... Read More
T&T gas reserves dipping
15 July 2010PORT-OF-SPAIN – A report on Trinidad and Tobago’s natural gas reserves indicates that the country now has ten years of gas left in its proven reserves. Read More
Three visitors drown in St Vincent
15 July 2010KINGSTOWN, St Vincent – Tragedy struck at Trinity Falls last week Tuesday afternoon claiming the lives of three Czech Republic nationals visiting this country. Read More
More dissidents arrive in Spain
15 July 2010MADRID – As two more Cuban dissidents flew into Spain, the seven who preceded them rejoiced yesterday in their newfound freedom Read More
President Jagdeo sells property for US$600 000
15 July 2010GEORGETOWN – President Bharrat Jagdeo has sold his Goedverwagting, East Coast Demerara property to Guyana’s honorary consul to Trinidad and Tobago, Read More
Clampdown on Brits in Anti-Crime Unit
14 July 2010PORT-OF-SPAIN – Government intends to clamp down on the number of British nationals employed at the Special Anti-Crime Unit Read More
Lawyers in CLICO probe 'not axed'
14 July 2010PORT-OF-SPAIN – Attorney General Anand Ramlogan said there was need to streamline the investigative efforts in the Clico probe Read More
Drug dealers handed over to US
14 July 2010CARACAS – Venezuela handed over three major drug trafficking suspects to United States authorities yesterday including an alleged boss of Colombia’s Norte del Valle cartel. Read More
THE RUBBLE in Haiti is 20 times greater than that of the bombed World Trade Centre
13 July 2010THE RUBBLE in Haiti is 20 times greater than that of the bombed World Trade Centre and it’s going to be a while before the impoverished Caribbean nation is rebuilt -- this is the assessment US Embassy Charge D’Affaires Brent Hardt. Read More
Lawyers: Detainees being denied rights
13 July 2010KINGSTON – Lawyers for several people jailed under the state of emergency have charged that blank detention orders Read More
Spencer: We'll abide by court's decision
13 July 2010ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer has chided the opposition Antigua Labour Party (ALP) for engaging in rhetoric Read More
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