January 13, 2014
US Supreme Court to hear Argentina case
The US Supreme Court has agreed to rule on whether Argentina's assets are protected from hedge funds seeking to be paid back. The long-running legal saga started after Argentina's record debt default more than 11 years ago. The country objected to…
January 13, 2014
Venezuelan minister targets corrupt police
Venezuela's interior minister has given out his personal mobile phone number on live television, and urged police officers to call him directly to report cases of corruption within the force. Miguel Rodriguez said rooting out corruption was the…
January 13, 2014
US is ‘very open’ to new relationship with Cuba
A senior American official has said the United States is "very open" to building a new relationship with Cuba. However, Edward Alex Lee of the US state department stressed that any improvement should go hand-in-hand with more political freedom on…
January 8, 2014
Chinese, Russian Vessels Break Free from Antarctic Ice
Reports from Antarctica say a Chinese icebreaker and a Russian research vessel broke free from thick ice on Tuesday, with both vessels moving toward open waters. China's official Xinhua news agency, reporting from on board the Xue Long, said the…
January 8, 2014
EMA fines Petrotrin $20M in Trinidad
The Environmental Management Authority (EMA) has fined State-run Petrotrin $20 million for breaching the terms of its certificates of environment clearance (CEC) by its allegedly poor response to the December 17 oil-spill at La Brea that ruined…
January 8, 2014
Ex-Miss Venezuela Murdered in Robbery
A former Miss Venezuela-turned-soap opera star and her ex-husband have been found shot to death in the South American country in an apparent robbery attack. Authorities say the bodies of 29-year-old Monica Spear and her 39-year-old former husband…
January 8, 2014
T&T gov’t launches attack on criminals following 19th murder in 2014
These include to find the sources of the spill; to monitor the clean-up and assessment of the environmental impact of the spills by State bodies; to establish a Shoreline Clean-up and Assessment team to survey damage; to assess the fate of the oil…
January 8, 2014
19 murders in 7 days
The brutal chopping death of Cedros couple Krishna and Radha Ramdeen and the equally brutal shooting of Arouca resident Hezekiah Mark — who was killed in the presence of his young son — have pushed to 19, the number of murders committed in the first…
January 8, 2014
Panama Canal Authority proposes end to dispute
The Panama Canal Authority said Tuesday that it wants to end a stand-off over the expansion of the canal by splitting construction costs with the international consortium that was threatening to halt work unless the authority came up with US$1.6…
January 4, 2014
Cubans can now buy new and used cars freely
Cubans are now able to buy modern cars freely for the first time since the revolution in 1959. Previously, Cubans had to get a government permit to buy new vehicles. That requirement has now been abolished but only a minority will benefit. The…