November 25, 2013
Train smashes into homes in Brazil, killing 8
Officials say a cargo train laden with corn derailed in southeastern Brazil, smashing into houses and killing at least eight people and injuring another six. Rescue workers say more victims may be buried under the wreckage. The accident occurred…
November 25, 2013
DomRep deportations to Haiti increase after killings
A spokesman for a Haitian migrant advocacy group reports more than 100 additional people have been deported from neighbouring Dominican Republic after an elderly Dominican couple was killed. Josue Michel of the Group for Repatriates and Refugees…
November 25, 2013
Jamaican Teacher Launches Campaign To Boycott T&T Products
As the implications of a move seemingly aimed at blocking Jamaicans from entering Trinidad and Tobago soak in, a consumer-oriented Facebook campaign urging Jamaicans to boycott products imported from that country has grabbed the support of scores of…
November 25, 2013
Trinidad baby horror
A one-year-old boy was found dead in the latrine of a Maracas Valley, St Joseph, home yesterday hours after a close male relative of the boy telephoned the police and claimed the child had been abducted by three men. The horror story began around 1…
November 25, 2013
Dominicans in Houston celebrate Independence
Dominicans in Houston, Texas celebrated Dominica’s 35th anniversary of Independence on November 2nd at the Double Tree Hotel in Houston, Texas. The Independence Gala which was staged during the observance was highlighted by a highly motivating and…
November 25, 2013
Trinidad prison officers uncover brisk trade
There is a big business behind bars in prisons where a hot seller is cigarettes at $600 a pack. According to a senior prison official, business is booming with over 500 cellphones confiscated in just one month. Some 300 were destroyed yesterday…
November 21, 2013
CIA secretly collects data on money transfers to Caribbean
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has been accused of secretly collecting bulk records of money transfers to the Caribbean and other places handled by companies like Western Union and MoneyGram. Government officials said the transfers include…
November 21, 2013
Lottery winnings to be taxed in Barbados
The Ministry of Finance in Barbados has advised Bajans of a 15 per cent tax on lottery winnings over a $100,000 which was announced in the 2013 Financial Statement and Budgetary Proposals will be implemented fully, albeit with some changes,…
November 21, 2013
Trinidadian teacher charged with sex crime against schoolgirl
Senior Primary school teacher and guidance officer Swain David appeared in the San Fernando Magistrates’ Court on Thursday charged with committing an act of grievous sexual assault on a child. David, 44, of Ste Madeleine, appeared before Magistrate…
November 21, 2013
Caricom & Materlly to meet on Dominican Court Ruling
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM), will be meeting next week to discuss the recent controversial ruling by the Constitutional Court in the Dominican Republic which has stripped thousands of their citizenship. This was revealed by President Michel…