December 12, 2011
Cuban medics to stem shortages at hospitals
Minister of Health Dr Fuad Khan says more than 200 Cuban doctors and nurses are in T&T to help reduce the shortage at the Eric Williams Medical Science Complex in Mt Hope and the San Fernando General Hospital. The specialists are scheduled to…
December 12, 2011
$4m A DAY IN LOSSES
Businessmen are bracing for massive losses over the upcoming Christmas season after the continued stand-off between union and management left the Port Authority of Trinidad and Tobago crippled for four days. With over 4,000 containers at a…
December 12, 2011
Mexico earthquake kills two in Guerrero state
A 6.7-magnitude earthquake has struck Mexico, shaking buildings and sending people rushing out on to the street. The quake, which struck the western state of Guerrero at 19:47 local time (01:47 GMT), was strongly felt in Mexico City. At least two…
December 11, 2011
El Salvador sorry for El Mozote massacre in 1981
El Salvador's government has apologised for the 1981 massacre of more than 1,000 people in the town of El Mozote. The victims - nearly half of them children - were executed by soldiers of a now banned battalion, the Atlacatl. They were accused of…
December 11, 2011
Peru PM Salomon Lerner in surprise resignation
Peru's prime minister Salomon Lerner has unexpectedly resigned. The decision brings down the government as, under Peruvian law, the entire cabinet must follow suit and step down. President Ollanta Humala will now have to shuffle his cabinet for the…
December 11, 2011
PM: Castro accepted apology for Hilton snub
PRIME Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday said she personally offered an apology to Cuban President Raul Castro after her Government was forced to relocate the Fourth Caricom/Cuba Summit. “When I met His Excellency, President Castro, I…
December 11, 2011
Pope Benedict XVI plans visit to Cuba and Mexico in 2012
Pope Benedict XVI will visit Cuba next year, Vatican officials have announced. It will be the second visit of a pope to the Communist-run island, following a trip there by John Paul II in 1998. The Vatican said it would announce the exact dates of…
December 10, 2011
Castro comes calling as U.S. tries to pull the plug
Even the rains seemed to have joined forces against Cuban President Raul Castro. As his Cubana jet landed at the Piarco International Airport at the start of his official visit coinciding with the fourth Cuban-Caribbean Community (CARICOM) summit,…
December 10, 2011
PNP General Secretary requests removal of Dwight Nelson from Cabinet
GENERAL Secretary of the People’s National Party (PNP) Peter Bunting is demanding the removal of National Security Minister Dwight Nelson from the Holness Cabinet. The Opposition’s call came on the heels of a press conference on Thursday during…
December 10, 2011
Man loses $.3m in scam
Fraud Squad officers are investigating the report of a San Fernando businessman who in August paid more than $300,000 to a woman representing a company selling safety equipment. It turned out the woman and the company do not exist. The man, who…