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November 23, 2011

Brazil to fine Chevron $28m for Rio oil spill

Brazil has announced it is fining US oil company Chevron $28m (£17.9m) for causing an oil spill off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. Chevron has accepted responsibility, saying it had underestimated the pressure of underwater oil deposits while…

November 22, 2011

Trinidad PM says wants crackdown on unregulated developments

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said strong action must be taken to stop…

November 22, 2011

Nineteen Colombians detained in The Bahamas

Nineteen Colombians have been detained by authorities in Grand Bahama for illegal entry into the country. The 13 males and six females were taken into custody early yesterday morning following a raid at a house by police and immigration officers,…

November 22, 2011

Attacking Cuba is big business

A telephone conversation revealed by Venezuela’s VTV show “La Hojilla”, between a man identified as Fernando and Americo Martin, a long-established anti-Venezuela and anti-Cuba activist, is said to corroborate that the Venezuelan opposition is…

November 22, 2011

Caribbean nationals are key to tourism, says festival producer

Don’t be mistaken, warns an experienced Caribbean festival producer, Caribbean Diaspora communities drive tourism in the region, and also support the development of economies back home. Speaking to journalists, editors and community leaders at…

November 21, 2011

Chevron takes full responsibility for Brazil oil spill

US oil company Chevron says it accepts full responsibility for an oil spill off the coast of…

November 21, 2011

Trade unions in T&T talk of bringing down the Govt

The trade union movement plans to bring down the Government by not supporting its re-election, president general of the Oilfield Workers Trade Union (OWTU) Ancel Roget has said. Speaking at the community meeting held by the Joint Trade Union…

November 21, 2011

Peru archaeologists find pre-Inca sacrificed babies

Researchers at the Sillustani archaeological site in Peru say they have found the bodies of 44 children thought to have been sacrificed between 600 and 700 years ago. They were buried in pairs in baskets placed around stone funerary towers.…

November 21, 2011

Barbados above US

The World Economic Forum has ranked Barbados’ infrastructure – its roads, bridges, airport, harbour and other facilities – ahead of the United States’. In its latest global report on competitiveness, the WEF placed Barbados in the 22nd spot, a…

November 20, 2011

Haiti’s president launches plans to restore army

Haitian President Michel Martelly says he is setting up a commission to study plans for a new…