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October 14, 2011

Mexico arrests alleged Zetas leader over casino fire

An alleged Mexican drug trafficker has been captured in connection with a deadly arson attack on a casino which killed 52 people, the army says. Carlos Oliva Castillo, known as "The Frog", was presented to press at the defence ministry in Mexico…

October 14, 2011

Rio de Janeiro restaurant blast kills three

A suspected gas explosion at a restaurant in central Rio de Janeiro has left three people dead and at least 13 injured, Brazilian officials say. The powerful blast early in the morning caused widespread damage to the restaurant, located in a…

October 13, 2011

Haiti gov’t links to old regime prompts scrutiny

Back from exile, former strongman Jean-Claude ‘Baby Doc’ Duvalier lives in a villa in the…

October 13, 2011

Prison riot in northern Mexico leaves 7 dead

Mexican security officials say seven inmates have died in a prison riot that may have been set off by the arrest of a top drug cartel lieutenant. Nuevo Leon state security spokesman Jorge Domene says about 60 inmates at a prison near the city of…

October 13, 2011

U.S. Delegation Arrives in Guyana for Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI) Commission Meeting

A U.S. delegation will arrive in Guyana this week to participate in the October 13-14 Second Meeting of the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI) Commission. Headed by Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Caribbean and Central America Julissa…

October 12, 2011

Golding hints Holness will become PM ‘in a matter of days’

BRUCE Golding yesterday signalled that he would be stepping down as head of the Government…

October 12, 2011

TNT Dookeran: No easy way out by raising taxes

GOVERNMENT did not take the "easy way out" of raising taxes and cutting social spending with the 2011/ 2012 national budget, according to Finance Minister Winston Dookeran. He said it was quite a challenge to keep increased revenue without adding…

October 12, 2011

BlackBerry outage hits Jamaica

Sporadic outages of BlackBerry messaging and email service spread to Jamaica, the U.S and Canada on Wednesday, as problems stretched into the third day for Europe, Asia, Latin America and Africa. In Jamaica, telecommunications company Digicel…

October 12, 2011

Prominent Jamaican politician indicted by US Grand Jury, Extradition request soon?

The Caricom News Network understands that a prominent Jamaican politician has been indicted by the United States authorities, possibly in connection with  the ongoing criminal matter involving reputed drug lord Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke, who is…

October 12, 2011

$200,000 bail for Sport manager on rape charge

A project manager at the Sport Company of T&T (Sportt) was yesterday placed on $200,000 bail when he appeared in court accused of rape. Travis Watson, 32, a certified engineer of Malabar, Arima, was not called upon to plead when he appeared…