August 4, 2011
Tropical Storm Emily nears Dominican coast, Haiti
Tropical Storm Emily brushed past Puerto Rico and headed Wednesday toward the Dominican Republic and Haiti, where more than 630,000 people are still without shelter after last year's earthquake. A "steady shield of rain" should reach the island of…
August 2, 2011
Tropical storm Emily threatens region
A tropical storm watch remained for Haiti, the Dominican Republic…
August 2, 2011
Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez appears with close-shaved head
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has appeared with his head closely shaved, saying his hair has begun falling out because of chemotherapy. It was his "new look," he joked in English at a televised meeting at the presidential palace. Mr Chavez said…
August 2, 2011
Plane from New York crashes at Guyana airport
A plane has crashed and broken in two on landing at Guyana's main airport in the capital, Georgetown, causing injuries but no deaths. The Caribbean Airlines Boeing 737-800 flight BW-523 from New York had 163 people aboard. The plane apparently…
August 2, 2011
Panama police seize more than half a tonne of heroin
Police in Panama have seized more than half a tonne of heroin - one of the biggest ever drug hauls in the country's history, officials say. Officers found hundreds of plastic packages of the drug in a car in the remote Caribbean coastal town of…
August 2, 2011
Gun & Ammunition Also Seized From SailBoat
The Bermuda Police confirmed today [Aug.2] that in addition to seizing a “substantial amount” of drugs from a sailboat yesterday, they also found a firearm and ammunition on the boat. Police said that the Latvian man they arrested had diverted to…
July 29, 2011
CARICOM wants stronger UN presence in Region
CARICOM has noted the decreased United Nations (UN) representation in the Region, and is…
July 29, 2011
Brazil feds seize 18,000 ecstasy pills, arrest Guyanese, two others
Federal Police found 18,000 ecstasy tablets in north Brazil, in the country’s largest synthetic drug seizure so far this year, according to O Globo newspaper. Authorities arrested two Brazilians and one Guyanese national in the operation, which…
July 29, 2011
Wiretap legislation headed back to Cabinet
More than a year after Christopher 'Dudus' Coke was extradited with evidence collected using the Interception of Communi-cations Act and the controversial memoranda of understanding (MOUs) between Jamaica and the United States, the Government and…
July 29, 2011
Schoolboys get varying sentences for murder/manslaughter
Prison sentences ranging from seven to 15 years were imposed yesterday on three schoolboys who had pleaded guilty last week to charges of murder and manslaughter. Supreme Court judge Donald McIntosh, who was presiding in the St Ann Circuit Court,…