April 19, 2011
Trinidad PM calls for unity
Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar has called on citizens to unite and work together in the best interest and development of the country. Speaking at the Hanuman Jayanti celebrations at the Divali Nagar site in Chaguanas,…
April 19, 2011
More than $2 Million In Drugs Found in the Bahamas
The most recent incident took place on Saturday morning around 11 after officers of the force's Mobile Division searched a home on Montgomery Street, located off Carmichael Road. During their search, officers found two packages of suspected…
April 19, 2011
2 000 Caribbean criminals deported
The United States has deported more than 2, 000 criminals back to the Caribbean in the past six months, according to figures released by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The figures show that from the start of the 2011 fiscal…
April 19, 2011
New visa requirements
Nationals of Guyana and Jamaica now require visas to enter St. Maarten and Aruba, the Ministry of Justice here said today. “Please be advised that on April 11, 2011 visa requirements for nationals of Guyana and Jamaica, visiting St. Maarten, went…
April 17, 2011
Irish Republic’s economic progress gets EU approval
The Republic of Ireland's progress on deficit reduction has been approved by the European authorities - a condition of last year's bail-out. They have looked at the Republic's performance throughout the first three months of the year and have…
April 17, 2011
Raul Castro pushes Cuban Communist Party ‘rejuvenation’
Cuban President Raul Castro has said top political positions should be limited to two…
April 17, 2011
1.2 million bootleg CDs destroyed
ANTI-piracy campaigners yesterday organised the destruction of 1.2 million bootleg CDs and 212,000 DVDs confiscated by the police. As part of Intellectual Property Week 2011, the Jamaica Anti-Piracy Alliance (JAPA) hopes that the destruction,…
April 17, 2011
Mexico arrests suspect over Tamaulipas mass graves
The Mexican navy says it has captured the main suspect in the murder of 145 people whose bodies were found in mass graves in the northern state of Tamaulipas earlier this month. Omar Martin Estrada - known as El Kilo - is accused of being the…
April 17, 2011
Bolivia protests challenge Evo Morales
Protesters in Bolivia have blocked main roads and clashed with police, on the ninth day of nationwide demonstrations against the government. Police used tear gas to clear the main road south of La Paz, and protesters fought back with stones and…
April 17, 2011
US resumes deportations to Haiti
Despite what has been described as a humanitarian crisis, the United States has started the second round of deportations to Haiti. Immigration officials said that 19 Haitians, who had been convicted of crimes in the US, were sent back to the…