- Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneThe peace delegation of the Colombian government has returned to Cuba to resume negotiations with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) that received a dose of optimism after the U.S. named a special envoy to the peace process.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from EcuadorTimes.net | Breaking News, Ecuador News, World, Sports, Entertainment » Local Politics
Social organizations in the country have spoken against the debate of Land Law and 10 days before the call for legislative Pre Consultation takes place The morning of Tuesday, February 24 the president of the Afro-Ecuadorian Revolutionar...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneA police officer was arrested Tuesday afternoon for his alleged involvement in the death of a 14-year-old boy during a demonstration in the western Venezuelan city of San Cristobal, Interior Minister Carmen Melendez announced.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneAt least three people died and about 20 were injured when a Bolivian bus flipped over in Chile’s northern Tarapaca region.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from News - Mexico News Network
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneThe cold spell that is crossing the northeast of the United States is bringing temperatures below zero.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from The News » The Nation
Gustavo Antonio Casas Aguilar, a student from the Cuauhtémoc High School of the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico (UAEM), won the gold medal at the24th National Biology Olympiad. By winning the medal, Casas Aguilar has earned ... -
Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from BBC News - Latin America & CaribbeanJamaica's parliament decriminalises the possession of small amounts of marijuana for personal use.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneHackers attacked the Chilean Defense Ministry’s Web site and posted a supposed message from the Islamic State jihadist group, officials said Tuesday.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneAt least five unmanned drone aircraft flew early Tuesday over several strategic points in Paris, according to authorities who said they were investigating the flights, news reports said.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from EcuadorTimes.net | Breaking News, Ecuador News, World, Sports, Entertainment » World
The Vatican said that the Pope’s words over the risk of “mexicanization” of Argentina did not intend to stigmatize Mexico and acknowledged the efforts of his government against violence, the Mexican Chancellery reported... -
Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from EcuadorTimes.net | Breaking News, Ecuador News, World, Sports, Entertainment » Local Politics
President Rafael Correa signed Decree 601 which establishes the reduction of salaries of the superior level of the entire public sector, excepting the areas of education, health, justice, Armed Forces and National Police. In addition, th... -
Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneSouth Korea and the United States are to begin two of their largest joint military exercises, called Foal Eagle and Key Resolve, the United States Forces Korea (USFK) announced on Tuesday.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneThe Islamic State jihadist group has kidnapped at least 90 civilians of the Assyrian minority in the northeastern Syrian province of al-Hasakah, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported Tuesday.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Stabroek News » Regional News(Trinidad Express) The time has come for Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela to move from simply being “good neighbours” to becoming “good sisters and brothers”, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has said. As a sign of their deepening bo...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneU.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has claimed that Russia is lying about not having troops in Ukraine and that the U.S. government would enforce new sanctions on Moscow in the upcoming days.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Stabroek News » Regional NewsHAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuba President Raul Castro yesterday pinned medals on five spies, declaring them national heroes for infiltrating right-wing exile groups that plotted against Havana and for then enduring long prison terms in th...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Stabroek News » Local NewsA robbery accused, said to be a psychiatric patient, was yesterday remanded to prison and ordered to undergo a medical evaluation. When Osino Benn, 21, of Craig, East Bank Demerara, appeared before Magistrate Fabayo Azore in Georgetown, ...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from EcuadorTimes.net | Breaking News, Ecuador News, World, Sports, Entertainment » World
At least five drones have been spotted for a second night in the sky of Paris flying over different parts of the French capital, as reported by official sources. The flights of drones were spotted early Wednesday in various locations, in... -
Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneReal Madrid’s Italian manager Carlo Ancelotti on Tuesday started his preparations for the upcoming La Liga match against Villarreal, scheduled for Sunday, in what will be the Spanish soccer league’s 25th round.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneVenezuelan President Nicolas Maduro declared that he would not accept “any further offense” on the part of the United States’ government, and urged his American counterpart Barack Obama to “impose criteria of respect” when it comes to re...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribunePeru’s permanent Commission for the Fight against Illegal Logging is considering installing GPS devices on river boats in the Amazon basin in order to halt the transport of lumber from illegal logging, High Commissioner Cesar Fourment said.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Stabroek News » Regional News(Trinidad Express) Trinidad Cement Limited (TCL) has recorded major losses for financial year 2014. At a press conference at the Queen’s Park Oval, Woodbrook, on Monday, chief executive officer of the cash-strapped company, Alejandro Ram...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from CNN.com - AmericasGuyana, not Goiania: A destination mix-up left a young Ghanian boy 3,000 kilometers away from his intended destination.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneEn Venezuela los hechos que potencian la crisis económica, política y social se entrecruzan atropelladamente como en un tornado de grandes proporciones, que todo lo arrasa.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneMexico’s foreign reserves fell by $174 million to $195.64 billion last week, the Bank of Mexico said Tuesday.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneThe death toll from Sunday’s bomb attack on a rally in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv rose to four on Tuesday, according to Ukrainian lawmaker Anton Gueraschenko.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneFebruary’s IPCA-15 inflation was 1.33% month-on-month. Year-on-year IPCA-15 inflation increased from 6.7% in January to 7.4% in February.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneA pair of goals from Luis Suarez gave FC Barcelona a 2-1 triumph on Tuesday in the first leg of a Champions League round of 16 tie.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneU.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has asked the Venezuelan government to free all political prisoners and abandon the “old script” of blaming the United States for non-existent coup attempts.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneThe work group tasked with preparing FIFA’s international fixture schedule for the 2018-2024 period proposed on Tuesday that the 2022 Qatar World Cup be played between the end of November and the end of December of that year, due to the ...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneSouth Korean multinational Samsung Electronics announced Tuesday that it will be presenting its new 5G technology that promises higher speeds to mobile users at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneMoody’s Investors Service changed ConocoPhillips’ rating outlook to negative from stable. At the same time, Moody’s affirmed COP’s senior unsecured and other long-term debt ratings at A1, and affirmed the Prime-1 short-term commercial pa...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Stabroek News » Local NewsAs the Guyana Water Inc. continues with water improvements, bids were yesterday opened for the construction of a new building at its Shelter Belt Compound. The tender also includes the supply of materials, labour and equipment for constr...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneA female U.S. missionary has been kidnapped by an armed group in the central Nigerian state of Kogi, Nigerian police said on Tuesday.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Stabroek News » Regional News(Trinidad Express) On the night of May 4, 2014, when senior counsel Dana Seetahal was shot dead, the killer who came almost face to face with her used a Galil rifle. This was revealed by senior intelligence sources with inside informatio...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneFederal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said before the Senate on Tuesday that if the U.S. economy continues to improve the Fed will start considering hiking interest rates on a “meeting-by-meeting basis.”
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from BBC News - Latin America & CaribbeanFlooding forces more than 4,000 people from their homes in the town of Cobija in northern Bolivia after the river Acre bursts its banks.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneSinger Marc Anthony has said that years ago his father told him that they were both ugly and encouraged him to develop his personality and be attractive for his character instead of his looks.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from CNN.com - AmericasBusiness in Tampico is booming, but cartel violence is scaring investors.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneDavid Silva, the Spanish midfielder who plays for English club Manchester City, has said after Tuesday’s 1-2 first-leg defeat to Barcelona that they came out from the game and that they must play like they did in the second half of the m...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneThe suspected regional boss of the criminal organization run by drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero was arrested by federal forces in the northern Mexican state of Sonora, the federal government said.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneExpatriates’ remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean increased 4 percent in 2014 to $62.3 billion, the biggest jump since the global economic crisis in 2009, the Inter-American Dialogue, a Washington think-tank, said Tuesday.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Stabroek News » Regional NewsRIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – The Brazilian judge presiding over criminal proceedings against charismatic entrepreneur Eike Batista, once Brazil’s richest man, was seen yesterday driving a Porsche belonging to the fallen tycoon that ...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneVideogames are a means of communication and have an important educational role, argued three professors belonging to the Open University of Catalonia (UOC) in a study analyzing 18 European videogame applications in education.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneTokyo and Beijing are hoping to resume bilateral talks on security issues that were suspended four years ago on account of an ongoing territorial dispute, Japan’s NHK channel reported Tuesday.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneAt least 12 people were killed Tuesday and 17 others were wounded when a bomb exploded at a bus station in Potiskum, a northeastern Nigerian city heavily populated by Shia Muslims.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from EcuadorTimes.net | Breaking News, Ecuador News, World, Sports, Entertainment » World
The Venezuelan Attorney’s office announced yesterday the death of a 14 year old minor in a demonstration in San Cristobal after being shot in the head, and announced that three prosecutors have been appointed to clarify what happen... -
Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneMitsubishi will start selling next month in the United States its 2016 i-MiEV electric car, which, according to the Japanese manufacturer, will remain the cheapest car of its kind in North America.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Jamaica ObserverKINGSTON, Jamaica – The People’s National Party has congratulated the Portia Simpson-Miller Administration for the "brave, bold and correct" decision to amend what it calls the outdated Dangerous Drugs Act of 1948.
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from The most recent articlesJUST OVER A DECADE AGO, Barbados started a march towards the consistent push for excellence and the enhancement of productivity. The goals were to be both meaningful and more so, measureable. Whether the...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from The most recent articlesWILL MY COLLEAGUE Robin Mahon get his wish for reef fishers? In the Daily Nation of February 17, 2015, he lamented the sorry state of reefs around Barbados and the absence of effective management....
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from The News » World
BY STEVE QUINN Reuters JUNEAU, Alaska – Smoking, growing and owning small amounts of marijuana became legal in Alaska Tuesday, as a growing decriminalization movement reached the United States’ wild northwest frontier. The Republican-lea... -
Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from The most recent articlesABSENTEEISM COST the country close to $300 million in “lost” productivity in seven key sectors between 2012 and 2013, according to figures from the national productivity watchdog. Speaking on the third...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from The most recent articlesTHE PARLIAMENT OF BARBADOS has been challenged to define slavery as a crime against humanity in order to deny past slave owners being robed with a mantle of national hero. This is coming from Professor...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Cuba Headlines - Politics and GovernmentSummary: Cuban president announced the enactment of a new electoral law which shall govern the general elections of 2018, and completion of the VII Congress of the Communist Party (PCC), set for next year. Text: Cuban preside...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Jamaica ObserverKINGSTON, Jamaica — The St Elizabeth police said a quantity of ganja was seized during an operation in Coker district, St Elizabeth, today.
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from The most recent articles“A WANTON BUTCHERY” is how an irate St Peter resident described the felling of trees on Monday and yesterday along the Whitehall, St Peter section of the Ronald Mapp Highway (Highway 2A). An angry...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Caribbean News Now! Daily HeadlinesWILLEMSTAD, Curacao -- The government of Curacao has launched an investigation into allegations against Lawrence Pietersz, a former agent of the Curacao Secret Service (VDC), formerly the Security Service Netherlands Antilles (VNA). Last...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Jamaica ObserverBEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) – The kidnapping of dozens of Assyrian Christians by the Islamic State jihadist group in Syria has prompted an exodus of terrified families fleeing their homes, activists said Wednesday.
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Channel5Belize.com
After that roundabout answer without anything concrete, we tried to press the minister for more details. The alleged UB sex scandal is only one example of various allegations of that [...] -
Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Jamaica ObserverKINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) – A sum of $7 million has been allotted to the Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Local Offenders and Deported Persons Programme in the Ministry of National Security.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Jamaica ObserverPORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) – Former United States president Bill Clinton welcomed the new US$45 million Marriott hotel here, saying it provides an opportunity for the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country “to...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Jamaica ObserverNEW YORK, United States (AFP) – Three New York residents from Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan have been arrested for allegedly trying to join the Islamic State (IS) group fighting in Syria, officials said Wednesday.
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from The most recent articlesALL BUT A FEW churlish West Indians longed for Chris Gayle to once more power up all his cylinders; they had misfired for too long. The cricket world shared the hope for there is no more spectacular sight...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Jamaica ObserverDear Editor:
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Cuba Headlines - Politics and GovernmentSummary: Cuba starts Tuesday the process of nominating candidates for delegates (councilors) of the municipal assemblies of People's Power, who make up the lists for partial elections next April, official media reported. Text:...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Channel5Belize.com
The University of Belize has remained absolutely close-mouthed about reports that three faculty members are being accused of sexual misconduct with students at the facility. There are reports that at [...] -
Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from The Trinidad Guardian Newspaper
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Channel5Belize.comA near-fatal shooting in San Pedrito on February eleventh preceded this morning’s deadly attack at the Espat apartment in which two year old Daniel was killed. It is firmly believed [...]
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from The most recent articlesKINGSTON – Manager of Trinidad and Tobago Red Force Roland Sampath says he has given his charges instructions to finish the inaugural Professional Cricket League (PCL) on a high after rebounding from a...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Jamaica ObserverMANCHESTER, Jamaica - A taxi man who was attacked in Manchester on Monday died in hospital yesterday.
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Jamaica Gleaner :: Lead StoriesLeader of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Andrew Holness has filed an appeal challenging the Constitutional Court's ruling that he gave himself power when he used undated, pre-signed resignation letters to remove two senators."I am confir...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from The most recent articlesCHRIS GAYLE did all his talking with the bat yesterday in Australia, sending record keepers scampering in the process. The enigmatic West Indies opener noted how disappointed he was with the controversy...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Jamaica ObserverKINGSTON, Jamaica – News of Jamaica’s move to decriminalise small quantities of ganja has gained much international media attention with some 160 online news articles, according to Google.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Jamaica ObserverKINGSTON, Jamaica - The South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA) is in the process of purchasing surgical instruments and operating theatre equipment for the Kingston Public and Victoria Jubilee Hospitals (KPH/VJH) valued at over J$1...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Jamaica ObserverKINGSTON, Jamaica – The Jamaica Medical Doctors’ Association (JMDA) has expressed concern over the Health Ministry’s decision to implement the flexi-week arrangement in the health sector starting April 1, 2015.
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Cuba Headlines - Politics and GovernmentSummary: Cuban president Raul Castro and the presidents of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega; Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro; Chile, Michele Bachelet; Paraguay, Horacio Cartes; and Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, confirmed their attendance, next Sunday,...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from The most recent articlesNICHOLAS SHOREY, 23, and Romario Phillips, 22, were charged yesterday with the December 8, 2014 murder of Albert Bynoe. The two were the first to appear in the dock of District “A” Criminal Court 2...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Channel5Belize.com
And since we were on the subject of inappropriate sexual conduct in schools, we did some digging into another scandal, this one at the Mopan Technical School. A male teacher [...] -
Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from The most recent articlesBARBADOS FAILED in its bid to capitalise on home court advantage when the first leg of the Caribbean Equestrian Association (CEA) Junior Jumping Competition came off recently at the Big C Stables in Christ...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Jamaica ObserverSYDNEY, Australia (CMC) – West Indies arrived here on Wednesday for Friday’s crucial clash with South Africa in the ICC Cricket World Cup, with rising concern over injured top order batsman Darren Bravo.
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Channel5Belize.comStill on the issue of stolen artifacts, which globally represents a billion-dollar industry in the parallel market. Over the weekend, the San Pedro House of Culture was burglarized and stolen [...]
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from The most recent articlesLUTHER THORNE PRIMARY SCHOOL are the Under 11 Boys’ Divisional Relay Champions. They ran away with the top spot at the recently held Elite Sports Barbados Relay Fair at the National Stadium and took...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Jamaica ObserverKINGSTON, Jamaica - The Government yesterday rejected a call from the Opposition to suspend completing the debate on the Ganja Bill, to allow Leader of the Opposition, Andrew Holness, to make a contribution.
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Channel5Belize.com
A report allegedly commissioned by Prime Minister Dean Barrow in 2014 has been making waves in the media. It’s a white paper type document on cost-cutting measures in government, and [...] -
Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from The most recent articlesAMID NOISE AND TIGHT SECURITY in the Bridgetown courtyard, seven men were taken to court on a range of charges, including murder, and were remanded to HMP Dodds yesterday evening. The seven – Romario...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from The most recent articlesCAN ANYONE EXPLAIN to me why so many Bajan motorists seem to have a love affair with stopping in intersections controlled by traffic lights? Every day we see it. It’s rush hour, traffic is heavy and...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Channel5Belize.comHave you considered studying in the United States? Well, your opportunity to do so just became easier. Today, the U.S Embassy and the Leo Bradley Library teamed up to open [...]
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from The most recent articlesTHE PROBLEM with West Indies cricket isn’t president Dave Cameron but with the people who support him. I have to wonder if it is a case of not wanting to bite the hands that feed you. It is understandable...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from The Trinidad Guardian NewspaperPublished: Wednesday, February 25, 2015 I would like to welcome President Nicholas Maduro to T&T. In so doing, someone needs to tell PNM Deputy Political leader that his visit to this country should not be sullied by any mentio...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Jamaica ObserverDEAR editor
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Channel5Belize.comThe annual Women in Art Exhibition will open at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts on March twelfth. It takes place during Women’s Month as one of the calendar [...]
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Channel5Belize.comIn Belize, there are Mayan, colonial and modern artifacts from different cultures that are kept under lock and key to preserve the tangible work of art. Since Monday, representatives from [...]
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Channel5Belize.com
A well-known Belize City businessman, Joseph Meighan of JB’s Security Firm, was hauled to court today for failure to pay three months of Social Security for his workers. This morning, [...] -
Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Jamaica Gleaner :: Lead StoriesIt will soon take just a few years of delinquency in the payment of property taxes to cause landowners to lose their property if legislation tabled in Parliament yesterday is approved.The legislation, tabled in the House of Representativ...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Jamaica ObserverCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AFP) – The World Health Organization on called on European nations Wednesday to step up vaccinations against the highly contagious measles virus after an outbreak of over 22,000 cases across the continent since...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Jamaica ObserverKINGSTON, Jamaica - Chairman of the National Council on Drug Abuse Dr Wendel Abel in an e-mail Wednesday pledged to strengthen the council's prevention messages to ensure that young people are protected, following the passage of the Dang...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Jamaica ObserverThe Senate resignation letters saga gripping the Opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) took a dramatic twist yesterday when Andrew Holness filed an appeal to the Constitutional Court's declaratory ruling that his action in the matter was...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneJapan and Kazakhstan have been designated by the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization to lead the international efforts to implement the agreement.
