Latin America & Caribbean in Depth: Top 100 News Headlines on 4/3/15

• At Least 17 Dead and 40 Wounded in Attack Against Protesters in Afghanistan
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Latin American Herald Tribune
  At least 17 people died and another 40 were wounded on Thursday when a suicide attack struck near hundreds of protestors demonstrating against the local government of the Khost province in southeastern Afghanistan, an official source said.
• Colombian Police Seize Almost a Ton of Cocaine in Cartagena
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Latin American Herald Tribune
  Colombian anti-drug police at the port of Cartagena seized 985 kilograms of cocaine hidden in eight containers destined for the Dominican Republic, authorities said Thursday.
• AG’s Office to Investigate Deadly Fire on Mexican Oil Rig
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Latin American Herald Tribune
  The Attorney General’s Office will investigate the fire that killed four workers and injured nine others on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico, state-owned oil giant Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, said Thursday.
• U.S. Unemployment Claims Fall 20,000
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Latin American Herald Tribune
  Initial claims for unemployment benefits in the United States fell by 20,000 last week to 268,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday.
• Spain’s Suarez Navarro Reaches Miami Final, to Enter Top 10
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Latin American Herald Tribune
  Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro advanced to the Miami Open final with a 6-3, 6-3 victory Thursday afternoon over Andrea Petkovic, ensuring she will break into the WTA’s top 10 for the first time.
• Barcelona and Real Madrid Resume the Sprint for La Liga Top Spot
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Latin American Herald Tribune
  La Liga heads toward the final stretch going into week 29 of the tournament, after a brief hiatus due to international team commitments, in which on Sunday Celta Vigo will host Barcelona, current leader of the table with a four point gap...
• Sanjay’s Jewelry golf tourney set for Sunday
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Kaieteur News
  Golf players are gearing upfor this Sunday’s Sanjay’s Jewelry tournament set for the Lusignan Golf Club with tee-off at 09:00hrs. According to a club release the tournament will provide some very competitive action as the prizes are alwa...
• Sony Halves Its Olympus Stake to Fund Company Costs
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Latin American Herald Tribune
  Japanese electronics giant Sony has announced the sale of half its stake in camera and endoscope maker Olympus Corp. to fund internal restructuring measures.
• Nastimento is PPP no-teeth pit bull
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Kaieteur News
  Jesus was a good man when he been on earth, according to de Holy Bible. He believe in forgiveness. He beg de Man above to forgive dem who nail he pun de cross. He forgive many others, but he wouldn’t have forgive Jagdeo. He might have sl...
• Attack on Libyan Security Checkpoint Leaves 6 Dead
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Latin American Herald Tribune
  An armed group attacked a checkpoint on Thursday in the south of Misrata, a city situated 200 hundred kilometers (124 miles) east of Tripoli, leaving six people dead and wounding two others, a security source in the city said.
• Portugal Mourns Cinema Legend Manoel de Oliveira
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Latin American Herald Tribune
  Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva mourned on Thursday the death of Portuguese film director Manoel de Oliveira, who passed on Thursday at the age of 106, and praised him as “the highest symbol of Portuguese cinema worldwide.”
• Murray, Serena Advance to Miami Open Semifinals
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Latin American Herald Tribune
  Britain’s Andy Murray and American Serena Williams advanced to the semifinals of the Miami Open with three-set victories over Dominic Thiem and Sabine Lisicki, respectively.
• Poroshenko Enacts Ban on All Films, TV Shows That Glorify Russian Military
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Latin American Herald Tribune
  Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko passed on Thursday a law that bans the broadcasting of any Russian audiovisual material that “glorifies the armed and security (forces) of the aggressor state.”
• Mexican city alarmed by dog killings
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from BBC News - Latin America & Caribbean
  More than 60 dogs - many of them pets - are poisoned to death in the Mexican city of Hermosillo, prompting calls for an inquiry.
• Clashes Continue Between IS, Rebel Groups at Al-Yarmouk Refugee Camp
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Latin American Herald Tribune
  Fighting between the Islamic State and Aknaf Beit al-Maqdis, a Syrian Islamist rebel faction, have continued on Thursday at the al-Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in southern Damascus.
• Greece Submits New List of Reforms Looking to Raise $6.5 Billion in 2015
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Latin American Herald Tribune
  The Greek government under Alexis Tsipras has submitted to the European Union a new list of reforms that aims to raise 6 billion euros ($6.53 billion) this year, reported the Financial Times on Thursday.
• Indiana Gives In to Critics, Changes Law Discriminating Against Gays
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Latin American Herald Tribune
  The Indiana House of Representatives announced Thursday that it will make changes to the state’s controversial law on religious freedom, which has engendered much criticism for allowing discrimination against homosexuals.
• At Least 54 Sailors Die as Russian Trawler Sinks off Kamchatka Peninsula
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Latin American Herald Tribune
  At least 54 sailors died after their trawler sank in the Pacific Ocean off of the Kamchatka peninsula in Russia’s east on Wednesday night, reported the region’s emergency services.
• Jamaica Activates Army Reserves Ahead of Obama Visit
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Latin American Herald Tribune
  The Jamaican government plans to activate the military National Reserve to bolster security for U.S. President Barack Obama’s upcoming visit.
• Arbeloa: Mourinho May Return to Real Madrid
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Latin American Herald Tribune
  Real Madrid defender Alvaro Arbeloa said that Chelsea coach Mourinho may return to Real Madrid, but noted that the Portuguese coach is happy in London as he doesn’t suffer persecution such as he faced in Spain.
• OPEC Crude Basket Rises Back to $52.48
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Latin American Herald Tribune
  The basket of crude oil used as a benchmark indicator by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries bounced back to reach $52.48 a barrel, the OPEC Secretariat announced on Thursday.
• Over 300 Investment Requests Received for Mariel Development Zone, Cuba Says
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Latin American Herald Tribune
  Cuba has received more than 300 investment requests for the Mariel Special Development Zone, or ZEDM, the first project of its kind on the island, state media reported.
• Two Women Arrested in New York in Terrorism Investigation
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Latin American Herald Tribune
  Two female Islamic State sympathizers were arrested Thursday in New York during an anti-terrorism investigation undertaken by federal agents, police officials said.
• Antigua and Barbuda Secures Complete Ownership of WIOC
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Latin American Herald Tribune
  The Antigua and Barbuda government announced Thursday that it has secured complete ownership of the West Indies Oil Company Limited, known as WIOC.
• Court blocks Govt. from using IDB funds
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Kaieteur News
  The High Court in a ruling this week blocked the Government from spending a US$32.16M loan recently disbursed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Chief Justice (ag), Ian Chang, made the temporary ruling on Wednesday in response...
• New Caribbean Airline BlueSky Delays Launch
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Latin American Herald Tribune
  Grand Cayman-based BlueSky Airlines has postponed its launch to the second half of the year due to the collapse of the European carrier that was supposed to lease aircraft to the new venture, a spokesperson confirmed on Thursday.
• Bolivia Plans to Invest $617 Million to Develop Lithium Industry
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Latin American Herald Tribune
  Bolivia plans to invest $617.9 million over the next three years to develop the lithium industry around the Uyuni Salt Flat, located in the Andean province of Potosi, President Evo Morales said.
• Harrison Ford Recovering “Remarkably” After Plane Crash
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Latin American Herald Tribune
  Harrison Ford, 72, is back home and recovering “remarkably” from the injuries he sustained in a plane crash on March 5, the actor’s friend and producer Frank Marshall told Variety magazine on Wednesday.
• Cuba: Human Rights Meeting with U.S. Gave Havana Chance to Explain Its “Reality”
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Latin American Herald Tribune
  The Cuba-U.S. meeting concerning human rights earlier this week in Washington provided a chance for Havana to give an understanding to the American side about Cuba’s “reality,” the assistant director for multilateral affairs and internat...
• Black Stallion SC to host Day of Sports on Monday
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Kaieteur News
  Black Stallion Sports Committee will be hosting a day of sports on Monday at Vryheid’s Lust Playfield starting at 10:00hrs. Games slated for the day are softball, five-a-side small goal football and cycling. Among the teams set to take p...
• FUND FOR ASSASSINATED POLITICAL ACTIVIST COURTNEY CRUM – EWING`S CHILDREN
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Kaieteur News
  A fundraiser for the children of assassinated political activist, Courtney Crum-Ewing, is currently being facilitated by this publication. The fundraiser was spurred by several persons both here and in the Diaspora calling on this public...
• Venezuela Looks to Hugo Chavez Oil Belt to Fix Sick Economy
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Venezuela News in English!
  TODAY VENEZUELA (AP) You can’t miss it, rising off the main highway, a mountain of toxic soot towering over the flat, sunbaked scrubland of eastern Venezuela. The buildup of petroleum byproduct known as coke isn’t just an env...
• US warning to vacation and business travellers about the advance of Chikungunya
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from MercoPress
  The Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) is warning vacation and business travelers to the Caribbean about the importance of protecting themselves from mosquitoes that may transmit Chikungunya virus and other mosquito-borne illnesses lik...
• Cuba’s First Wi-Fi Hotspot Lets Young People Discover the Internet
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Latin American Herald Tribune
  Cuba recently opened its first free public Wi-Fi hotspot, a “gift” to his people from artist Alexis Leyva that offers many young people the chance to surf the Web for the first time in their lives.
• USACA Guyana Cricket tour…West Demerara beat USA U-18
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Kaieteur News
  By Sean Devers   Led by a delightful 58 from Akshaya Persaud, West Demerara Under-18s registered a comfortable 64-run win against the touring United States of America Cricket Academy (USACA) Under-18s yesterday at the Wales Community Cen...
• One Body Found, 9 Cubans Detained off Puerto Rico’s West Coast
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Latin American Herald Tribune
  U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to Customs and Border Protection on Thursday found a body floating offshore and detained nine Cubans near Mona Island, located in the channel separating Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.
• St. Lucia Investigates Case of Stranded Nepalese Students
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Latin American Herald Tribune
  The St. Lucia government announced Thursday an investigation into the case of 60 Nepalese students who traveled to the island to attend a school that closed abruptly, leaving the young people stranded.
• GYO, Everest register victories
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Kaieteur News
  Gandhi Youth Organisation (GYO) and Everest Cricket Club recorded victories when the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/Brainstreet Under-15 tournament continued yesterday with two matches. Batting first at GYO, the host managed 173-9 ...
• Junior players targeted at RHTY&SC Easter Cricket Development Camp
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Kaieteur News
  The Cricket Development Committee of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) in its continuing efforts to improve the skills of young cricketers has commenced a two-week Easter holiday Cricket Development Camp targeting 30...
• Teen Charged with Making Bomb Threat at Camp Nou in Copa del Rey Final
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Latin American Herald Tribune
  Spanish police charged a 17-year-old male with making a threat over social media to carry out a bomb attack at Barcelona’s Camp Nou Stadium during the final match of the Copa del Rey against Athletic Bilbao on May 30.
• Death Toll at 147 in Attack on Kenyan University, Police Say Danger Is Over
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Latin American Herald Tribune
  At least 147 people were killed and 79 others were wounded on Thursday in an attack launched by Somali jihadist group Al-Shabab on Garissa University, near the Somali border in northeastern Kenya, the Kenyan government said.
• At Least 4 Dead When Helicopter Crashes in Brazilian Neighborhood
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Latin American Herald Tribune
  A helicopter crashed Thursday in a residential neighborhood in the Brazilian town of Carapicuiba, in the Sao Paulo metropolitan region, killing the four people on board, emergency organizations reported.
• Guyana Classics of Classics Int. Martial Arts …
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Kaieteur News
  T&T, Barbados, St. Lucia & USA to compete The Cliff Anderson Sports Hall is set to come alive with martial arts action on Sunday when the Guyana Classics of Classics Martial Arts international tournament comes off. Organised by S...
• ‘Sportswoman’ expresses disappointment over CARIFTA travel imbroglio
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Kaieteur News
  By Edison Jefford False hope and jaded optimism pervaded yesterday in the camp of the Sportswoman of the Year, Cassie George, who along with her Coach, Moses Pantlitz, expressed their disappointment over a travel imbroglio that left the ...
• Investigators Collect 150 Different DNA Profiles of Germanwings Crash Victims
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Latin American Herald Tribune
  Investigators working on the wreckage from the Germanwings A320 that crashed on March 24 in the French Alps have identified 150 different genetic profiles; however, the samples collected at the site still need to be matched with DNA subm...
• Mexico’s America Movil to Spin Off Assets into Separate Company
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Latin American Herald Tribune
  Mexican telecommunications giant America Movil said it has called for an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting on April 17, when it will seek approval for a plan to spin off its cellular towers into a separate, listed company.
• U.S. Trade Deficit Falls in February to Lowest Level Since 2009
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Latin American Herald Tribune
  The U.S. trade deficit fell 17 percent in February to $35.4 billion, its lowest level since 2009, the Commerce Department said Thursday.
• At Least 5 Egyptian Soldiers Killed In Several Attacks in Sinai Peninsula
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Latin American Herald Tribune
  At least 5 Egyptian soldiers and 15 attackers were killed in a series of assaults on military checkpoints in the Sinai Peninsula on Thursday, said Brig. Gen. Mohamed Samir, the military spokesman for the Egyptian Armed Forces, in an offi...
• Wreckage of Missing Helicopter Found in Chile with All 4 Occupants Dead
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Latin American Herald Tribune
  The wreckage of a helicopter that went missing earlier this week in Chile’s northern Atacama region was found with all four occupants dead, including the husband of a cousin of President Michelle Bachelet, authorities said Thursday.
• Dismembered Buxton woman…Labourer plotted murder with two others
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Kaieteur News
  Victim’s laptop, phone found in Bent St. house  Detectives on the East Coast of Demerara are making further inroads into the mystery of how United States of America-based Guyanese businesswoman Samantha Benjamin’s dismembered body ended ...
• Trinidad Republic Bank to acquire RBC Suriname operations
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Caribbean360
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• British Airways flying from Antigua to TCI
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from The most recent articles
  ST JOHN’S, Antigua – V.C Bird International Airport will serve as an important hub for British Airways, as the airline recently launched its inaugural flight service from Antigua to the Turks and Caicos...
• Cuba Has First Gluten Free Pastries
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Havana Times.org
  The Antigua Chiquita bread and pastries bakery in the capital will be the first on the island to offer products without gluten, although only for patients with a doctor's prescription, informed Granma newspaper.
• UPDATE: Fly Jamaica resumes flights to New York
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Jamaica Observer
  KINGSTON, Jamaica, (CMC) – Fly Jamaica airways has resumed flying to New York, following a setback in operations related to landing rights issues on Wednesday.
• Angolan President Receives Message from Brazilian Peer
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Prensa Latina: Noticias Principales
  02 de abril de 2015, 10:01 Luanda, April 2 (Prensa Latina) A message from Brazilian President, Dilma Rousseff, for her Angolan peer, Jose Eduardo dos Santos, was delivered by Foreign Minister Mauro Luis Vieira, who is complying today wit...
• Cuban Americans increasingly support new US policy towards Cuba
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Caribbean News Now! Daily Headlines
  HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) -- A new national survey in the US has revealed increasing support over the past three months by Cuban Americans of a new policy approach towards Cuba, with 51 percent of those interviewed in favour, compared to a Dece...
• Haiti - Reconstruction : The terminal Guy Malary, almost ready
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Haitilibre.com / Flash infos
  Wednesday, Rothchild François Junior, the Minister of Communication, paid a visit to the Terminal Guy Malary, to inquire about the progress of the modernization works of this decentralized infrastructure...
• TOURISM MATTERS: Joining forces for return on investment
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from The most recent articles
  As a small business person for most of my life, trying to make miniscule budgets become larger, profitable realities, goes with the territory. As a general rule, we adopted a very simple psychology – that...
• Gov’t lauded for support of BPO sector
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Jamaica Observer
  ST JAMES, Jamaica (JIS) – President of the Business Process Industry Association of Jamaica (BPIAJ), Yoni Epstein, has lauded the Government for its support of the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sector, and the impact this is h...
• The State of Cuban Basketball
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Havana Times.org
  Those of us with some gray in our hair, or those who left Cuba after the severe economic crisis struck the island in the 1990s, will recall that, at the time, basketball was the second most popular sport in the country, second only to ba...
• World renowned Dr. Philip Potter passes on
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Dominica News Online » Dominica News Online »
  The third general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Dominican, Dr. Philip Potter, has died. Potter, described a “world icon,” died on March 31 at the age of 93 in Lübeck, Germany. He served as General Secretary...
• Decree Against Venezuela Generates Rejection in Social Networks
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Prensa Latina: Noticias Principales
  02 de abril de 2015, 09:25 Caracas, April 2 (Prensa Latina) The rejection of US interference in the internal affairs of Venezuela remains today among the most recurrent themes in social networks in this South American country. Overwhelmi...
• CARICOM seeking international support for future socio-economic growth
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Caribbean360
  The post CARICOM seeking international support for future socio-economic growth appeared first on Caribbean360 .
• Commentary: Interest rate reduction will benefit banks not the OECS economy
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Caribbean News Now! Daily Headlines
  Item 1.3 of the communiqué of the 81st meeting of the Monetary Council of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) held on 24th February 2015 and attended by most of the prime ministers/ministers of finance of the Organisation of...
• World Soccer Magazine Includes Seven Colombians among Leading
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Prensa Latina: Noticias Principales
  02 de abril de 2015, 10:28 Bogotá, April 2 (Prensa Latina) Seven Colombian players, led by superstar James Rodriguez, were included by World Soccer magazine specializing in the top 500 players in the world, national news stand...
• Marc Anthony and Carlos Vives announce new tour to include Costa Rica
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Inside Costa Rica
  Carlos Vives and Marc Anthony just announced they’ll be giving concerts together next September in their tour which will be called “UNIDO2.” The two singers held a press conference in Miami where they spoke about the exciting new project...
• EIG’s big on standards, strong on strategy
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from The Trinidad Guardian Newspaper
  Nadaleen Singh Published:  Thursday, April 2, 2015 Employee training is a multi-million dollar investment for Electrical Industries Group (EIG) and for chairman Dave Ramkissoon who is the owner/operator of the company. The group pro...
• Cuba´s chair at OAS will remain empty
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Cuba - ACN
  Fifty three years ago, the Organization of American States (OAS) expelled Cuba under the pressure of Washington, and although in 2009 the organization changed its decision, Cuba maintains its firm stance not to return to the OAS, an issu...
• Trini deejay pumps up the Spice Isle
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from TRINIDAD - Featured News
  Popular Trinbagonian DJ, Titan VCD (Kerwin Gardiner) visited our northern neighbours in Grenada recently and treated college students there to a fun weekend of explosive entertainment with engaging sets at two major events, providing hou...
• Guinean President Stresses Cuban Doctors Role Fighting Ebola
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Prensa Latina: Noticias Principales
  02 de abril de 2015, 12:29 Havana, April 2 (Prensa Latina) President of the Republic of Guinea, Alpha Conde, described as satisfactory the cooperation of Cuban physicians in his country fighting Ebola virus.
• Two iconic Jamaican hotels to join global luxury brand
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Caribbean News Now! Daily Headlines
  MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica -- Hilton Worldwide has announced the signing of two iconic Jamaican properties to Curio – A Collection by Hilton, a global brand of luxury hotels for travelers who seek local discovery and authentic experience...
• CDEMA in need of cash
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Jamaica Observer
  BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – The Barbados-based Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency’s (CDEMA) moved into a new US $4-million headquarters on Thursday despite a warning from the host country that the regional instit...
• Cable and Wireless completes US$1.85bn acquisition of Columbus
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Caribbean360
  The post Cable and Wireless completes US$1.85bn acquisition of Columbus appeared first on Caribbean360 .
• Passion can sell an idea
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from The Trinidad Guardian Newspaper
  Richard Branson Published:  Thursday, April 2, 2015 When you are sure of your concept for a business—but waiting for the world to catch up—how do you sell an idea based on passion rather than on numbers?  Karen Soeffker Selling an i...
• Study of Costa Rica, Panama reveal how Earth’s continents formed
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Inside Costa Rica
  The secrets of how Earth's continents first formed over 2.5 billion years ago lie in relatively recent geologic events that took place 10 million years ago in what is now Panama and Costa Rica. The post Study of Costa Rica, Panama reveal...
• Furious a sure box office hit
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from The most recent articles
  IN THEIR 14-YEAR HISTORY, the Fast & Furious films have become a case study in the power of international box office. In recent years, the unlikely franchise has made global appeal a priority and as...
• Turks and Caicos government signs $224m Ritz Carlton agreement
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Caribbean News Now! Daily Headlines
  PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos Islands -- The Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) government has signed a development agreement with the Desarrollos Hotel Group to build a $224 million Ritz Carlton hotel, resort, casino and spa in the Grace...
• Bad cheque for oil lands man in prison
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Jamaica Observer
  KINGSTON, Jamaica — A gardener who confessed to defrauding over J$200,000 from an auto company was sentenced to 18 months behind bars when he appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday.
• Puerto Rico authorities intercept ten migrants in Mona island; one reported drowned
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Caribbean News Now! Daily Headlines
  AGUADILLA, Puerto Rico -- US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Border Patrol agents in Puerto Rico apprehended ten undocumented Cuban and Dominican Republic migrants after they landed in the early morning hours on Thursday in Mona Isla...
• Saga of avarice and money laundering in the Caribbean continues
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Caribbean News Now! Daily Headlines
  GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- While the talk of “cold cases” is in the air after Guyana’s President Donald Ramotar’s recent admonition to the police, there is one “hot” case that is about to be concluded. It i...
• Counterfeit notes in circulation in St Mary
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Jamaica Observer
  ST MARY, Jamaica – The St Mary police are advising persons to be on the lookout for the circulation of counterfeit notes in the parish.
• Overwhelming World Support to Venezuela at United Nations
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Prensa Latina: Noticias Principales
  02 de abril de 2015, 10:48 United Nations, Apr 2 (Prensa Latina) Organizations of regional and global concertation grouping the majority of world countries backed today at the United Nations their support to Venezuela in face of U.S. agg...
• The survival of the Cuban food ration card
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Cuba - ACN
  A 52-year old ration card that guarantees a limited amount of staples for the peoples' basic food basket at highly subsidized prices is still considered as necessary given unstable presence of certain products at the offer-and-demand dom...
• Taxi Driver will represent Cuban civil society in Panama Forum
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Cuba - ACN
  The president of a Cuban Taxi cab cooperative, Martin Jose Betancourt will participate at the Entrepreneurial Forum of the 7th Summit of the Americas, in Panama, as an actor of the new changes taking place in Cuban economy.
• UNESCO African Ancestry Project to be launched in Nevis
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Caribbean News Now! Daily Headlines
  CHARLESTOWN, Nevis -- In an information statement released by the Nevis Historical and Conservation Society (NHCS), executive director Evelyn Henville said her organization is about to launch a project entitled “Educating the Popul...
• Jamaica to receive US$39 million from IMF following latest economic review
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Caribbean360
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• Solidarity and Unity, Key to Defend Bolivarian Revolution
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Prensa Latina: Noticias Principales
  02 de abril de 2015, 12:32 Paris, Apr 2 (Prensa Latina) Representatives of solidarity groups, intellectuals and diplomats ratified today that solidarity and unity are the essential elements to defend Venezuela from imperialist threats.
• Grand Bay man gets reduced charge, granted bail
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Dominica News Online » Dominica News Online »
  Shan Pierre, 51 of High Land, Grand Bay who was arrested and initially charged with the murder of Roland Mellow of that same community is now facing the lesser charge of manslaughter. He was also granted bail in the sum...
• Tobago school sextape old, says Chief Sec. London
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from The Trinidad Guardian Newspaper
  Casandra Thompson–Forbes Published:  Thursday, April 2, 2015 The viral video showing two teenage students from a Tobago secondary school having sex in a classroom is at least four years old. So says Chief Secretary of the Tobago Hou...
• Weeping families await bodies of murdered Kenyan students
  Friday, April 3, 2015 from Jamaica Observer
  NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) — Quietly weeping, families desperate for news of sons and daughters feared killed at the Kenya university massacre by Islamist gunmen wait for hours at a morgue in the capital Nairobi.
• Over 300 foreign companies interested in investing in Cuba
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Cuba - ACN
  More than 300 foreign companies are interested in investing at the Mariel Special Development Zone, whose requests are being under registering process and will be announced once they are settled at the place.
• Catholics look to hold their ground to rising number of evangelicals in Latin America
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from The Tico Times
  Rev. David Solano, a sociologist and director of the Juan XIII School, acknowledged the trend away from Catholicism in the region: “We see this as a pastoral challenge.”
• Commentary: A changing tide in Nigeria's fortunes?
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Caribbean News Now! Daily Headlines
  March 31st was a great day for democracy in Nigeria. It was also a great day for the 53-member Commonwealth of Nations. On that day, the electorate of Nigeria democratically changed their president through the power of their vote, and th...
• The first 5 steps to finding a job | Samuel Rosenberg
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Caribbean360
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• Violence of Genre, Unsolved Issue of the Bolivian Society
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Prensa Latina: Noticias Principales
  02 de abril de 2015, 10:59 La Paz, Apr 2 (Prensa Latina) The genre violence remains today as one of the bigest evils of the Bolivian society, despite of the law approval to put an end to this and the creation of a specializing force agai...
• Cuban Rector to Participate as Panelist in Summit of the Americas
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Cuba - ACN
  In the presence of over 400 rectors of Latin America and the United States, Gustavo Cobreiro, rector of the University of Havana, will present Cuba's vision of how to achieve access to free, quality higher education that has an impact in...
• Haiti - NOTICE : Technology Day for political parties
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Haitilibre.com / Flash infos
  In the the perspective of deposit operations of candidacy to the Senate to the Deputation online, which will begin on Monday April 6, Pierre-Louis Opont, the President of the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) informs the political part...
• Letter: SVG, the Scarlet Microphone!
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Caribbean News Now! Daily Headlines
  Famed American author Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote the Scarlet Letter, which was published in 1850. Set in Boston in the 1640s, Hester, a young woman found guilty of adultery, must wear a scarlet letter “A”, the symbol of adulte...
• Haiti - Elections : The Casimir Minister requires the neutrality and impartiality of the Justice
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Haitilibre.com / Flash infos
  Tuesday, Pierre-Richard Casimir, the Minister of Justice and Public Security, met for several hours every government commissioners of the various courts in the country...
• Total of Cuban Physicians Return from Sierra Leone
  Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Prensa Latina: Noticias Principales
  02 de abril de 2015, 11:49 Havana, April 2 (Prensa Latina) All Cuban health professionals working in Sierra Leone fighting Ebola epidemics have returned after staying for six months in that African nation, media stressed today.