- Monday, April 27, 2015 from Guyana Chronicle » TOP STORY
STRENGTH garnered from the support of the Guyanese masses is strength enough for the ruling People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C), according to its presidential candidate and incumbent Head of State, Donald Ramotar. “The People’s Pro...
- Monday, April 27, 2015 from BuenosAiresHerald.com
- Monday, April 27, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneA soldier was killed in combat with FARC guerrillas in a rural area in Cauca, a province in southwestern Colombia, the army said.
- Monday, April 27, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneBayern Munich has won the Bundesliga title, as Chelsea and Juventus Turin suffered minor setbacks in their respective title pursuits and Barcelona maintained a two point lead over Real Madrid in La Liga.
- Monday, April 27, 2015 from BuenosAiresHerald.comBy Guillermo Háskel
- Monday, April 27, 2015 from Kaieteur NewsThe Nation Newspaper published this article on March 30, 1993 and my column has appeared in that paper, the Trinidad Express, the Jamaica Gleaner and the Kaieteur News since then. My readers and I throughout the Caribbean and the Diaspor...
- Monday, April 27, 2015 from Kaieteur NewsDe election fever heating up; dem party presenting manifesto which is really a list like when people going to de shop. De list got wha dem planning to do but it ain’t saying when dem gun do it. De last elections had manifesto too and to ...
- Monday, April 27, 2015 from Kaieteur NewsAs the date of the upcoming General and Regional Elections draws closer, members of the religious community have joined calls for politicians to be more responsible and cognizant of the rhetoric being used during the campaign periods. Se...
- Monday, April 27, 2015 from Kaieteur News
– protest planned outside OP for Ramsaran’s sacking Women’s rights activist Sherlina Nageer is to file a complaint with the police today regarding Health Minister Dr. Bheri Ramsaran’s recent threats to slap her and have her stripp... - Monday, April 27, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneSpanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo arrived on Sunday in New Delhi, where he will meet with Indian officials and work to bolster bilateral relations.
- Monday, April 27, 2015 from Times of Suriname - grootste landelijke dagblad van Suriname » english newsSURINAME – “If the V7 wins the elections after May 2015, it will undo the changes made to the Amnesty Act,” V7-coordinator, Member of Parliament and chairman of the Progressive Reform Party (VHP), Chandrikapersad Santokhi, told Times o...
- Monday, April 27, 2015 from Sol Mexico News
El Rodeo Dinner Helps Fund Spay Neuter Clinic Tara A. Spears The upbeat notes of local musician Scott Webb created the ambiance for the crowd of supporters who gathered for art, dinner, and dancing at El Rodeo Restaurant in Guayabitos Th... - Monday, April 27, 2015 from Stabroek News » Regional News(Trinidad Express) An exercise conducted on Saturday morning in Morvant by officers of the North Eastern Division Task Force resulted in the discovery of a Uzi submachine gun, a 12-gauge pump action shotgun, and an army jacket. Police re...
- Monday, April 27, 2015 from BuenosAiresHerald.comWith 98.43 percent of the polling stations reported, PRO candidate Horacio Rodriguez Larreta was the big winner yesterday with 28.41 percent ofthe votes beating his primary rival Gabriela Michetti (18.93 percent). The PRO party, led by M...
- Monday, April 27, 2015 from MercoPressPetrobras oil platforms off the north-east coast of Brazil have halted production after a leak of about 44 barrels (7000 liters) of oil was detected coming from a pipeline linking them, a local oil workers union head said over the weekend.
- Monday, April 27, 2015 from Kaieteur NewsFor young entrepreneurs, getting started in business can sometimes be difficult. Particularly in Guyana, this difficulty is amplified and is compounded by hindrances such as little experience or no funding. However, Youth Challenge Guyan...
- Monday, April 27, 2015 from Kaieteur NewsRamo Malone led Savage Masters to two victories against Floodlight X1 last Friday under lights at the DCC ground in Queenstown in two 10 overs, Over-40 softball cricket matches. In the first match, Malone hammered 63 and got support from...
- Monday, April 27, 2015 from BuenosAiresHerald.comMore than 300,000 voters tried the new electronic voting system that was scattered around the capital’s polling-stations yesterday to give citizens a brief glimpse of what will be lying in store for the next elections, as over two ...
- Monday, April 27, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneA federal judge in the District of New Mexico sentenced two Chinese nationals for conspiring to violate the Arms Export Control Act and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) by scheming to illegally export defense articles...
- Monday, April 27, 2015 from Kaieteur News
– as US$1.2M Emergency Operations Centre commissioned The Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) located at Timehri was officially handed over to Secretary of the Defence Board and National Disaster Coordinator, Dr. Roger Luncheon who a... - Monday, April 27, 2015 from Stabroek News » Regional News(Jamaica Observer) Jamaica’s taxation levels are higher than most of its developing nation peers, according to a new study by UHY, an international accountancy network. It comes on the heels of another multi-billion dollar tax package se...
- Monday, April 27, 2015 from MercoPressThe elected government of the Falkland Islands (FIG) has not received any formal request from Argentina or the International Red Cross, ICRC to exhume and identify Argentine soldiers buried at Darwin, according to the last edition of Pen...
- Monday, April 27, 2015 from MercoPressANZAC Day commemorations on Saturday began before sun rise with a poignant service of commemoration and reflection at London's Hyde Park Corner with HRH The Princess Royal. HRH The Duke of Edinburgh attended a Service of Remembrance led ...
- Monday, April 27, 2015 from Sputnik InternationalThe Bolivian Defense Ministry has already received offers from Brazil, China, Russia and Argentina. The country plans to use jet fighters to intercept drug trafficking across its borders.
- Monday, April 27, 2015 from Kaieteur News
In a desperate attempt to win the hearts of the military which will be voting next week, former President Bharrat Jagdeo and Presidential Candidate of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) spoke highly about the members of the for... - Monday, April 27, 2015 from Kaieteur News
The A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC), is looking to increase public funding and enhance cultural awareness should the party win the upcoming May 11 General and Regional Elections. This was revealed at a pub... - Monday, April 27, 2015 from MercoPressAt least 3,218 people are now known to have died in a massive earthquake which hit Nepal on Saturday, say officials. Rameshwor Dangal, head of Nepal's disaster management agency, said another 6,500 people had been injured. Dozens of peop...
- Monday, April 27, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneJapanese top seed and defending champion Kei Nishikori defeated Spain’s Pablo Andujar 6-4, 6-4 in the final of the Barcelona Open on Sunday.
- Monday, April 27, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneAtletico Madrid hit the practice field on Sunday with its sights on the upcoming match against Villarreal in El Madrigal.
- Monday, April 27, 2015 from Guyana Chronicle » TOP STORY
OUTGOING Prime Minister Samuel Hinds has urged South Ruimveldt, Georgetown residents to love and forgive the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR)-controlled A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) Allia... - Monday, April 27, 2015 from Borderland BeatLucio R. Borderland Beat Aréchiga 2nd on left José Rodrigo Aréchiga Gamboa aka Chino Antrax’ was scheduled for a court appearance last Friday , however that hearing was postponed, until May 22 nd . The extension was req...
- Monday, April 27, 2015 from Kaieteur News
One week after he was struck down by a speeding motorist, 26-year- old Marlon Marks is counting his lucky stars after he was discharged from the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation. Marks of Howes and Russell Streets, Albouystown was... - Monday, April 27, 2015 from Kaieteur News
In what can arguably be described as A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change’s (APNU+AFC) largest crowd turn out to date, the Golden Grove, East Coast Demerara rally saw promises of a coming ‘revolution’ and pledges made to ... - Monday, April 27, 2015 from Kaieteur News
A Crab Wood Creek goldsmith was relieved of over $2.5M in jewellery by four barefooted, masked gunmen, three of whom were armed with guns, around 11:30hrs yesterday at a market in Black Bush Polder. Gurupaul Ramphal, 27, of Lot 27 Grant,... - Monday, April 27, 2015 from Kaieteur News
Young Nicola Ramdyhan put on a show of her best tennis shots against her own mother and coach Shelly Daly-Ramdyhan to grab the Assuria Ladies Singles Open Championship. But she first had to overcome being down two breaks at 3-0 in the fi... - Monday, April 27, 2015 from Kaieteur News
Yet another mother is bringing the health sector under scrutiny, following a botched delivery which resulted in her baby being still born. Teresa Lalltoo, 30, a mother of one gave birth to a dead baby girl on April 19, 2015 at the George... - Monday, April 27, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneA Guatemalan national appeared in federal court in the Southern District of Texas after being extradited to the United States from Guatemala to face criminal charges for her role in smuggling undocumented migrants to the United States fo...
- Monday, April 27, 2015 from BuenosAiresHerald.comOnly the Workers’ Leftist Front (FIT) and Luis Zamora’s Autodeterminación y Libertad (AyL) party were able to scrape past the 1.5-percent primary threshold yesterday, with approximately 64,000 voters giving each party ...
- Monday, April 27, 2015 from Kaieteur News
By Sean Devers Jonathon Foo fashioned an unbeaten 88, while Veerasammy Permaul captured 4-17 to lead Albion to their first ever Busta Champion of Champions 40-over first division cricket title when they beat Rose hall Town Youth & Sp... - Monday, April 27, 2015 from UT San Diego stories: Mexico & Latin AmericaThis week in Latin America mother nature took a turn for the worse as the Calbuco volcano erupted after almost 5 decades of inactivity. It billowed a huge ash cloud over a sparsely populated, mountainous area in southern Chile. Authoriti...
- Monday, April 27, 2015 from Peruthisweek.comScience proves our dogs do love us.
- Monday, April 27, 2015 from MercoPressArgentine seafood landings decreased by 10.8% in the first quarter of this year compared with the same period of 2014, according to the latest release from the Under Secretariat of Fisheries and Aquaculture.
- Monday, April 27, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneA trade mission made up of 10 Mexican mining industry executives is heading to Nicaragua this week to explore business opportunities in the mining industry, officials said.
- Monday, April 27, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneThe Mexican navy’s training ship, Cuauhtemoc, set sail from the Pacific port of Acapulco on a cruise that will take it to 14 ports in 13 countries, the Navy Secretariat said.
- Monday, April 27, 2015 from BuenosAiresHerald.comBy Sebastián Lacunza The overwhelming victory of PRO in the City of Buenos Aires, with big margins in almost all neighbourhoods, marks a qualitative leap for the party created by Mauricio Macri.
- Monday, April 27, 2015 from Latin American Herald TribuneReal Madrid is hot on the heels of La Liga leader Barcelona after a 4-2 win over Celta Vigo.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Caribbean News Now! Daily HeadlinesHOUSTON, USA -- A Guatemalan national has appeared in federal court in the Southern District of Texas, after being extradited to the United States from Guatemala to face criminal charges for her role in smuggling undocumented migrants to...
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from The most recent articlesWATCH WHAT YOU post on social media – the police are watching. Acting Commissioner of Police Tyrone Griffith said yesterday officers were consistently monitoring Facebook, WhatsApp and other social...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Jamaica Gleaner :: Lead Stories
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Jamaica ObserverJAMAICA Public Service (JPS) President and CEO Kelly Tomblin last week announced the appointment of Keith Garvey as vice-president for the recently established Community Renewal and Energy Solutions group.
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from The most recent articlesTHE PLENTIFUL Sargassum seaweed on beaches has afforded stakeholders in Barbados a chance to put their heads together. No longer an invasion that came and left after a few weeks, the plentiful marine...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Caribbean News Now! Daily HeadlinesST JOHN’S, Antigua -- Lloyd Thornburg's MOD70, Phaedo^3 has smashed the race record for the Guadeloupe to Antigua Race, completing the 42-mile course in 1 hour, 27 minutes, 0 seconds, at an astonishing average speed of 28 knots and...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Jamaica ObserverNORMA Anderson wiped tears from her eyes as she expressed her joy at seeing the children of Prickly Pole Primary and Infant School in St Ann finally receiving a well-needed play area.
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from The most recent articlesSTEVE WAUGH has advised England to emulate New Zealand in order to rejuvenate their cricket “on and off the pitch”. Even given the obvious differences, cultural and otherwise, between cricketing nations...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Jamaica ObserverToday is the 117th day of 2015. There are 248 days left in the year.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Jamaica ObserverSENIOR Superintendent Cornwall 'Bigga' Ford will today take up leadership of the Kingston Western Police Division.
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from The most recent articlesSTAFF OF THE Financial Services Commission (FSC) have just had their pay topped up by as much as four per cent in some cases, but it has apparently been done without adding to the overall cost of the state...
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from The most recent articlesSOMEONE WAS CREMATED in Barbados every 41 hours during the first three months of this year. This figure, said three popular funeral directors, demonstrates a trend against traditional interment. ...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Caribbean News Now! Daily HeadlinesPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), in collaboration with the Centre for Facilitation of Investments of Haiti (CFI) and the Export and Investm...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Jamaica ObserverEducation Minister Ronald Thwaites will between 6:00 and 7:00 pm tomorrow host an online forum -- #Rappin With Ronnie Online -- on Facebook and Twitter, as he seeks to reach more Jamaicans with his education message.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Jamaica ObserverTHE father of the 16-year-old St Mary boy, who was sent home to Jamaica earlier this month after being refused landing in Suriname, is now demanding an apology from Security Minister Peter Bunting over comments that he said that painted ...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Caribbean News Now! Daily HeadlinesPORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -- Freelance journalist and talk-show host Marcia Braveboy is at the centre of a political storm in Trinidad and Tobago after she took a well-known newspaper columnist there to task over what she felt was her conf...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Caribbean News Now! Daily HeadlinesST THOMAS, USVI -- A little over four months after completing his second term in office, former Governor John de Jongh has announced that he had paid to the government of the US Virgin Islands the sum of $202,831.60 for the security meas...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Jamaica ObserverMinister of State for Agriculture, Labour and Social Security Luther Buchanan (kneeling) greets Grace Baptist Church member, 98-year old Luah Miller (on arrival at the church in Clarendon yesterday for the National Insurance Scheme 49th ...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from The Trinidad Guardian NewspaperColin EH Croft Published: Sunday, April 26, 2015 Present West Indies pitches are killing our fast bowlers and spinners too! I often wonder if (Sir) Wes Hall, Michael Holding, Joel Garner, (Sir) Andy Roberts, Malcolm Marshall, Ian B...
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from The most recent articlesON THIS OCCASION I wish to commence by drawing attention to an article penned by a fellow political consultant which appeared in another section of the Press and represents an outstanding analysis of the...
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from The most recent articlesHOTELS EXPECT to do bumper business this week which sees the third and final cricket Test between West Indies and England. Some are reporting full bookings and others increased reservations ahead of...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Jamaica ObserverKATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Shell-shocked and sleeping in the streets, tens of thousands of Nepalese braced against terrifying aftershocks yesterday while digging for survivors in the devastation wrought a day earlier by a massive eart...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Caribbean News Now! Daily HeadlinesBRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- The Barbados economy has begun to turn around, says the island’s minister of finance, Christopher Sinckler. He made the disclosure last evening, as he delivered the feature address at the official ope...
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from The most recent articlesNATURE DID NOT GIVE Barbados four distinct seasons. No worries. We no longer have to make do with just rainy and dry. Soca season and carol season come every year. Reggae season could be next. ...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Caribbean News Now! Daily HeadlinesAs a people of African origin living in the Diaspora, we do not know a lot about Africa. And due to the lack of knowledge about the motherland, some of us tend to talk and write a lot of nonsense about African politics and are quick to m...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Caribbean News Now! Daily HeadlinesThe new EMANI program is aggressively perused and manipulated by the New National Party (NNP) as a political stunt to mobilize youth support and win votes, so as to ensure the NNP led by Dr Keith Mitchell remains in power for life. Any g...
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Jamaica Gleaner :: Lead StoriesHousing woes in several inner-city communities have forced scores of persons to live in board houses on premises which could ignite in a minute. Today, The Sunday Gleaner begins a series looking at some of those communities.It is a story...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Caribbean News Now! Daily HeadlinesOn March 23, 2015, the Association of Caribbean MediaWorkers (ACM) issued a statement in which it condemned “continued unlawful and defamatory social media attacks on women journalists in Trinidad and Tobago.” The statement i...
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Jamaica Gleaner :: Lead StoriesSuzette Morais' life had centred around her children, trying to keep them on the right track as they grew up in a garrison community in southern St Andrew. But she has had to bury three, who died in a fire after her mentally ill brother ...
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from The most recent articlesHE HAS NOT officially assumed the mantle of vice chancellor, but Sir Hilary Beckles has in fact started the job. On Friday, he carried out one of the duties required of his new role when he delivered...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Jamaica ObserverTHE multimillion-dollar fraud that was uncovered at Carmax Jamaica now stands at $161.9 million, the court heard last week.
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from The most recent articlesIT WAS LIKE adding insult to injury. West Indies dramatically collapsed to defeat against England in the second cricket Test at the National Stadium in Grenada yesterday and the loss was made even...
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from The most recent articlesI AM NOT SURE what is happening in Barbados. The level of crime has clearly gone to new levels. Criminals are apparently becoming more ingenious in their approaches, particularly where robberies...
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from Jamaica Gleaner :: Lead StoriesWanted for questioning by the Fraud Squad, Ian Lyn, the former director of Carmax Jamaica Limited, has broken his silence, declaring that he is not a thief, even as the cops say allegations of impropriety against the company he formerly ...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Caribbean News Now! Daily HeadlinesVanilla has become an infused flavour in our colourful Trinbagonian society, but not particularly as a topping. Some people can’t have enough when it’s cold as ice cream, soft served; otherwise distasteful as an extremity to ...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Jamaica ObserverBICKERSTETH, St James — Technologhy Minister last Friday officially opened the Bickersteth Computer Skills Training and Homework Centre in Southern St James.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Caribbean News Now! Daily HeadlinesThe usual Market Steps atmosphere at the Saint Lucia Labour Party (SLP) meeting last Thursday evening April 23 hardly recognized that minister of commerce, business development, investment and consumer affairs, Emma Hippolyte, was judici...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Jamaica ObserverTime hot bad, my friends! April really let us down with lack of rainfall (24). Let's see if May will play catch-up.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Jamaica ObserverTHE Office of the Contractor General (OCG) is to review a complaint from Opposition spokesman on Transport and Works, Mike Henry, pertaining to the bidding process for the operation of the Kingston Container Terminal (KCT).
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Jamaica Gleaner :: Lead StoriesJordon Crawford plays the viola as if he had been born with it. When he holds his "one true love" in an intimate embrace, he is lost to the world, allowing the sweet strains of the calming notes to take him to another place.The 17-year-o...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Jamaica ObserverNAME: Britney Clarke
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Caribbean News Now! Daily HeadlinesKINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) -- Subscriber television (cable) operators are to cease transmission of 19 unlicensed channels in their packages by May 31 this year, or face sanctions. The directive was issued by the Broadcasting Commission of J...
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from The most recent articlesA DAY THAT STARTED with the promise of saving the second Test match ended in massive disappointment and defeat for the West Indies. An unforgettable morning session in which the hosts dramatically...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Jamaica Gleaner :: Lead StoriesThe Office of the Public Defender will soon have a presence in Montego Bay, St James.Arlene Harrison Henry, Jamaica's first female Public Defender, in her first public speaking engagement since taking up office in January, made the annou...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Jamaica ObserverWASHINGTON, DC, USA (CMC) — The United Nations and conservation groups have warned the Caribbean that their economies are in peril with the decline of coral reefs.
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from The most recent articlesIT’S OFFICIAL. The worst fear of Barbadians about increased crime from the beginning of this year has been realised by the statistics. Acting Commissioner of Police Tyrone Griffith said yesterday there...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from TRINIDAD - Featured NewsWhat are they? They are categorised by persons as “lumps or bumps” that occur on either or both heels. Piezogenic pedal papules are small white bumps that form on the outside of the heel. These bumps are more prominent when pressure is e...
- Saturday, April 25, 2015 from The most recent articlesNATIONAL FOOTBALLERS are about to pocket an unprecedented pay packet. It has come about because FIFA, football’s governing body, has given all of its affiliates participating in the 2018 World Cup...
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Jamaica ObserverCASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) -- The Government of St Lucia has appealed for support for the humanitarian crisis that has hit the people of Nepal and the families of some students now stranded here.
- Sunday, April 26, 2015 from Jamaica ObserverTHE lobby group Hear the Children's Cry has called on the Government to urgently address the alarming plight of Jamaica's abused children as a national priority.
