Compton sworn in as new PM
Sir John Compton, 82, was sworn in as Prime Minister of this Caribbean Community country yesterday, four days after leading his United Workers Party (UWP) to victory, in general elections, in St. Lucia.
Man charged in beheading death
Thirty-five-year-old Shorn Samuel will reappear in court next week in connection with the public beheading of a woman on Tuesday.
Panday staff evicted from constituency office
The Trinidadian Parliament on Thursday defended its decision to evict former Prime Minister Basdeo Panday from his constituency office, saying it could not honour a request to extend his occupancy of the office.
Caribbean briefs
Kidnappers freed seven children snatched two days ago from a school bus in the Haitian capital but several other children were abducted in the latest wave of kidnappings-for-ransom, police said yesterday.
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