CCJ gets passing grade
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC):
The 18-month old Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has received a passing grade from a top law professor at the Cave Hill campus of the University of the West Indies.
Professor Albert Fiadjoe, who authored a paper on the first 18 months of the Trinidad-based court, on Monday told the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) that the four major decisions which the CCJ delivered as the final appeal court for Barbados and Guyana, went a great way towards establishing it as a sound institution.
"The quality of output has been very good. There've been very well-researched decisions, very well put together and most of all, the court is not afraid to tackle some very controversial areas of law," he said.
Guyana good for business, says Putin
Bridgetown, Barbados (The Nation):
MOSCOW Russian, President Vladimir Putin, on Monday praised ties with Guyana, telling the president of the South American country that Russian businesses were finding good opportunities there.
"Russia is developing relations with both big and small states. And I feel happy that our businesses find opportunities to work in Guyana, that culture and education ties are growing," Putin told Guyana's President Bharrat Jagdeo, at a Kremlin meeting.
A Kremlin official, speaking on customary condition of anonymity, said ahead of the meeting that the two leaders would also be discussing restructuring Guyana's debt to Russia and intensifying trade and economic co-operation.
Junior Minister suspended from duties
BELMOPAN, Belize (CMC):
Prime Minister Said Musa yesterday said he had suspended junior National Development Minister, Marcial Mes, pending the outcome of criminal charges that have been brought against him as a result of a vehicular accident.
Mes has been charged for driving without due care and attention, two counts of negligent harm and failure to provide specimen for testing, after the vehicle he was driving ploughed into two children, including a two-year-old toddler on Sunday.
Hospital authorities said that two-year-old Denver Gomez suffered severe head injuries, while 15-year-old Samantha Romero is suffering from multiple body injuries.
They were walking on the Southern Highway on their way to church when they were hit from behind by the vehicle driven by Mes.
Relatives appeal for help in solving murder
CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC):
Relatives of an 18-year-old St. Lucian, who died in a British hospital earlier this week, are appealing for assistance to catch his killers.
A post-mortem revealed that Jevon Henry died from a single stab wound to the heart. Police said his murder appeared to have been racially motivated. They said he had been attacked by several men described as being of Asian and Arabic in appearance.
Relatives said that Jevon, who was found on a street in north-west London, had migrated to Britain five years ago and had been studying auto-body spraying. His mother said he wanted to open his own business and had been doing two jobs while studying in a bid to fulfill his dreams.
Bandits batter Gangaram family
Guyana (Stabroek News):
Three armed, masked gunmen raided a home at Gangaram, East Canje around 8.40 p.m. on Sunday and made off with a small quantity of cash and jewellery after terrorising occupants.
The bandits beat Ramdat Basant and his wife Kalewattie, who operate a liquor restaurant and grocery store and carted off the day's sales.
They also stole two handbags containing salaries belonging to the couple's children.
The couple had to undergo treatment at the New Amsterdam Hospital. Kalewattie received stitches above her eyes, while an x-ray proved that Basant suffered a fractured nose.
