ANTIGUA - Bird condemns decision to put out journalists
ST JOHN'S, Antigua (CMC): Leader of the Opposition Antigua Labour Party Lester Bird has condemned "in the strongest terms" the government's decision to ask two Caribbean journalists to leave the island this week. Bird, in a statement, said Wednesday's...
... Immigration boss stands by his action
ST JOHN'S, Antigua (CMC): Antigua and Barbuda's chief immigration officer Don McKinnon yesterday defended the government's decision to ask regional journalists Lennox Linton of Dominica and Trini-dadian Vernon Khelawan to leave the country...
CARICOM countries on trafficking watch list
WASHINGTON (CMC):The United States De-partment of State has placed four Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries in Tier 2 of its latest report on Trafficking in Persons, with Guyana being placed on the Special Watch List. The report placed Belize, Jamaica and Suriname in Tier 2...
'No major fallout yet from alleged terrorist plot'
NEW YORK (CMC): There is yet to be any major fallout from the alleged plot by four Caribbean-born men to blow up John F. Kennedy Airport in New York, says St. Lucia's Tourism Minister Allan Chastanet. "I think what happened was a very unfortunate situation," said Chastanet...
Chief Justice Sharma suspended again
PORT- OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): President George Maxwell Richards Wednesday suspended embattled Chief Justice Satnarine Sharma for the second time within a year, less than a month after the head of state appointed a tribunal to investigate...
Survivor: heated argument preceded crash
(Trinidad Express): The girl who turned 18 the night her sister and two friends died has given police a chilling account of what happened in the minutes before the car crash. Salisha Ali said there was a fightbetween two people in the car after they left...
Man on corruption, theft charges
HAMILTON, Bermuda (Trinidad Express): Premier Ewart Brown has spoken of his "deep regret" after government backbencher Nelson Bascome, arrested last week, was charged with theft and corruption.Brown called it a "human tragedy". Bascome, 51, was arrested...
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