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Obama cancels meeting with Russia’s Putin over Snowden decision
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama yesterday canceled a Moscow summit with President Vladimir Putin planned for next month in retaliation for Russia’s decision to grant asylum to fugitive U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden. The move marks a stark low point in U.S.-Russian relations and raised questions about the “reset” in ties that Obama embarked on in his…
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Japan says Fukushima leak worse than thought, govt joins clean-up
TOKYO, (Reuters) – Highly radioactive water from Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is pouring out at a rate of 300 tonnes a day, officials said yesterday, as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ordered the government to step in and help in the clean-up. The revelation amounted to an acknowledgement that plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) has yet to come…
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ST. LUCIA-DEATH-Cricket fan electrocuted
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – A former police officer was electrocuted at the Beausejour Cricket Ground (BCC) as cricket fans watched the Limacol Caribbean Premier League (CPL) match between the St Lucia Zouks and the Antigua Hawksbills Tuesday night. Julian Agard, a former member of the St. Lucia youth Council, was pronounced dead at the medical centre, and the St.…
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TRINIDAD-ENVIRONMENT-Environmentalist staging another protest outside Prime Minister office
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Less than a year after he staged a 21-day hunger strike to force the Trinidad and Tobago government to halt the construction of a multi-billion dollar highway, south of here, environmentalist Dr. Wayne Kublalsingh is back staging another protest action outside the office of Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar. Kublalsingh said while he would…
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ST.LUCIA-POLITICS-PM defends membership of ALBA
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony has rejected claims from sections of the business community here that St. Lucia’s membership in the Venezuela led Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) would harm the island’s future socio-economic development. St. Lucia last week announced that it had gained membership of ALBA and according to an…
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ST. VINCENT-POLITICS-Outgoing UN diplomat not prepared to disclose future political ambitions
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – Outgoing St. Vincent and the Grenadines Ambassador to the United States, Camillo Gonsalves, is not prepared to say now whether or not he will be a candidate in the 2015 general elections. Gonsalves, the son of Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, returned here last week after serving as the island’s UN ambassador since 2007, amidst…
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Jamaica 16-year-old held over 10 murders
(Jamaica Gleaner) A sixteen-year-old boy, who was on the Kingston Central most wanted list, has been captured. The teen, whose name cannot be released, was wanted for more than 10 murders, several cases of shooting with intent and illegal possession of a firearm, was captured on Text Lane in Kingston about 12:30 p.m., today. The police say they were on…
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No interest rate hike on PetroCaribe loans, Paulwell says
(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Phillip Paulwell has refuted media reports of plans by the Government of Venezuela to increase the interest rate on loans provided under the PetroCaribe Agreement. “We have been in contact with the Government of Venezuela through our Embassy in Caracas, and can confirm that no such decision has…
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Microchips won’t rein in farm thieves – Wellington
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Gleaner – Livestock geneticist and veteran cattle breeder, Dr Karl Wellington has expressed reservations about the use of microchips to address the wide-scale theft of farm animals, as is being mooted by the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) and Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. “I wouldn't jump at it,” he told The Gleaner Tuesday at the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial…
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GraceKennedy to enter Nigeria by year-end
(Jamaica Observer) GraceKennedy is expected to send its first shipment to Nigeria by year-end. The food, financial and money services conglomerate has already established itself in Ghana, and is now in the final stage of lengthy product registration and due-diligence processes in the neighbouring West African country, said Don Wehby, GraceKennedy Group’s chief executive officer. Though not ruling out French…
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