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Youth appears in court on charges of attempting to assassinate President Ramotar
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – A 17 year-old Irish youth will re-appear in court on April 30 on a charge of threatening to assassinate President Donald Ramotar. Cillian James Crosson, a volunteer teacher at Shulinab, Rupununi, appeared before Magistrate Judy Latchman, who released him on GUY$60,000 (One Guyana dollar = US$0.01 cents) bail. The court heard that Crosson, who arrived here …
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US pressure for T&T
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Has Washington decided that the moment is right to exert pressure on the People’s Partnership Government to make it sharply aware of its continuing desire to have local business executives Ish Galbaransingh and Steve Fergusson extradited to face corruption charges in the United States? If that be the case, it may explain why, according to…
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T&T becoming ‘pariah state’
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – If, as the Trinidad and Tobago Government suggests, the US authorities are snubbing it in its attempt to get information on whether National Security Minister Jack Warner is the subject of an investigation in that country, then it points to the fact that this country has reached an all-time low in its relations with that…
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UN report warns of increased malnutrition cases in Haiti
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – A growing number of people in Haiti are at risk of malnutrition after heavy rains damaged food crops last year, according to the United Nations. In its monthly bulletin, the UN mission here said that as much as 90 per cent of the food crops had been destroyed during the rainy season last year…
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BAHAMAS-TRAVEL-Bahamas government issues advisory to citizens travelling to United States
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – The Bahamas government has warned nationals travelling to the United States to be careful about their possession as they embark upon shopping expeditions in the North American country. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said this “is the traditional season for Bahamians to shop before back to school and while shopping may not be paying particular attention…
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BELIZE-HEALTH-Belize issues dengue alert following outbreak in neighbouring Central American countries
BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC – Belize has issued a dengue alert after a outbreaks of the virus in neighbouring countries like Costa Rica, Nicaraqua, El Salvador and Honduras. The Ministry of Health said that a state of emergency had been declared in Honduras where 16 people had died from the virulent fever. It said that at least 40,000 people had been…
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Robert Mugabe’s Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe GEORGETOWN, Guyana – When –as appears likely, at least at this juncture – general elections are held in Zimbabwe later this year under a new constitution Robert Mugabe will, in all likelihood, be running for office as President of the Southern African country again. The one-time freedom fighter turned 89 in February, a juncture in most political leaders’ lives…
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PetroCaribe projects face unsure future
KINGSTON, Jamaica – With looming uncertainty over the PetroCaribe Energy Cooperation Agreement, following the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, there is concern that the future of the projects under the cash-rich PetroCaribe Development Fund (PDF) is also unsure. With an asset base of $241.2 billion up to January 2013, the PDF was set up in 2006 to undertake a…
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