Archives for Thursday, January 12, 2006:

Three in Trinidad charged with kidnapping and murder of US war veteran

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Police in Trinidad have charged three persons in connection with the abduction and murder of 62-year-old US war veteran, Balram Maharaj. The suspects are now to appear in a Port of Spain court... read more...

Law suit filed in Bahamas-bound sea plane crash

CHICAGO, USA: Representing three of the victims in the crash of a chartered seaplane off the coast of Miami on December 19, 2005, a Chicago law firm, the Nolan Law Group, has filed a complaint against Flying Boat Inc., doing business as Chalk’s Ocean Airways, in the Circuit Court of Dade County, Florida... read more...

Twenty-four Haitian migrants thrown from truck in Dominican Republic

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AFP): Twenty-four Haitians died after apparently being thrown from a truck carrying 50 illegal immigrants into the Dominican Republic, a government official said Wednesday... read more...

Western Union suspends operations in Antigua-Barbuda

ST JOHN'S, Antigua: The leading global money transfer agency, Western Union, has reportedly suspended its operations in Antigua and Barbuda with effect from late Wednesday 4th January 2006... read more...

Puerto Rico attorney charged with obstruction of justice

WASHINGTON, USA: A federal grand jury in Puerto Rico on Wednesday indicted a San Juan attorney for interfering with federal investigations into kickback schemes used to defraud a Puerto Rico restaurant company, the Department of Justice announced... read more...

No bird flu here, says Trinidad's Health Minister

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Health Minister John Raheal has assured the Trinidad and Tobago population that there is no outbreak of the H5NI strain of bird flu in the country.  The Minister's response follows the deaths of over 2,000 chickens at a poultry farm in Cumuto just east of the capital Port of Spain... read more...

Lula confers military honours on late UN Haiti commander

BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP): President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva conferred military honours here Wednesday on the late Brazilian General Urano Teixeira da Matta Bacellar, who led the UN force in Haiti until his apparent suicide last week.  Bacellar, 58, was found dead in his hotel room in Port-au-Prince on Saturday from a gunshot wound... read more...

Affordable housing needs will be met, says Nevis minister

CHARLESTOWN, NEVIS: Minister responsible for Lands and Housing in the Nevis Island Administration, Malcolm Guishard, gave an assurance on Monday that the Administration would satisfy all the applications for affordable housing on Nevis through the continued construction of houses throughout the island... read more...

Jamaicans living with HIV/aids urged to take advantage of cheap drugs

KINGSTON, Jamaica: The Jamaican Ministry of Health is encouraging persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) to take advantage of the antiretroviral drugs that are available in the public health sector at significantly subsidized rates and in some cases, free of cost... read more...

Turks and Caicos continues to reel in awards

GRAND TURK, Turks & Caicos Islands: Continuing its winning ways of 2005, the Turks and Caicos Islands has received yet another addition to its collection of awards... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Lasorda optimistic US will let Cuba play

TOKYO, Japan (AFP): Cuba is likely to stay in the inaugural 16-nation World Baseball Classic despite US moves to bar the communist state from profiting out of the event, baseball legend Tommy Lasorda said Wednesday.  The US Treasury Department said last month that it would be illegal for Cuba to take part in the international tournament... read more...

English-born Warner to join Trinidad's Soca Warriors

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad:  Anthony Warner, who keeps goal for English Premier League side Fulham United, has joined Trinidad and Tobago's national football team in preparation for the upcoming World Cup tournament in Germany in the summer... read more...

Trinidad’s World Cup budget needs minor adjustment, say Sports Minister

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: The TT$55million budget for preparing Trinidad and Tobago’s national football team, Soca Warriors, for the FIFA World Cup needs “minor adjustments” before going to Cabinet, says Sports Minister Roger Boynes... read more...

Gatlin targets Powell’s world record this season

KINGSTON, Jamaica:  American Olympic 100-metre champion Justin Gatlin has set his main target for the forthcoming track and field season on breaking the world record of Jamaica's Asafa Powell... read more...