SmallShop Caribbean News

Guyana OnLine : "Sukhra died in a robbery attack on her family home at Coldingen on 2004-08-28. Police said Andrews was charged with the murder of Troy Phillips on 2004-12-05 at Church of God Road, Buxton and inflicting grievous bodily harm on Dennis Daniels at Annandale on 2005-07-11. Arrest warrants were issued for him in both cases."

Jamaica Gleaner News "DR. ERE Seshaiah, the Government pathologist whose revelation that Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer was murdered, again defended his controversial analysis on the 10th day of the coroner's inquest at the Jamaica Conference Centre. The diminutive, India-born Seshaiah was making his third appearance at the inquest. For most of his three hours on the stand, he faced intense questioning from Jermaine Spence, the attorney representing the International Cricket Council."

UN News Centre "Two independent United Nations human rights experts have called on the Dominican Republic to combat what they describe as a “profound and entrenched problem of racism and discrimination” against blacks in general – and Haitians in particular – in the Central American nation. “While there is no official government policy of discrimination, there is nevertheless a profound and entrenched problem of racism and discrimination against such groups as Haitians, Dominicans of Haitian descent, and more generally against blacks within Dominican society,” the experts said in a press release issued today in Geneva. "

Barbados Free Press : "Veteran Bajan journalist Roy Morris is in court tomorrow on a rape charge. Morris was the Nation News Associate Managing Editor in July when the alleged rape occurred. He was arrested and charged by police on August 14th after Barbados blogs refused to let the story die."

National Hurricane Center : "NOEL NOW MOVING NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD...APPROACHING THE NORTHERN COAST OF CUBA... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE CUBAN PROVINCES OF SANCTI SPIRITUS...CIEGO DE AVILA...CAMAGUEY...LAS TUNAS... GRANMA...HOLGUIN...SANTIAGO DE CUBA...AND GUANTANAMO. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL AND NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS."

The Bahama Journal : "The Bahamian murdered in St. Thomas, Jamaica late last week has been identified as Beswick Musgrave. Acting Deputy Superintendent of the Jamaica Constabulary Police Force, Carlos Bell, told the Bahama Journal Tuesday, 'The man was believed to be in his 30s and was shot and killed 4am on Friday morning.'"

Caribbean Net News: " A man wanted for the 2006 murder of Guyana's agriculture minister Satyadeow Sawh and two of his sisters -- all three naturalized Canadians-- was killed Tuesday in a shootout with security forces, police said. Police spokesman Ivelaw Whittaker said Orlando Andrews, one of 10 men wanted for the April 2006 assassination, was shot and killed after he and other gunmen opened fire on police and soldiers cordoning off a house at Buxton village, considered a haven for armed gangs. "

guyanachronicle.com : "POLICE have charged Trevor Kaioum, 21, a junior supervisor, following the discovery of two suitcases containing compressed cannabis (marijuana), guns, ammunition, grenades and detonators at Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri, last week Friday."

Newsday.com : "UNITED NATIONS - Cuba's foreign minister on Tuesday warned that his country is prepared to defend itself if the United States tries to bring regime change by force, saying a conflict would jeopardize U.S. stability. "......

Financialexpress.com : "Havana, October 31: At least 43 people were killed in floods and landslides triggered by Tropical Storm Noel as it barreled across Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Cuba, in the Caribbean, officials said. "

FOXNews.com : "Tropical Storm Noel brought heavy rain to the western Caribbean Tuesday as it pushed through Cuba and edged closer to Florida. Floods and mudlides across the region have killed at least 22 people."

Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday : "UNC POLITICAL Leader Basdeo Panday stunned a huge crowd of UNC Alliance (UNCA) supporters assembled in Penal Junction into silence on Monday night when he launched a full-scale attack against the Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha (SDMS) for allegedly using Hindu pundits to threaten teachers employed at Maha Sabha schools to support the Congress of the People (COP) in next Monday’s General Election. "

Amandala Online : "Tourism Minister Godfrey Smith bolted from the Bacalar Chico de-reservation heat today in an interview with Channel Seven’s Jules Vasquez. "........

The Bahama Journal : "Tropical Storm Noel created widespread disruption in business in the country on Tuesday as it made its way toward The Bahamas after killing more than a dozen people in the Dominican Republic and moving across northeastern Cuba. A tropical storm warning remained in effect for the central and the northwestern Bahamas last night, and forecasters warned that flooding was a major component of the storm."

Antigua Sun : "Controversy descended on the Homecoming Queen Competition yesterday as some of the contestants are claiming that the winner was below the stipulated age requirement for participation in the show and should therefore relinquish the crown. "

Jamaica Gleaner News : "Several secondary school teachers are caught in a bind trying to explain homosexual unions as a viable family option as presented in a Ministry of Education-recommended textbook. The controversial clause in the book entitled, C-SEC Home Economics and Beyond (Management) by Rita Dyer and Norma Maynard, reads: 'When two women or two men live together in a relationship as lesbians or gays, they may be considered as a family. They may adopt children or have them through artificial insemination.' "

Stabroek News : "Terror returned to Buxton yesterday as two men were fatally shot and a toddler wounded by a bullet as police and Guyana Defence Force Special Forces ranks raided the village in search of wanted men. "

Africa - Reuters.com : "The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to urge the United States to lift its four-decade old embargo against Cuba in a resolution adopted for the 16th consecutive year. The resolution entitled 'necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba' was passed with 184 votes in favor, four against and one abstention."

Reuters AlertNet : "Tropical Storm Noel weakened as it moved across northeastern Cuba on Tuesday and the storm that killed more than a dozen people in the Dominican Republic was not expected to become a hurricane as it neared the Bahamas. Torrential rains drenched eastern Cuba, where double the average rainfall in October had reservoirs already filled to the brim and authorities worried about flooding. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damages."

The Nation Newspaper : "A MISUNDERSTANDING over a bottle of rum may cause respected Cuban coach Bienvenido Orlando Gonzalez not only to lose his job – but also his livelihood. 'I have worked 26 years for my country in places like Ghana, West Africa, and Botswana in Southern Africa and I never had a problem anywhere or at home in Cuba,'he said. "

SUN St.Kitts & Nevis : "Williams Belle who was charged with causing grievous bodily harm and inflicting grievous bodily harm was, yesterday acquitted of both charges. Belle was accused of pushing virtual complainant (VC) Collin Rawlins, of St. Paul’s, to the ground and causing him to break his right hand on the night of the 20 Oct., 2004. "

Antigua Sun : "Gunshots rang out in Liberta early yesterday morning as cops went in hot pursuit of a teenager wanted by the police on a number of alleged criminal offences. Eighteen-year-old Tristan Armstrong, who has had a lengthy history with the courts, was released from the Boys Training School some months ago after serving an extended sentence for previously escaping the facility......

The Nassau Guardian : "Police are appealing to the general public to help identify murder victim no. 62, who was brutally shot and killed in a car around 12 a.m. Saturday morning. The unidentified black male was said to be in his late 20's to early 30's and described to be about six feet tall. According to Assistant Superintendent Walter Evans, police were called to the scene of the murder by members of the public, who came upon the victim in the area of Maria's Foodstore near Family Guardian offHighway. "

Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday : "GOVERNMENT’S much touted and much publicised de-shifting of Junior Secondary Schools to whole day, five-year schools, which formed a major part of its General Election campaign and which is a feature of its 2007 election manifesto, has hit a major snag with at least three de- shifted schools having two-day school weeks since classes are held on a rotational basis."

The Nation Newspaper : "POLICE are making it hot for vendors selling pirated DVD movies and CDs in The City as part of Operation Safe City. 'We have noticed an upsurge in illegal vendors in The City and steps have been put in place to deal with the situation,' said Assistant Superintendent of Police David Johnson, who is in charge of operations in the Bridgetown Division. "

Stabroek News : "Tragedy struck a Liverpool Village family on Sunday night when a GDF corporal knocked down and killed a man later identified as his younger brother. Dead is 19-year-old Terrence 'Egg' Allen who was struck down while crossing the road by motorcar number PDD 9187, driven by his brother Corporal Denis Allen. "

Boston.com : "SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic --Tropical Storm Noel lashed the Dominican Republic with heavy rains Monday, causing flooding and mudslides that killed at least 20 people and left another 20 missing, officials said. Noel was expected to dump up to 20 inches of rain on the Dominican Republic and Haiti, which share the island of Hispaniola, as it heads northwest toward the Bahamas."

JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM : "Denham Town erupted in anger yesterday after three men were shot dead and two other people were wounded during what the police said was a fire fight with gunmen in the gritty West Kingston community. Residents lambasted police and soldiers, accusing them of killing the men in cold blood, while scores of people gathered outside Maddens Funeral Home near the Kingston Public Hospital where the bodies of the three dead men were taken."

Jamaica Gleaner News : "As the country's official murder toll climbed to 1,105, a series of incidents in west Kingston yesterday added four others to the list of those killed since the start of the year. In the most controversial of the three incidents, the shooting death of three men and injuring of two others in west Kingston left residents of Denham Town livid with the security forces. "

Houston Chronicle : "SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Tropical Storm Noel brought fierce thunderstorms and flooding to the Dominican Republic today and officials said at least eight people had died. At least three others people were reported missing as rains continued to lash Hispaniola, the island the country shares with Haiti, said Manuel Antonio Luna Paulino of the Dominican emergency services agency."

Reuters AlertNet : "At least a dozen people died and many more were reported missing in the Dominican Republic on Monday after Tropical Storm Noel dumped torrential rain on the island of Hispaniola, cutting off communities and grounding flights. The Dominican National Emergency Committee declared a red alert in six provinces and for the capital, Santo Domingo, as the 14th named storm of the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season poured 10 to 20 inches (25 cm to 51 cm) of rain on the Caribbean "

Jamaica Gleaner News : "Getting close with your sexual partner where you share everything including personal items like towels may mean that you may be set up to contract bacteria that results in deaths which may surpass the AIDS toll. The potentially deadly infection is the drug-resistant staph 'super bug' called methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or MRSA."

USATODAY.com : "For almost half a century, Fidel Castro has survived the best U.S. efforts to topple his communist regime in Cuba. Assassination attempts by the CIA (the most famous involving an exploding cigar). A botched invasion by U.S.-supported exiles. A tough economic blockade."

Antigua Sun : "A lingering air traffic controller sick out in Trinidad has led LIAT to caution potential passengers from scheduling travel to the island because of the difficulties of getting flights in or out. Air traffic controllers in Trinidad staged a sick-out action last week in order to show rejection of the salary and benefits proposals by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) of T&T. According to the Sunday Express, the employees have accepted the CAA’s offer of salary and cost of living allowance (COLA) but are said to be seeking additional perks that are outside of the remit being offered."

Storm rocks Caribbean : "Tropical Storm Noel formed over the Caribbean yesterday and forecasters warned the slow-moving system could send flash floods gushing down stripped hills in Haiti before it heads on to Cuba. The strengthening storm poses a serious threat to impoverished Haiti, which is still recovering from floods that killed at least 37 and sent more than 4,000 people to shelters earlier this month."

SUN St.Kitts & Nevis : "The father of the boy who was allegedly slapped by an official of the Cuban Embassy in St. Kitts said he has every intention of taking legal action against the assailant. Concern and even outrage was expressed by residents of the Federation late last week when word began circulating that a grown man slapped a boy of about eight years while he was at school. "

Antigua Sun : "A 16-year-old youth has been charged with the attempted murder of one of his peers of similar age in a shooting incident which occurred a little over a week ago. The alleged shooter, who is currently on probation in an isolated case, was formally charged on Saturday, but is also being fingered as being a member of an alleged teenage crime ring, several of whom are currently in custody in connection with the recent spate of burglaries in the English Harbour and Dockyard areas, as well as the shooting."

Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday "Vexation and frustration were expressed by passengers at Piarco International Airport whose flights were cancelled or delayed due to protest by Air Traffic Controllers yesterday."

JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM : "Jamaica was placed on a tropical storm watch yesterday as Tropical Storm Noel formed over the Caribbean and forecasters warned the slow-moving system could send flash floods rushing over deforested hills in Haiti before it heads on to Cuba."

Jamaica Gleaner News : "Heavy rains associated with Tropical Storm Noel are expected to pound Jamaica today, just two weeks after a baptism which ravaged the island's road network, triggered landslides and devastated many rural farms. Noel, the 14th tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, is forecast to pass over Haiti's south-western peninsula in the morning, and its centre is expected to move over south-eastern Cuba later in the day, the United States National Hurricane Center said."

Stabroek News : "Years of being at the receiving end of domestic violence came to a tragic end on Saturday night for a 45-year-old woman who was stabbed to death in front of her three children at Bladen Hall, East Coast Demerara (ECD). Police have since detained the woman's reputed husband and another woman as investigations into the murder continues. " Also on Stabroek Road deaths: 177, Homicides: 94

Dominican Today : "The presidential candidate for the main opposition party, the PRD, issued a challenge to the PLD ruling party and any other political organization to prove whether he had obtained money through corrupt activities. Miguel Vargas Maldonado said that during the Salvador Jorge Blanco (1982-1986) government he headed the Santo Domingo water authority (CAASD), and no-one could say that any corrupt activities went on under his leadership."

Reuters AlertNet : "It may not be fun anywhere but visiting the dentist in Cuba is a still unhappier prospect marked by a lack of dentists, technicians, materials and even reclining chairs, an official newspaper reported on Sunday. In Cuba's second internal criticism in as many weeks, a team of reporters from the Juventud Rebelde, or Rebel Youth, fanned out to 22 dental clinics in various provinces only to discover the problems were the norm, not exception in the free system of more than 1,000 facilities."

MSNBC.com : "Slow-moving rains that have drenched the Caribbean strengthened into a tropical storm on Sunday and forecasts said it could send flash floods gushing down denuded hills in Haiti. Tropical Storm Noel, which formed in the Caribbean early Sunday afternoon, poses a serious threat to an impoverished nation that is still recovering from floods earlier this month that killed at least 37 and sent more than 4,000 people to shelters."

Reuters : "- The 16th tropical depression of the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season brought heavy rains to Haiti and the Dominican Republic on Sunday after forming in the Caribbean, U.S. forecasters said. The depression was on the verge of becoming a tropical storm, with top sustained winds of 39 miles per hour (63 kph), the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. It would be called Tropical Storm Noel once it reached storm strength."

The Trinidad Guardian : "Congress of the People’s Laventille West Candidate David St Clair is in a coma at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex after being severely beaten at his campaign office on Pashley Street in Laventille yesterday. Reports state that St Clair and a group of supporters were at the office around 9 am when four men, armed with pieces of wood and cutlasses, entered the premises and assaulted St Clair. He was scheduled to go on a walkabout in his constituency yesterday. Police could not say if the attack was politically motivated. "

Barbados Free Press : "Twenty years from now, no one will remember much about Cricket World Cup 2007 except for one event: the strange death of Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer in his hotel room in Jamaica."

National Hurricane Center : "AT 800 AM EDT...1200 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF JAMAICA HAS ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR JAMAICA. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE SOUTHWESTERN PENINSULA OF HAITI FROM THE HAITI-DOMINICAN REPUBLIC BORDER TO PORT-AU-PRINCE. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS."

The Nation Newspaper : "Barbados may be one of the 'hottest' tourist spots, but big British investor Peter de Savary doesn't want Grenada to end up like it. '. . . We do not want Grenada to become like Barbados or The Bahamas – crowded, busy, [with] high-rise buildings,' he told Caribbean journalists visiting the island last week. "

Dominican Today : "The Catholic church began yesterday, with a long walk in Santo Domingo West, part of the activities to protest a bill aimed at modifying the Penal Code to legalize abortion. The activities include the collection of one million signatures and a waving of banners by catholic school students and teachers around the country, such as the one slated for Thursday morning in a street near the National Palace. "

International Herald Tribune : "Tropical Depression 16 prompted storm warnings in Haiti and a watch in Cuba and could bring more than 10 inches (25 centimeters) of rain to Jamaica, forecasters said. The depression could strengthen into a tropical storm late Sunday, when it would be named 'Noel,' according to the National Hurricane Center."

JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM : "Last week's revelation by Energy Minister Clive Mullings that 'free' fluorescent light bulbs from the Cuban Government have already cost taxpayers $114.7 million and could amount to near $280 million, is one of at least 10 business arrangements under the previous Government that the current administration is probing, and which are said to be causing a mixture of jitters and anticipation inside the Opposition People's National Party (PNP)."

Jamaica Gleaner News "Political commentators say the controversial deal involving the Cuban light bulb programme could adversely affect the People's National Party's (PNP) chances of winning the local government election, which is due in December.

Stabroek News : "The bound, decomposing bodies of two males appearing to be of Caucasian descent were discovered at separate points on the Corentyne yesterday and Thursday and the police were last night contemplating the gamut of possibilities behind the macabre find. Both of the men's hands and feet were bound together with pieces of green rope. Their heads were completely bald and their teeth, eyes, ears and parts of their face were missing. Immersion in ocean water for long periods can lead to severe skin bleaching so the police are leaving all options open. "

The Nation Newspaper : "A woman is said to be at the centre of the Opposition party's focus on Clyde Mascoll and Hardwood Housing Factory. This was revealed yesterday at the Barbados Labour Party's (BLP) annual general conference, during an unscheduled speech by Mascoll, Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office. "

Dominican Today : "A teenager has been arraigned on charges he tried to smuggle dozens of heroin-filled balloons into the country after taking a flight from the Dominican Republic to John F. Kennedy International Airport. Prosecutors say Anthony Cruz, 16, swallowed 80 balloons of heroin with a street value of at least $500,000 before he boarded the plane to JFK on Oct. 23."

The Nation Newspaper : "The Grenada government wants popular United States talk show host Oprah Winfrey to visit the island as part of a tourism marketing plan. Tourism Minister Clarice Modeste Curwin has asked Oprah's father, Vernon Winfrey, to encourage his daughter to visit the tri-island state. "

The Nation Newspaper : "The Grenada government wants popular United States talk show host Oprah Winfrey to visit the island as part of a tourism marketing plan. Tourism Minister Clarice Modeste Curwin has asked Oprah's father, Vernon Winfrey, to encourage his daughter to visit the tri-island state. "

Caribbean360.com : "Martinique has recorded its second fatality from dengue fever, health authorities on the French dependent territory said Thursday. The victim was reportedly in his 60s and died at a hospital Tuesday according to reports."

Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday : "THE common-law wife and three children of the late Grandmaster Aldwyn Roberts (Lord Kitchener) have been ordered to vacate the majestic Rain-o-Rama property on the Diego Martin Main Road by December 31. Yesterday, Justice Lennox Deyalsingh, presiding in the Port-of-Spain First Civil Court, ordered Valarie Green and her children Kernal, Christian and Quweina to vacate the lavish premises and hand over possession to June Ann Howell-Logan, Susan Gittens, and Charmaine Kumar. "

Trinidad Express "Is Prime Minister Patrick Manning hiding a house in Germany? The stunning allegation was made on Thursday night by the United National Congress Alliance's Tabaquite candidate, Ramesh Maharaj. "

Lifesite : "Thousands of pro-life protesters took to the streets and descended upon the National Congress of the Dominican Republic yesterday to announce their emphatic opposition to efforts to decriminalize abortion in the island nation."

The Bahama Journal : "Although ministers of tourism in the Caribbean region have endorsed an agreement for the creation of a single Caribbean air space, according to Bahamas Minister of Tourism and Aviation Neko Grant this country does not adopt such an arrangement. Last week, ministers with responsibility for Tourism and International Transport – who are members of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) – met in San Juan, Puerto Rico to discuss proposals for restructuring the regional air transport sector."

Amandala Online : "For two years the family of Shawn Copius, 23, and the Belizean public have clamoured to have wealthy Belize City businessman, Chay Ben Abou-Nehra, 32, prosecuted for Copius’ shooting death, which occurred on September 17, 2005. Because the history of Belize is that no rich person has ever been convicted and sentenced to jail, it was the opinion of some that Abou-Nehra, a very rich man, would never be convicted. Yesterday they were proven right in Belize City."

St. Lucia Star Online : "Among the more memorable revelations associated with the recent passing of Sir John was that his daughter Janine Rambally nursed a secret ambition. No sooner had the admission slipped passed her lips than the divorced mother of four revealed that her father had never gone out of his way to make her dream come true. Indeed, he had advised her “not to rush into politics.”"

JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM : "THE Jamaica Association of Evangelicals - one of the island's major church groups - yesterday cautioned the government on any plan it might have to introduce casino gaming here."

Jamaica Gleaner News "The Central Village police say a gang war was the motive behind the murder of a 19-year-old woman and the injuring of four persons during a shooting in Caymanas Bay, St. Catherine on Thursday night. Dead is Nashauna Barrett, while the four injured males were hospitalised with gunshot wounds."

Stabroek News : "Twenty-three-year-old Delroy Forde of Laing Avenue was shot dead around noon yesterday after he robbed a couple at the corner of Robb Street and Orange Walk, Bourda. According to reports, the bandit was shot dead by one of his victims who is also a licensed firearm holder. It was another example of the type of desperate measure that members of the public have begun to take in the face of continuing attacks of this sort. "

Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday: : "FORMER South African President and legendary freedom fighter Nelson Mandela has declined an invitation to come to Trinidad to address UNC Alliance supporters at the November 3 rally at the Aranjuez Savannah."

International Herald Tribune : "Dominica has opened a Chinese-financed stadium described by the Caribbean island's government as the fruit of its decision to switch diplomatic allegiances from Taiwan. The US$17 million (€12 million) stadium, unveiled at a ceremony Wednesday, was included in a Chinese aid program awarded after Dominica cut ties in March 2004 with Taiwan, which Beijing views as a renegade province."

The Nation Newspaper : "A CHRIST CHURCH FAMILY is not persuaded the death of their loved one earlier this month was accidental. They suspect foul play in the death of 57-year-old fisherman Stevenson Kinch, whose body was discovered in his girlfriend's garage at Lower Carter's Gap, Christ Church, on October 6 around 7 a.m. Police reports indicated at that time that Kinch had fallen and cracked his skull. "

Jamaica Gleaner News : "FOUR SEATS now separate the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) from the Opposition People's National Party (PNP) after Dr. D.K. Duncan was yesterday declared winner of the Eastern Hanover constituency. He defeated the JLP's Barrington Gray by 10 votes. "

The Nation Newspaper "THE WEST INDIES CRICKET BOARD (WICB) has been given some advice. It has been told to change its name and change its style. The recommendation is part of the Governance Report – also called the Patterson Report – which was commissioned by the WICB and prepared by P.J. Patterson, the former Jamaica prime minister, along with Sir Alister McIntyre and Dr Ian McDonald. "

Antigua Sun : "“Gunman can’t go a station go make report; a so de submn set up so them must take things inna dem own hand; and it just a start.” It was one Gray's Farm resident’s account of what was taking place within his community a short time after an execution style shooting claimed the life of a fellow villager. Dead is 37-year-old George Edwards, fondly known as “Little George”. His killing is the third in as many days, pushing the total murders to a record 17 for the year. "

Stabroek News : "Hitting back at Barama's announcement that workers would have to be laid off as a result of heavy fines by the forestry commission, the government yesterday said it would not be blackmailed and it added that interim arrangements can be made to ensure the company's plywood factory is supplied with raw material. "

Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday : "A WOMAN and two of her brothers are locked in a legal battle in the Port-of-Spain High Court for the estate of their dead father which is worth more than $100 million. Jagdath Maharaj, race horse owner and businessman, left a will dated September 28, 1999 with two of his six children as executors.

IC Publications : "A US Nobel Prize-winning scientist, whose controversial remarks on race triggered a firestorm, announced Thursday his retirement as chancellor and board member at a laboratory where he has worked for more than 40 years. The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory located outside of New York had already suspended 79-year-old researcher James Watson, who said in an interview with The Sunday Times that Africans were not as smart as white people. "

Trinidad Express : "A 15-YEAR-OLD schoolgirl was electrocuted yesterday at her Beetham Gardens home. She was the second teenager to be electrocuted in a week. Fourteen-year-old Rishi Dhanraj of Penal was killed last Wednesday when he stepped into a pond with a live wire to retrieve his dead goat. "

Reuters : "Cuba on Wednesday accused U.S. President George W. Bush of encouraging violent uprising against its communist government with a speech in which Bush urged Cubans to push for democratic change. 'You will never force us to our knees,' Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque said in response to Bush's speech, which came 15 months after ailing leader Fidel Castro handed over power to his brother."

The Bahama Journal : "A week after the 60th murder was recorded in The Bahamas for 2007 police said they still did not have any suspects in custody. A manhunt was launched last week for three men police said are responsible for the death of Villy Reneitt, 38, of Fox Hill. According to reports, Reneitt was accosted by three armed men around 4:30am last Wednesday outside his home in the Romer Street area. 'It was further reported that these persons accosted this individual and they forced him into his house where they demanded money,' Chief Superintendent of Police Hulan Hanna reported at the time."

Antigua Sun : "I know it’s hot in Antigua, but I awoke last Saturday night (20 October) in a sweat. Where was the breeze? I remembered with a start why I was so hot. For the first time in all the years I have lived and spent time in Antigua, this Saturday night was the first night I have ever had every window shut and bolted. Why? A series of shocking break-in’s and ordinary people terrorised in their own homes in the English Harbour area. I am friends with some of the people who experienced unthinkable acts of intimidation and violence and the community is now on edge."

The Age : "A Jamaican government pathologist whose autopsy of Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer launched an international murder investigation but was later called into doubt insisted that the Englishman died from pesticide poisoning. Ere Sheshiah, an Indian doctor who ruled four days after the burly coach's death in March that he was strangled, said a toxicology report in June revealed fatal levels of the pesticide cypermethrin in his system."

Stabroek News : "In the backdrop of an alarming rise in road fatalities and a public outcry for action, Acting Commissioner of Police Henry Greene yesterday unveiled several new plans including a ticketing system from November 1 with fines between $5,000 to 7,000 and the naming of those whose licences have been suspended "

JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM : "VIRGIN Atlantic has decided to move its Barbados flights from Gatwick to London's Heathrow, in the slots controversially sold by Air Jamaica, impeccable Observer sources said yesterday."

Jamaica Gleaner News : "JAMAICA and Britain are in discussions on the transfer of more than 1,000 Jamaicans currently serving time in the United Kingdom (U.K.) prisons. The issue surfaced yesterday in the British House of Commons after it was revealed that there were two prisons - Bullwood Hall in Essex and Canterbury Prison in Kent - that are currently housing only foreign inmates."

Antigua Sun : "In one night, Antigua and Barbuda’s murder rate shot to a record 16 for the year and has left citizens reeling over the dramatic events that left two men dead in the space of a couple of hours. It gets worse. The figures now show that the country has recorded some 29 murders in the space of two years, with incidents between September and October pushing the figure past last year's 13 recorded killings.

The Nation Newspaper "'The profiling of the Rastafarian in Barbados generally has got to stop, particularly in sports. It is a very wrong thing to select a particular group from your society and stigmatise, bastardise and ostracise them,' Lashley said. "

Cayman Islands : "The Department of Public Health is now dealing with one confirmed and three suspected cases of dengue fever, its director, Dr. Kiran Kumar confirmed Tuesday. One of the patients suspected to have dengue fever, a visitor, has returned to Jamaica, while the one confirmed and two suspected cases remain on Grand Cayman."

Reuters : "The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Wednesday it did not expect any tropical cyclones to form over the next 48 hours, however, an area of disturbed weather in the Caribbean Sea could slowly become more favorable for development during the next couple of days. The Miami-based agency was monitoring the system, located between Colombia and Jamaica. 'There are currently no signs of organization but upper-level winds are forecast to slowly become a little more favorable for development,' the NHC said in a tropical weather outlook."

JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM : "The murder last week of South African reggae singer Lucky Dube has saddened and shocked many Jamaicans who had come to know and appreciate his music and its message of peace and goodwill."

Irish Examiner : "Fidel Castro accused US President George Bush of plotting a new conquest of Cuba, in an essay published a day before the White House was to announce new plans to draw Cuba away from communism. In yesterday’s brief essay titled 'Bush, Hunger and Death', Castro predicted that Bush “will adopt new measures to accelerate the ’transition period’ in our country, equivalent to a new conquest of Cuba by force”."

Stabroek News : "One of the two men who were allegedly caught during the early morning robbery at Nedd's Uplift Bakery at Garnett and Middleton streets last Friday, appeared yesterday in the Georgetown Magistrate's Court. "

Trinidad Express : A 42-year-old woman was yesterday awarded $200,000 following the death of her baby during delivery six years ago at the Mount Hope Maternity Hospital. Rajdaye Victor, a resident of Tacarigua, sued the North West Regional Health Authority (NWRHA) for negligence in 2003. "

Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday: : "THE first occupant of the $148 million Prime Minister’s official residence would be the person who becomes PM following the November 5 General Election. Government sources stated yesterday that Prime Minister Patrick Manning has taken a decision not to move into the official residence before the election."

The Bahama Journal : "Full Gospel Baptist Church Bishop Earl Randolph Fraser was freed on Tuesday after being accused of having sexual intercourse with a dependent between July 2005 and February 2006. The girl was 16 at the time the acts were alleged to have occurred. The bishop appeared without his attorney, Wayne Munroe, in Magistrate’s Court number five to hear the ruling."

The Bermuda Sun : "It's a move that's left bosses reeling - hire more black Bermudians or pay a fine. It's called the draft Workforce Equity Act and it's designed to ensure equal opportunity at work. So far reports have focused on the mostly negative reactions from the business community, but today we take a closer look at what the act actually says and what it does not say - to help readers decide whether it's right for Bermuda."

St. Lucia Star Online : "It had been left to public speculation what would become of the multi million dollar medical facility; a top of the line psychiatric hospital—an initiative by the previous St Lucia Labour Party administration, through a partnership with the Chinese Government."

SUN St.Kitts & Nevis : "Romeo “Buncum” Cannonier, who was charged with the 25 July, 2004 murder of Police Constable #454 Delvin Nisbett, was convicted of the crime by a 12-member jury yesterday. Nisbett was shot to death on the said evening while he was walking along a stretch of road between Parsons Village and Dieppe Bay in the vicinity of Caines’ Pasture. Following a week-long trial, the five-man/seven-woman jury was sent off to deliberate on the matter at about 2:25 p.m. yesterday and after little more than two hours, the jury returned with its verdict. "

Antigua Sun : "Swiftly on the heels of the Antigua Labour Party (ALP) winding up its primaries, the ruling United Progressive Party is now moving to undertake some housekeeping of its own. While noting that the country’s general elections, constitutionally due in 18 months is fast approaching, Chairman of the UPP Leon 'Chaku' Symister told the Antigua Sun that the imminent hosting of an Annual General Meeting in the St. Phillip’s North constituency branch is basically an internal meeting between party members and has nothing to do with any national elections."

JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM : "PROFESSOR Lorna Martin, head of the Division of Forensic Science at the University of Cape Town in South Africa, yesterday recommended that a review of tests carried out on samples from the body of former Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer's be conducted to find the real cause of death."

Jamaica Gleaner News : "THE CONTRACTOR General and the Auditor General have been asked to investigate the circumstances under which the last People's National Party (PNP) government accrued a bill of more than $276.5 million in the distribution of free Cuban light bulbs. In a statement to Parliament yesterday, Clive Mullings, Minister of Energy, Mining and Telecommunications, said the matter requires the 'most thorough investigation'."

The caribbean responds to recent ignorant racist comments that claim that black people are less intelligent than whites..... The Nation Newspaper : "THE NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING DNA PIONEER James Watson is certainly intelligent enough to have known that once he dared to link intelligence to race in a way that claimed Africans (Blacks) were less intelligent than Europeans, he was bound to come in for a heap of criticism, and spark anger. " Elementary, my dear Dr Watson - blacks are not inferior - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM : "Here in Britain it is autumn. The leaves are turning brown and the nights are getting colder. And October is not just the month of falling leaves; it is also Black History month. So you might think this a very inappropriate time for some 79-year-old white professor to be digging up long disproved theories of black racial inferiority. But American scientist Dr James Watson has been all over the British newspapers with his theory that black people are less intelli

SKNVibes.com News: : "The fate of Romeo Cannonier, the man accused of brutally murdering Police Constable #454, on July 25, 2004, now rests in the hands of the jury, which comprises of five men and seven women. Their decision is expected to come later today, Tuesday, 23rd October. The Prosecuting team rested its case against the accused on Friday last, October 19th, and following that, the closing arguments from both the Prosecuting team and the Defence team were heard on Monday, October 22nd. "

Prensa Latina : "The population of the Cayman Islands were warned of a probable dengue epidemic after confirmation of two cases in that Caribbean nation. Health authorities noted that the two persons were infected during a visit to Nicaragua and Jamaica, countries that are confronting one of the worst outbreaks of this viral disease that has spread in the region."

Jamaica Gleaner News "Yet another sobering turn in our family relationships has surfaced with the revelation that there is a growing trend to paternity tests, sometimes ordered by the courts, sometimes sought by individuals - usually fathers - in settlement of domestic disputes or for the popular cause of migration. It has also been revealed that we now have a high ratio of children whose 'daddy is not their daddy, but their daddy don't know', to borrow from a popular Caribbean calypso."

dailynews.com : "The fact there are about 25 pirate radio stations in Brooklyn playing Caribbean music, says Bob Frederick, should tell somebody there's a market in this city for that music. But no commercial station plays Caribbean full time, so Frederick, 'The Spice Man' on WLIB for more than 13 years, is trying again to move into the void."

Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday : newsday.co.tt : : "HIGH COURT Judge Peter Jamadar yesterday turned down an application by Chief Magistrate Sherman Mc Nicolls for him (Jamadar) to step down in a judicial review case on the ground of “apparent bias.” Mc Nicolls turned up at the San Fernando High Court for the start of his lawsuit against the Judicial and Legal Services Commission’s (JLSC) decision to institute disciplinary charges against him. "

The Nation Newspaper : "THE APPLAUSE will linger long for Stephen Mark Clark Alleyne. The globally respected and beloved cricket administrator was applauded by several hundred admirers who gathered yesterday to celebrate his life during a moving service of thanksgiving at Kensington Oval. "

Antigua Sun : "Swiftly on the heels of the Antigua Labour Party (ALP) winding up its primaries, the ruling United Progressive Party is now moving to undertake some housekeeping of its own. While noting that the country’s general elections, constitutionally due in 18 months is fast approaching, Chairman of the UPP Leon 'Chaku' Symister told the Antigua Sun that the imminent hosting of an Annual General Meeting in the St. Phillip’s North constituency branch is basically an internal meeting between party members and has nothing to do with any national elections."

St. Lucia Star Online : "Sir John Compton had left his Castries law office to take charge of the Micoud seat from his older cousin Julian, over fifty years ago. The Compton name has since received high acclaim in the district, with the Micoud constituency being the only one to have never been won by the St Lucia Labour Party. Sir John died on September 7. As per the island’s constitution, a new MP must be selected within three months. "

JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM : "The Bob Woolmer inquest took a dramatic twist yesterday when an overseas pathologist, whose assessment of the evidence the Jamaican police had used to conclude that the cricket coach had died of natural causes, testified that a toxic substance was, in fact, present in his system."

Jamaica Gleaner News : "CANADIAN PATHOLOGIST Michael Pollanen yesterday ruled out strangulation as the cause of death of former Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer, but admitted under cross-examination from Director of Public Prosecutions Kent Pantry that a foreign substance was detected in Mr. Woolmer's body. "

Stabroek News : "The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) yesterday seized around 4,000 carats of suspected smuggled diamonds bound for Dubai following cross-checking of documents which showed irregularities in the paperwork. "

The Associated Press: : "The Caribbean tourism industry, the lifeblood for many island economies, needs to brace itself for stronger hurricanes, more frequent droughts and rising sea levels resulting from global warming, scientists said Monday. The Caribbean, where more than half the population lives within a mile of the coast, faces some of the greatest risks from climate change, according to the expert panel at the Caribbean Tourism Organization meeting in San Juan."

The Associated Press: : "SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Three Dominican banking executives were convicted Sunday for their roles in a 2003 financial collapse that crippled the Caribbean country's economy. The trial focused on the management and 2003 collapse of the country's largest bank, Banco Intercontinental, which prompted a costly government bailout and led to the collapse of two other large banks as international lenders helped prop up the Dominican economy."

The Bahama Journal : "COCKBURN TOWN, San Salvador – Authorities have ordered two local families to vacate a site on Fortune Hill where they have been digging for gold and other treasure they believe is buried at the site. The order came down Friday afternoon from the island’s Chief Administrator Jordan Ritchie, who told the Bahama Journal that he asked a police inspector who had been assigned specifically to keep the peace as it relates to this matter to carry out that order."

Antigua Sun : "A Sunday morning quarrel in the Gray’s Farm community escalated into a shoot-out, landing two men in the hospital nursing gunshot wounds. The incident took place shortly after 8 a.m. in Perry Bay, in a part of the community commonly referred to as Tinning Village. Hospitalised are 26-year-old Robert Jeffery of Jamaica and Gray's Farm resident George Murray, 39. Jeffery underwent surgery yesterday afternoon to remove the bullet from the left side of his abdomen while Murray’s situation did not require surgery; he was shot in the left thigh with the bullet exiting his left buttock."

Trinidad Express : "A 49-year-old taxi-driver was shot dead yesterday by a man who walked up to him and asked him if he was going to Penal. The man, said to be in his twenties, was caught a few minutes later by police who found him sitting in a Chaguanas maxi-taxi on nearby Penitence Street, San Fernando. "

JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM : "SHIRLEY Williams, the newly appointed chairman of the national airline, Air Jamaica, says there is no rush to find a chief executive officer (CEO) to replace Mike Conway who resigned last week, as the board might leave the selection of a new head to the private entity the national carrier is seeking to partner with."

Jamaica Gleaner News - : "A scare on Friday night has left some medical staff at the Percy Junor Hospital in Spaldings, Manchester, calling for improved security measures on the hospital grounds. Reports reaching The Gleaner are that three men, armed with knives, attempted to barge their way into the Accident and Emergency Unit (A&E) of the hospital on Friday night in order to finish off an attack on a man whom they had stabbed several times."

Stabroek News : "Six persons including two children and a heavily pregnant woman died after a car suffered a tyre blow-out on the East Coast Demerara (ECD) Highway at Bel Air, near the now abandoned Texaco Gas Station causing the driver to slam head-on into a concrete fence and a guard hut. The security guard who was in the hut situated just outside the compound of the Shivraj's Oceanville apartments is among the six killed. He died several hours after the incident. The other five victims were passengers of the car and were killed instantly. "

JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM : "THE sudden resignation of Police Commissioner Lucius Thomas has raised the possibility of a woman becoming the top cop for the first time in the history of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). But while some commentators believe the country is ready for a woman to sit in the chief constable's chair, the wall of silence from within the male-dominated institution suggests there may be some apprehension at the prospect."

Jamaica Gleaner News "Despite billions of dollars spent to rehabilitate several hospitals in the 1990s, currently, many of these facilities operate under the burden of poor infrastructure and non-functioning or missing medical equipment. Even facilities built or renovated a year or more ago lie idle due to a lack of equipment."

Stabroek News : "As Guyanese mules continue to be held abroad and a family was recently granted asylum in Canada because of threats from a drug lord, the government's much-vaunted drug master plan which promised witness protection and other innovations has barely inched out of the starting blocks. "

The Nation Newspaper : "A PROSTITUTION RING destined for Barbados and involving victims of human trafficking as young as 13 and 14 years old, has been dismantled by regional security forces. And it all happened at the start of Cricket World Cup in March. " Also in the Nation Newspaper BAPPSS shocked by sex study SECONDARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS are in the dark about students engaging in sex acts for money, jewellery, or even worldly possessions.

Trinidad Express : "UNC Alliance candidate for Laventille East/Morvant , Lennox Smith, was charged last night with breaching a protection order. Smith, 47, of Filbert Street, Old St Joseph Road,Laventille, was arrested by officers of the St Clair Police Station around 4.45 p.m. yesterday at his home. "

Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday : : "HUNDREDS of residents in La Canoa Road, Santa Cruz were greeted with torrents of mud and rushing flood waters on Thursday evening after the Santa Cruz river burst its banks and flooded surrounding areas following heavy thundershowers which fell for several hours that day."

BBC NEWS : "During his lifetime South African reggae star Lucky Dube was a man on a mission to make the world a better place. 'Hey you Rasta man. Hey European, Indian man. We've got to come together as one,' go the lyrics to his anti-apartheid hit Together as One." Related Uganda: Fare Well Lucky Dube WE have seen many foreign musicians perform here, but none has ever equalled Lucky Dube in popularity. He always gave your money's worth. He would perform for over three hours non- stop, give you the live music of similar quality to the studio recording, and sing with the passion of rich messages. He was never obscene and none of his crew could embarrass the puritans. Asked whether he was a real Rastafarian, Dube said: "If Rastafarianism is about having dreadlocks, smoking marijuana and believing that Haile Selassie is God, then I am not Rastafarian. But if it is about political, social and personal consciousness, then, yes, I am," he said.