Last Updated on Tuesday, 18 November 2014, 22:59 by GxMedia Two bandits, who trailed a couple from a city commercial bank to their East Coast Demerara home and robbed a woman of a bag of money, were Tuesday night in an unconscious condition at a city hospital after they were run over by a car that was chasing them. Their ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 18 November 2014, 21:25 by GxMedia San Juan, Nov 18 (EFE).- A Trinidad and Tobago trade mission travels this week to three French overseas territories in the Caribbean to bolster business ties. The delegates have already scored some successes in Martinique, the National Export Facilitation Organization said Tuesday in a statement. “The first exporter obtained an immediate order ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 18 November 2014, 21:21 by GxMedia San Juan, Nov 18 (EFE).- Rebuilding a main road damaged by heavy rains will cost around 50 million TTD ($8 million), Trinidad and Tobago’s Ministry of Works and Infrastructure said Tuesday. Work has already begun on the damaged stretch of road between Manzanilla and Mayaro on the east coast of Trinidad, the ministry ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 18 November 2014, 21:06 by GxMedia Guyana’s opposition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) on Monday began a wave of protests aimed at pressuring President Donald Ramotar to lift the suspension of Parliament. He prorogued the Parliament last week Monday to prevent the majority-controlled National Assembly from debating and passing a no-confidence motion that would have ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 18 November 2014, 21:02 by GxMedia As Dominica prepares for next month’s general election, the Electoral Office there says everything is on track for a free and fair poll despite concerns by the opposition United Workers Party (UWP). The UWP has been demanding the use of voter identification cards and for a re-registration of persons across ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 18 November 2014, 20:58 by GxMedia Washington, Nov 18 (EFE).- President Barack Obama ordered a review of the policies in place to respond to the kidnapping of U.S. citizens abroad, the White House confirmed on Tuesday. Obama ordered the appropriate authorities – including the Defense and State Departments, the FBI and the intelligence community – to ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 18 November 2014, 20:52 by GxMedia San Juan, Nov 18 (EFE).- The government of Barbados signed an agreement under the U.S. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, known as FATCA, to combat tax evasion by foreign residents in the island. The minister of Industry, International Business, Commerce and Small Business Development, Donville Inniss, signed the accord for ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 18 November 2014, 20:49 by GxMedia San Juan, Nov 18 (EFE).- U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is scheduled to visit Barbados this week to discuss various issues related to justice and security on the island where his father was born. Holder will meet with Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite, Governor-General Elliott Belgrave, Prime Minister Freundel Stuart, and ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 18 November 2014, 20:47 by GxMedia San Juan, Nov 18 (EFE).- Puerto Rican authorities are investigating the murders on Monday night of four people from the same family in their home in an exclusive neighborhood with on-site security on the outskirts of this capital.The bodies of three adults – a retired military man, his wife and ...

Last Updated on Monday, 17 November 2014, 23:00 by GxMedia The Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD) Monday night said it was  currently investigating the circumstances which resulted in the MV SABANTO running aground on to Wakenaam Island during the wee hours of Monday, November 17, 2014. The vessel, along with its sister ship the MV KANAWAN, plies the Supenaam/Parika route. ...