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San Juan, Dec 12 (EFE).- Regional airline InterCaribbean Airways this weekend begins new non-stop services linking Jamaica and the Dominican Republic with Haiti.Scheduled services will begin Dec. 13 between Kingston’s Norman Manley International Airport and Port-au-Prince, and between the Haitian capital and Santo Domingo International Airport, InterCaribbean said in a statement.Direct one-hour flights will be offered twice a week.The new ...

Havana, Dec 12 (EFE).- Computerizing daily activities and expanding Internet access are priorities for Cuba, according to Communist party daily Granma, which said the island is making progress in those areas “steadily but unhurriedly.”In a lengthy front-page editorial Friday, Granma said Cuba is aware that the era of the Internet and new technologies must be a space for learning and ...

San Juan, Dec 12 (EFE).- St. Kitts and Nevis is working on a legislative reform to improve aspects of the justice system ranging from courtroom procedures to rehabilitation of offenders, the government said Friday.The attorney general and justice minister, Jason Hamilton, has proposed amendments to the Jury Act, the Criminal Procedures Act and Prison Act.The changes would establish frameworks “in ...

Guyana’s Opposition Leader, David Granger has moved to the High Court to stop what he regards as the unauthorized spending of monies from the Treasury on projects and programmes that have not been approved by the House. Granger’s A Partnership for National Unity and the Alliance For Change (AFC) that together control the National Assembly had voted down the Guyana ...

Rio de Janeiro, Dec 11 (EFE).- A man arrested after the stabbing death of a woman in the Rio suburb of Nova Iguaçu has confessed to 41 additional homicides, Brazilian police said Thursday.Sailson Jose das Graças, 26, told investigators that over the past nine years he has killed 37 women, three men and a 2-year-old boy.The toddler was the son ...

Sao Paulo, Dec 11 (EFE).- Prosecutors on Thursday formally charged a total of 35 people, including 22 executives from six of Brazil’s leading construction companies, for their alleged role in a massive kickback scandal centered on state-controlled oil giant Petrobras.Executives with construction firms OAS, Camargo Correa, UTC, Mendes Jr., Engevix and Galvao Engenharia will face charges of corruption, money laundering ...

Havana, Dec 11 (EFE).- Fear of contagion keeps medical personnel battling Ebola in West Africa from taking unnecessary risks, one of the Cuban doctors working in Sierra Leone said in an interview appearing Thursday in Communist Party daily Granma.“Fear is our ally because it is always with us: if we stop being afraid, confidence appears and with that, the risk ...

San Juan, Dec 11 (EFE).- The government of Jamaica announced on Thursday the signing of a memorandum of understanding with the United Nations to implement the Airport Communication Project, or AIRCOP, at the country’s two main airports to curb drug smuggling.The project is an initiative of the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime, known as UNODC, the World Customs Organization ...

Castries, Dec 11 (EFE).- Three people died Thursday as the result of a fire in the engine room of a cruise ship docked here in the capital of St. Lucia. Killed were two contractors and a member of the crew of the Insignia, a port authority spokesman in Castries told the media. Investigators suspect they may have died from smoke inhalation, ...

Guyanese  Dr.Patrick Gomes was Wednesday appointed Secretary General of the 79-nation African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group, the Foreign Ministry here announced. “The ACP is at a critical juncture and experience and wise leadership coupled with patience are critical if we are to overcome the challenges. Ambassador Gomes possesses these attributes and together with the support of all of us, ...