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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 the 754 square kilometer island. UWP Leader, Lennox Linton says ...

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 conduct a “comprehensive review of the U.S. Government policy on ...

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 Barbados, while U.S. Ambassador Larry Palmer initialed the pact, the ...

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 representatives from both Houses of Parliament, according to a statement ...

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 the mother of the latter, both Peruvians – were found ...

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. The mishap reportedly occurred at around 00:35 h as the ...

London, Nov 17 (EFE).- The General Synod of the Anglican Church on Monday gave its approval for women to be ordained as bishops in the Church of England, a move that will open the way for the first appointments of female bishops early in 2015. In a ceremony at the Anglican’s Church House in London, synod members voted by majority ...

San Juan, Nov 17 (EFE).- The proportion of Trinidad and Tobago primary school students who are obese or overweight has doubled in the past decade, Health Minister Fuad Khan said Monday. The ministry collected data on the body mass index of 5,305 students in 27 primary and 14 secondary schools. The study revealed that 24 percent of children between ages ...

Caracas, (EFE).- The Venezuelan Supreme Court, or TSJ, has authorized the extradition request for Leiver Padilla Mendoza, suspected of assassinating Chavista lawmaker Robert Serra and his assistant, and who was arrested in Colombia last Nov. 2. The TSJ announced Friday in a communique that it had “declared applicable the request to the Republic of Colombia for the extradition of Leiver ...

MOSCOW, Nov 17 (EFE).- Russia closed a deal withVenezuela Monday to purchase 1.6 million tons of oil and nine tons of petrolueum derivates from the Latin American country over the next five years. The agreement was between Russia’s government-owned Rosneft oil company and its Venezuelan counterpart, PDVSA. Present at Monday’s signing ceremony was Venezuelan Foreign Minister Rafael Ramirez, who arrived last ...