Trinidadian family sentenced to 418 years in US prison

September 11, 2015 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_7728" align="alignleft" width="300"] Shane Ramsundar listens to his sentencing Wednesday at Queens Supreme Court for running a US$1.8-million immigration and real estate scheme.[/caption] NEW YORK (CMC) – A Trinidadian couple and their daughter, accused of conning 19 Caribbean immigrants in the United States of more...

Coalition to challenge T&T election results

September 10, 2015 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_6102" align="alignleft" width="300"] Former Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar[/caption] PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – The coalition People’s Partnership late Wednesday announced that it would be mounting a legal challenge to the results of Monday’s general election which it lost to the People’s National Movement (PNM). In...

$2.5 million drug bust in The Bahamas

September 10, 2015 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_7693" align="alignleft" width="300"] A Bahamian official offloads bales of marijuana in Nassau, Bahamas, September 6, 2015. The contraband was seized during an interagency operation designed to combat drug smuggling to and from the Bahamas. US Coast Guard photo[/caption] NASSAU, Bahamas -- A joint task force...

Rowley to be sworn in on Wednesday

September 09, 2015 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_7653" align="alignleft" width="300"] Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister-elect Dr Keith Rowley shows his inked finger after voting in yesterday’s general election. Rowley led his People’s National Movement to victory over the Kamla Persad-Bissessar led People’s Partnership coalition.[/caption] PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – Dr Keith...