TIME TO TALK: Gonsalves brokers T&T meeting

October 31, 2014 in Regional

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – The feuding parties in the ongoing West Indies cricket dispute will meet in Trinidad on Friday, in another effort to resolve the bitter impasse. West Indies players walked off the recent one-day tour of India in protest over the terms and...

Prayers for Kublalsingh

October 31, 2014 in Regional

A Woodford Square, Port of Spain, gathering in support of activist Dr Wayne Kublalsingh will today begin with prayers for his life by leaders of the Inter-Religious Organisation (IRO). The show of solidarity was called Wednesday by Fishermen and Friends of the Sea (FFOS) president, Gary...

A look at marijuana laws in Jamaica, Latin America

October 30, 2014 in Regional

(AP) — Here's a look at the status of marijuana laws in some countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. ARGENTINA: Personal possession of marijuana was decriminalised under a 2009 Supreme Court ruling that jail time for small amounts of drugs violates Argentina's constitution. Although the...

Trinidad: No stopping Carnival despite Ebola threat

October 30, 2014 in Regional

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — Carnival 2015 is on. Both Minister of Arts and Multiculturalism Dr Lincoln Douglas and National Security Minister Gary Griffith said on Wednesday there were no plans to cancel or postpone carnival celebrations 2015 despite the threat of Ebola. Both men also...

Ato Boldon in sex scandal

October 29, 2014 in Regional

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Four-time Olympic medallist Ato Boldon has said reports of a sex scandal involving him and Nova Peris, Australia’s first indigenous Olympic gold medallist and senator, were a gross fabrication. The report, published in the Northern Territory (NT) News yesterday in Australia,...