Point Fortin MP Larry Achong resigned as Labour Minister yesterday, tendering a letter to Prime Minister Patrick Manning immediately after the weekly Lower House session...
News Source: Trinidad Guardian
Category: News
The news items published under this category are as follows.News: Achong: Still PNM to the bone
Saturday, March 13, 2004 - 04:13 PM
News: Aristide told to watch his mouth
Saturday, March 13, 2004 - 02:02 PM
Jamaica has warned ousted Haitian president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, that he won't be allowed to use Jamaica as a "launching pad" to regain power in his country...
News Source: Jamaica Observer
News: Largest cocaine haul found in Tobago
Friday, March 12, 2004 - 08:31 PM
A telephone call to Crime Stoppers yesterday resulted in the seizure of high grade cocaine in Tobago valued at over TT$13 million, making it one of the largest narcotics hauls on the island to date...
News Source: Trinidad Express
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News: Canada holds former Haitian security boss
Friday, March 12, 2004 - 03:47 PM
Canada Friday held Haiti's former national security chief on suspicion of committing crimes against humanity, the Toronto Sun reported...
News Source: Washington Times
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News: Grants Pen man held with gun, ammo
Friday, March 12, 2004 - 12:52 PM
A man was yesterday arrested following the seizure of a .44 Magnum revolver, loaded with three rounds, in the volatile Grants Pen community in Kingston. Twenty-eight AK 47 rounds of ammunition were also taken from him, the police said...
News Source: Jamaica Observer
News: Aristide coming to Jamaica
Friday, March 12, 2004 - 12:43 PM
Overthrown Haitian president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, will come to Jamaica next week for a stay of up to 10 weeks, but the Opposition last night branded the government's decision to welcome Aristide as "unwise" and said that he should be allowed to stay for no more than three weeks...
News Source: Jamaica Observer
News: Gunfire at Haiti Protest as Weapons Hunt Starts
Thursday, March 11, 2004 - 09:38 PM
Gunfire broke out in Port-au-Prince on Thursday after police broke up a demonstration by supporters of Haiti's ousted president, while U.S. Marines leading an international peace force in the revolt-torn country began hunting for illegal weapons...
News Source: Reuters
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News: Alleged drug barons supporters protest outside court
Thursday, March 11, 2004 - 07:26 PM
A small group of placard-bearing protestors turned up outside the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday, in support of two alleged drug kingpins whom, the group said, are a major source of employment...
News Source: Jamaica Observer
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News: Two found guilty of Burrell son's murder
Thursday, March 11, 2004 - 07:22 AM
Two men are to be sentenced today for the 1999 shooting deaths of the sons of Jamaica's ex-football boss, Captain Horace Burrell, and a former deputy chief of police, Noel Eldrige...
News Source: Jamaica Observer
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News: No bail for Olive
Thursday, March 11, 2004 - 07:09 AM
Shades of the Jamaat al Muslimeen's previous attempt to overthrow the Government and questions over why powerful guns were being brought into the country figured in court yesterday during the bail hearing of a key member of the organisation wanted by the United States Government on weapons charges...
News Source: Trinidad Express
