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TRINIDAD-CRIME-Police confirm body of abducted soldier found in Laventille
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Jun 22, CMC – Police Friday confirmed that the body of Corporal Nigel Sinaswee of the Trinidad and Tobago Regiment had been discovered in the volatile Laventille area along the east-west corridor, less than 48 hours after he was abducted in the presence of his wife on Wednesday. ... Full story
CRICKET-ENG/WIS-UPDATE 1 Final ODI abandoned due to rain
LEEDS, England, Jun 22, CMC – Rain has forced the abandonment of the third and final One-Day International between England and West Indies at Headingley here Friday. ... Full story
Final ODI abandoned due to rain
LEEDS, England, CMC – Rain has forced the abandonment of the third and final One-Day International between England and West Indies at Headingley here Friday. ... Full story
TRINIDAD-ABU BAKR-Journalist quizzed as defence contends sedition charges ‘political’
PORT OF SPAIN, June 22, CMC – The defence in the sedition trial of the radical Islamic cleric Yasin Abu Bakr contended on Thursday that the seven-year-old sedition charges he faces were politically motivated because of animosity between the leader of the Jamaat al Muslimeen and then Prime Minister Patrick Manning. ... Full story
Abu Bakr Trial: Journalist quizzed, defence contends ‘political motivation’
PORT OF SPAIN, June 22, CMC – The defence in the sedition trial of the radical Islamic cleric Yasin Abu Bakr contended on Thursday that the seven-year-old sedition charges he faces were politically motivated because of animosity between the leader of the Jamaat al Muslimeen and then Prime Minister Patrick Manning. ... Full story
STORMWATCH-Western Caribbean disturbance ‘could become Tropical Storm Debby’
MIAMI, June 22, CMC – Hurricane forecasters here said Friday a disturbance in the Caribbean Sea now has a 70 per cent chance of developing into a tropical cyclone. ... Full story
GUYANA-DEVELOPMENT-IDB funding to improve main roads, reduce accidents and deaths
GEORGETOWN, June 22, CMC – In a bid to ease traffic congestion and stem the carnage in frequent traffic accidents in the Caribbean Community’s largest nation, the Inter-American Development Bank is finance a comprehensive, 66-million-US-dollar project to improve Guyana’s main road network of nearly 4,000 kilometres (2,485 miles). ... Full story
BERMUDA-ECONOMY-Sales dip is blow to retailers
HAMILTON, Bermuda, June 22, CMC – Retail sales fell in April, Bermuda’s Department of Statistics has said, dashing retailers' hopes of a recovery as a four-year-long recession digs in. ... Full story
BELIZE-ELECTRICITY-Nation emerges from overnight blackout
BELIZE CITY, June 22, CMC – Belize was plunged into darkness on Thursday night and into early Friday morning when its power supply from Mexico was lost, which the government-owned electricity provider blamed on a faulty power line from its northern neighbour, Mexico. ... Full story
BERMUDA-COURT-Jamaican loses Appeal Court fight to stay in Bermuda
HAMILTON, Bermuda, June 22, CMC – A Jamaican father of seven, a convicted drug dealer, has lost a Court of Appeal bid to remain in the island and now faces deportation back to his Caribbean homeland. ... Full story
