Month: December 2010

December 24, 2010

Spider-Man’ musical returns with new safety measures

The Broadway musical "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" returned Thursday night after a string of stunt mishaps and a serious injury to one of the actors. "It was like nothing you've ever seen in a Broadway show before," said Rick Mars, who watched…

December 24, 2010

Officials: 45 people lynched in Haiti amid cholera fears

At least 45 people, most of them voodoo priests, have been lynched in Haiti…

December 24, 2010

Controversial activists arrested in Guyana

Two controversial Guyanese, Mark Benschop, a social and political activist and Freddie Kissoon, a university lecturer and columnist of the Kaiteur News newspaper, who were arrested for two minor offences and were locked up for two nights, went on…

December 24, 2010

Trinidad public servants threaten to shut down country on January 4

President of the Trinidad and Tobago Public Service Association (PSA) Watson Duke has declared an intensified war on the government in the New Year. He said he had asked public servants to stop working on January 4 and he was calling for a…

December 24, 2010

Jamaica could ditch both Privy Council and CCJ

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has suggested the possibility of Jamaica establishing its own final Court of Appeal…

December 24, 2010

US man sentenced to nearly 20 years for sex abuse in Haiti

It's a story filled with chapters on hope, dark desires, courage and persistence. On Tuesday, US District Judge Janet Bond Arterton wrote another one -- on justice -- sentencing Douglas Perlitz, the humanitarian-turned-sex predator, to 19 years…

December 24, 2010

A Holiday Message from Clayton Greene, The Leader of The PNP, Turks & Caicos

With Christmas just a day away, Leader of the Progressive National Party Clayton Green…

December 24, 2010

Confusion reigns in Turks and Caicos as holidays loom

Turks and Caicos Islands -- As the British Interim Government in the Turks and Caicos Islands moves on a number of issues, members of the Progressive National Party (PNP) are voicing their discontent. The early retirement of Police Commissioner…

December 24, 2010

New technology to provide medical services to family islands

Cutting edge technology will provide “virtual check ups” to people on the family islands, allowing people to consult a specialist doctor without making the trip to Provo or Grand Turk, thanks to a new Telemedicine scheme provided by the TCIG…

December 24, 2010

April trial for accused Jamaican Ponzi schemer David A. Smith.

A Florida judge has ordered an April trial for accused Jamaican Ponzi schemer and former head of OLINT, David A. Smith. Judge Mary Scriven this week ruled that Smith`s trial will commence sometime after April 4th. The government and Smith`s…