Month: April 2011

April 20, 2011

British Insurance broker wants closer look at vehicles on Provo Roads

Ian Belsman, a leading share holder of a British based Insurance company, after a two week…

April 20, 2011

Royal honeymoon in TCI?

  The Turks and Caicos could soon be in the news again for all the right reasons if according to bookmakers and travel experts the new Royal couple chooses the TCI as their honeymoon destination. Odds compilers have TCI installed as second favorites…

April 20, 2011

US Announces New Terror Threat Advisory System

The United States is replacing its color-coded terror threat alerts with a new advisory system that will inform the public about specific threats. U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced the National Terrorism Advisory System…

April 20, 2011

World Bank, IMF say Caribbean needs help in reaching MDG targets

The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) say while two-thirds of developing…

April 20, 2011

Citigroup’s profit plunges 32 per cent

Citigroup Inc’s first-quarter profit fell 32 per cent as shrinking loans and poor trading results pressured revenue while expenses surged. The results highlighted how the third-largest US bank, which teetered on the brink of collapse in the…

April 20, 2011

TT PM wants audit of regional security agency

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says she intends bringing allegations of corruption at the Trinidad-based Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Imple-mentation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS) to regional leaders after a newspaper published…

April 20, 2011

Stocks sink after S&P issues warning on US debt

A warning from Standard & Poor's (S&P) that the agency might lower its rating on US government debt sent stocks on their steepest slide in a month yesterday. S&P said there is a 33 per cent chance it would lower the country's credit rating from…

April 20, 2011

Martelly heads to the US

Haiti –President–elect Michel Martelly is scheduled to leave here…

April 20, 2011

Cuba Lifts Ban on Private Property Transactions

The ruling Communist Party of Cuba Monday lifted a decades-old ban on private property transactions such as buying and selling of houses and cars at its ongoing Sixth Congress. The move met one of the main demands made by the public during the…

April 20, 2011

AG on UFF probe: $5m paid to ‘PNM family

Close to $5 million of taxpayers’ money was paid by the Government in legal fees to people representing the State in the UFF Commission of Enquiry who were “no strangers to the PNM” and who were “part of the family, Attorney General Anand…