Month: April 2011

April 5, 2011

Anguilla to seek independence

Anguilla Chief Minister Hubert Hughes said that Britain's approval of his December 2010 budget is a little too late and signalled his intention to seek independence for the British Overseas Territory. "We lost out on so much revenue, we have lost…

April 5, 2011

Guyana ruling party selects presidential candidate

As expected, the general secretary of Guyana’s ruling People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC), Donald Ramotar, has been elected as the party's presidential candidate, but what came as surprise at Monday's meeting was that he was unopposed. The…

April 5, 2011

Trinidad PM has busy week ahead in Washington

Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar is now in Washington. She will spend the next five days holding a series of meetings and addressing organisations. On Sunday night she dined with President Barack Obama and Mrs Obama. She…

April 5, 2011

Ivory Coast: Presidential residence ‘taken’ in Abidjan

Fighting in Ivory Coast's main city, Abidjan, has taken a new turn with reports that entrenched…

April 5, 2011

Japan earthquake: Radiation tests in Fukushima schools

Officials in the Fukushima region of Japan have started an emergency programme to measure radiation levels in school playgrounds. More than 1,400 schools and nurseries will be tested over two days amid anxiety among parents over leaks at the…

April 5, 2011

Italy Recognizes Libyan Rebel Council

Italy has become the third nation to declare the Libyan rebel interim council as the only legitimate government in the North African country, dealing a blow to separate diplomatic efforts by Moammar Gadhafi's government, as well as by two of his…

April 5, 2011

More corpses located on NY beach

Investigators have found three more sets of human remains on a beach near New York City, bringing to eight the number of corpses found there. Police in Suffolk County, New York suspect a serial killer. Four dead prostitutes were found nearby in…

April 5, 2011

H.E Governor Wetherell responds to No Budget Debate

Minutes after receving the Consulative Forums email today from Lilian Missick, H.E Governor Gordon Wetherell responded by saying:

April 5, 2011

Chair of the Consultative Forum cancels Budgetdebate for 2011/12

With just a day before the budget debate scheduled for Tuesday morning, RTC News received an email from the Consulative Forum Chair on the cancellation of the annual meeting. In Miss Lillian Missick letter she states the following reasons: During…

April 5, 2011

Polluters shall pay…..

The Department of Environment and Coastal Resources (DECR) has said its courtroom victory last week against the TCI Fuel Giant Sun Oil Limited, previously known as Shell Bahamas, signals its strong commitment to prosecuting big businesses for…