Month: May 2011

May 9, 2011

Caricom looks at land management issues

PROPER land management should be implemented to protect the Caricom’s limited land resources,…

May 9, 2011

Grenada minister calls for high level regional air safety

Caribbean civil aviation officials are being encouraged to maintain a high level of air safety and security. Doing so is in the interest of citizens and visitors to the region, Grenada’s Tourism and Civil Aviation Minister told a meeting in St…

May 9, 2011

No decision yet by Jamaican government on Digicel/Claro deal

Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunication and Special Projects, Daryl Vaz, said the Jamaican government has not yet made a decision on the proposed deal between Digicel and Claro Jamaica. “There have been a number of…

May 9, 2011

Obama: Raid Was ‘Longest 40 Minutes’

U.S. President Barack Obama says he ordered the raid against al-Qaida leader Osama bin…

May 9, 2011

Afghan, NATO Troops Try to Eliminate Taliban Holdouts in Kandahar City

Afghan officials say government troops backed by NATO forces are close to eliminating a cell of Taliban fighters who launched attacks on government buildings in the southern city of Kandahar on Saturday. Occasional gunfire erupted in Kandahar…

May 9, 2011

Syrian Forces Raid More Cities: Rights Groups

Syrian rights groups say security forces have stormed at least three more cities, detaining more than 200 people in the coastal city of Banias and killing a young boy in the central city of Homs. The detentions in Banias, including the arrest of a…

May 9, 2011

Tropical Storm Slams Eastern Philippines

Tropical storm Aere slammed into the eastern Philippines early Sunday, bringing torrential rains and landslides that have killed at least nine people and forced thousands of others to flee their homes. The Philippines' state weather bureau ,…

May 7, 2011

US Adds More Jobs Than Expected

President Barack Obama says the U.S. economy is recovering, after the nation added more jobs than…

May 7, 2011

US Stocks Close Higher

U.S. stock indexes advanced on Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose four-tenths of a percent to close at 12,639. The S&P 500 moved up four-tenths of a percent to end at 1,340 while the NASDAQ jumped nearly half a percent to 2,828.…

May 7, 2011

Obama Salutes Troops From bin Laden Operation

President Barack Obama has met behind closed doors with some of the secret special operations…