Month: June 2011

June 3, 2011

Top US Lawmakers: US Will Not Default on Debt

Senior U.S. lawmakers say Republicans and Democrats will eventually reach a deal to raise the country's $14 trillion debt limit. The number two Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives, Steny Hoyer , says financial markets should know that…

June 3, 2011

WHO: Unknown E. Coli Variant Has Killed 18

The World Health Organization says a deadly outbreak of E. coli bacteria that has killed 18 people in Europe is a unique strain that has never been found in infected patients before. The United Nations agency said Thursday that preliminary genetic…

June 3, 2011

Cholera surges again in parts of Haitian capital

An international aid group says clinics in one section of the…

June 3, 2011

Anguilla – independence within CARICOM dimmed?

The Chief Minister of Anguilla, Hubert Hughes, has repeated a call for his small Caribbean island of 90 sq km and 13,600 people to become independent from Britain whose colony it has been since 1650.  He is doing so in the worst of economic times…

June 3, 2011

One Caribbean for high level talks on AIDS

Caribbean delegations have agreed on a common position for the UN General Assembly High Level Meeting (HLM) on AIDS taking place in New York from June 8-10.  They will act as a united force on issues such as priorities, financial sustainability,…

June 3, 2011

Bajan faces fraud charges in US

A Barbadian immigrant faces more than two dozen charges of defrauding the U.S. government of at least US$10 million by filing hundreds of false tax returns, U.S. prosecutors said late yesterday. The U.S. Attorney’s office has alleged that…

June 3, 2011

Clash over LIAT cuts

More than 70 jobs across the LIAT network have been made redundant, a move that may stall this weekend’s talks between unions and the airline’s management. But union leaders could not say today whether the job cuts would trigger industrial…

June 3, 2011

Restoring financial stability to the Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands

  The Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands is in…

June 3, 2011

PDM Calls for Public Pre-London Constitutional Talks with delegation

The Leader of the Peoples Democratic Movement, Douglas Parnell, has…

June 3, 2011

Home Affairs ready for hurricane season

The 1st of June every year signals the official commencement of the Atlantic Hurricane Season and as we are all well aware, the Atlantic Hurricane Season runs from 1st June through to 30th November. The Ministry of Home Affairs and Public Safety is…