Month: November 2011

November 9, 2011

Cain Again Denies Sexual Harassment Accusations

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain has again denied allegations of sexual harassment and says they will not force him to drop his bid for his party's nomination. During a news conference Tuesday in Scottsdale, Arizona, the…

November 9, 2011

Large Asteroid Passes Close to Earth

An asteroid the size of an aircraft carrier has flown by Earth in the closest encounter by a massive space rock in more than 30 years. The asteroid, named 2005 YU55, came within about 325,000 kilometers of the planet Tuesday evening . The U.S.…

November 9, 2011

New Greek coalition ‘to be announced on Wednesday’

The make-up of Greece's interim government will be announced later on Wednesday, a government official said. The announcement came as talks dragged into a third day without any sign of progress. The official said PM George Papandreou, who has agreed…

November 8, 2011

Filipino workers banned from eleven Caribbean countries including TCI

The government of the Philippines has announced a ban on the deployment of…

November 8, 2011

Chicken from US ‘a threat’

THE CARIBBEAN’S POULTRY industry is under threat from the importation of chicken leg quarters from the United States of America. And the situation is becoming untenable, says Dr Desmond Ali, executive director of the Caribbean Poultry Association…

November 8, 2011

Nicaragua opposition candidate calls Ortega win ‘fraud’

The opposition candidate in Sunday's presidential poll in Nicaragua has rejected the victory of the incumbent President, Daniel Ortega. Fabio Gadea said he could not accept the results presented by the electoral council because "they did not…

November 8, 2011

Colombia mudslide deaths mount

The number of people known to have died in a mudslide in western Colombia has risen to at least 38. Rescuers are continuing to search for more than 20 people believed buried beneath 300 tonnes of earth and mud. Fourteen homes were swept away when a…

November 8, 2011

Extradition squashed

Businessmen Ishwar Galbaransingh and Steve Ferguson yesterday scored a major victory in their battle against extradition to the United States after the order was quashed by a High Court judge. Justice Ronnie Boodoosingh, presiding in the…

November 8, 2011

Rubis secures fuel deal here in the TCI

Rubis will acquire Chevron’s fuel distribution here in the Turks & Caicos  Bahamas as well as in the…

November 8, 2011

Italy borrowing rates hit record

The Italian government's borrowing cost has risen as fears grow over political uncertainty in Rome.