Month: December 2011

December 6, 2011

IDs for new voters tomorrow

VOTER identification cards for the new electors who were added to the November 30 voters list, should be ready for distribution to constituency offices by tomorrow. Public Education Officer at the Electoral Office, Christin Senior, said the…

December 6, 2011

‘Dudus’ sentencing now Jan 17

The sentencing of Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke, the former Tivoli Gardens strongman, has been postponed until January 17, officials close to the case told the Observer. Coke’s sentencing had originally been scheduled for this Thursday, following a…

December 6, 2011

Dominican Republic nationals arrested in major drug haul

Five nationals of the Dominican Republic have been nabbed with around US$6.3 million dollar in drugs near Puerto Rico. The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said the Dominicans were arrested after the vessel on which they were transporting the…

December 6, 2011

St Kitts lawmakers debate OECS Economic Union treaty legislation

Lawmakers will tomorrow begin debating legislation that would give effect to the Revised Treaty of Basseterre, which establishes the OECS Economic Union. This comes almost 18 months after the treaty was signed by OECS states and ratified in…

December 6, 2011

Germany’s Schaeuble welcomes eurozone downgrade threat

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has said Standard &…

December 6, 2011

Gasoline: The new big U.S. export

The United States is awash in gasoline. So much so, in fact, that the country is exporting a record amount of it. The country exported 430,000 more barrels of gasoline a day than it imported in September, according to the U.S. Energy Information…

December 6, 2011

Apple in EU e-book market probe

Apple and five publishers are to be investigated over anti-competitive practice in the e-book market, says the European Union's anti-trust watchdog. As well as the tech giant, the inquiry centres on Hachette Livre, Penguin, Harper Collins, Simon…

December 6, 2011

Chinese bank mulls further financing for Ethiopian development projects

Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on Monday met a senior official of the Export-Import (Exim) Bank of China on ways of further enhancing the bank's financial assistance to development projects in Ethiopia. During a meeting here with Exim Vice…

December 6, 2011

Europe goes back to the drawing board

European leaders will meet this week for yet another summit to discuss ways to save the euro, and this time they are talking about rewriting European Union treaties. The key players -- Germany, France and the European Central Bank -- all broached…

December 6, 2011

Iraqi leader under Saddam Hussein to be executed

Tariq Aziz, who served as Iraq's top diplomat under Saddam Hussein, will be…