December 2, 2011
Guyana governing party’s Donald Ramotar wins election
The electoral commission in Guyana says Donald Ramotar of the People's Progressive Party (PPP/C) has won Monday's presidential election. It is the fifth straight win for the party, which is mainly backed by Guyana's ethnic-Indian community. The…
December 2, 2011
LIME ‘CLOUD’ GIVES MORE TO BUSINESS CUSTOMERS IN THE REGION
Telecoms Company LIME announced that it will be expanding its suite of LIME Cloud services across its 13 markets in the region starting immediately. The LIME Cloud, which is part of its Managed Services solutions, will be upgraded to include…
December 2, 2011
Fifth man charged in $65 million security heist
A fifth man is to be charged jointly with the four already held in connection with the robbery of $65 million from a team of security guards in February. The case was set for trial today in the Gun Court but was put off to allow the crown to add…
December 2, 2011
Vybz Kartel gets bail
Controversial dancehall artiste, Vybz Kartel, was granted $3 million bail today with relation to one of the murder charges against him. Bail was offered by Supreme Court judge, Justice Bertram Morrison in relation to the case involving the murder…
December 2, 2011
Katy Perry laughs off divorce rumors
Katy Perry's life is becoming a soap opera. At least, that's how the pop star sees it, given all the rumors surrounding her in recent days. First, there was speculation that she was expecting, which she colorfully denied. Now, there have been rumors…
December 2, 2011
41,000 added to voters’ list in Jamaica
THE names of 41,607 eligible electors have been added to the new voters’ list published by the Electoral Commission of Jamaica yesterday. At the same time, the names of 5,636 electors confirmed as dead have been deleted. This now brings to…
December 2, 2011
Cops want ‘Gaza Slim’
THE police have listed Vanessa Saddler o/c ‘Vanessa Bling’ and ‘Gaza Slim’ as a person of interest. Detectives say several attempts have been made to contact Saddler but to date they have been unable to locate her. ‘Gaza Slim’ is asked to report to…
December 2, 2011
TCIG Statement re Meetings with CSA
In the ongoing negotiations between the CSA and the Interim Government, RTC News has received the following release: “Our negotiating team intends to meet with the Civil Service Association on Thursday 1st December to continue discussions on the…
December 2, 2011
Getting to Zero in the TCI
A target of zero tolerance for stigma and discrimination as the TCI joins the rest of the world in remembering those who died from and those living with HIV/AIDS on World AIDS Day, December 1st 2011. The international theme for this year’s…
December 1, 2011
Adele all the rage at Grammy nominations
Even though Kanye West walked off with the most Grammy nominations Wednesday night, the chatter…