November 10, 2013
Trinidad and Tobago has highest cancer mortality rate in the Caribbean
Trinidad and Tobago is among three countries with the highest cancer mortality rates in the Americas, according to a new report released by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health…
November 10, 2013
Gonsalves ‘absolutely fed up’ of LIAT’s constant woes
St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves says he is ‘absolutely fed up” at the constant industrial action plaguing the regional airline, LIAT. Gonsalves, who is the chairman of the shareholder governments of the financially…
November 10, 2013
First female DDP appointed in Dominica
Former chief magistrate Evelina Baptiste became the first female to assume the position of director of public prosecutions (DPP) in Dominica as of November 1. Baptiste replaced former DPP Gene Pestaina who retired earlier this year and Guyanese…
November 10, 2013
France’s credit rating cut by S&P to AA
Standard and Poor's (S&P) has cut France's credit rating to AA from AA+. The moves comes almost two years after the country lost its top-rated AAA status. S&P said it downgraded France because high unemployment in the country was making it…
November 10, 2013
US job creation stronger in October
The US economy added a better-than-expected 204,000 jobs in October, according to the latest figures from the Labor Department. There had been fears that the 16-day shutdown of government services last month could have hit jobs growth. The monthly…
November 10, 2013
US seeks $864m from Bank of America in mortgage trial
The US government has said it is seeking $864m (£540m) in compensation from Bank of America for losses over home loans sold to it by the bank's Countrywide Financial unit. US attorney Preet Bharara made the request in documents filed late Friday in…
November 10, 2013
Vietnam, China Brace for Typhoon Haiyan
Vietnam and China have rushed to prepare coastal communities for the arrival of a typhoon that devastated parts of the central Philippines. Weather agencies predicted Typhoon Haiyan would make landfall near northern Vietnam's border with China…
November 10, 2013
Digicel invests in Haiti’s leading micro lender
Digicel has invested US$2million in Haiti's largest microfinance institution, Sèvis Finansye Fonkoze, which states that it will use the funds to expand its microcredit and other financial service offerings through its network of 46 full-service…
November 10, 2013
China trade data adds to recovery hopes
China's exports and imports rose in October, the latest in a series of figures indicating a recovery. Exports, a key driver of its growth, rose 5.6% from a year earlier, while imports jumped 7.6%. This follows data released this month which showed…
November 10, 2013
Philippine Typhoon Survivors Search for Food & Water
Survivors of a typhoon that slammed the central Philippines on Friday have become increasingly desperate, looting shops and aid convoys in search of food and water. Authorities said they believe more than 10,000 people were killed on the central…