June 3, 2013
CAL issues ‘of great concern’
Jamaica’s Prime Minister, Portia Simpson-Miller, has said the relationship between Caribbean Airlines Ltd (CAL) and the carrier it acquired in 2011, Air Jamaica, is a “great cause of concern for the Jamaican people”.Simpson-Miller made the comment…
June 3, 2013
Rowley – Protocol breaches embarrassed us
The Office of the Leader of the Opposition Dr Keith Rowley today issues a statement, claiming that Government had committed a series of embarrassing protocol breaches during the State visit of the President of China Xi Jinping.President Jinping…
June 3, 2013
Media barred from luncheon with Chinese president
Prime Minister Kamla Persad- Bissessar yesterday apologised to members of the local media after reports that they were debarred by officials from the Chinese delegation. She spoke to the media at the Hilton Trinidad and Conference Centre, St Ann’s…
June 3, 2013
Dehui poultry plant fire: Locked exits ‘blocked escape’
A fire at a poultry processing plant in China has killed at least 119 people, officials say. The fire broke out at a slaughterhouse in Dehui in Jilin province early on Monday. Accounts speak of explosions prior to the fire, which caused panic…
June 3, 2013
Turkish PM Blames Protests on Extremists
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused anti-government protesters of walking "arm-in-arm with terrorism," as he blamed "extremist elements" for three days of some of the most violent riots in years. His comments Monday came as the…
June 3, 2013
First UN Arms Trade Treaty Signed
Representatives of more than 60 countries lined up at U.N. headquarters in New York to sign the first international treaty to regulate the $70 billion global conventional arms trade. Argentina was the first to sign the Arms Trade Treaty the…
June 3, 2013
US Tax Agency Spent Heavily on Employee Conferences
The U.S. tax collection agency is facing new controversy with a report saying that it spent lavishly on expensive conferences for its employees. The Internal Revenue Service [IRS], whose policies affect all tax-paying Americans, spent about $50…
June 3, 2013
Heavy Floods Threaten Parts of Central Europe
Parts of Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic are on high flood alert as rising water levels threaten cities and drive thousands from their homes.At least eight people were killed across the region as a result of the floods, including one who…
May 29, 2013
Europe Hands 6 Nations a Deficit Reprieve
Europe is giving six of its financially struggling countries, including the major economies in France and Spain, more time to control the deficit spending of their governments.Austerity - calling for cuts in spending and increased taxes - has been…
May 29, 2013
Biden Presses Brazil on Trade
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is pressing Brazil for closer economic ties with the United States.On the last stop on a six-day swing through Latin America and the Caribbean, Biden on Wednesday encouraged Brazil to make trade easier. Brazil has South…