May 17, 2012
POLICE RECORDS INCREASE
FEES for obtaining police records and certificates of character are set to rise. RTCI Police will raise the cost of the service from $5 to $10 from June 1. The move comes as part of an efficiency drive within the force, being overseen by new…
May 17, 2012
Digicel, International Banking Group and Enid Capron Primary School Partner to Clean Up Five Cays.
The settlement of Five Cays is shining a little brighter thanks to Digicel, International Banking Group (IBG) and the Enid Capron Primary School who teamed up on May 5th to give the community an extra shine shortly after Earth Day. The cleanup…
May 16, 2012
Thirteen to compete at Shanghai Meet
Thirteen Jamaicans, including former 100-metre world record holder Asafa Powell, are listed on the provisional entry list to compete at Shanghai Diamond League meet on Saturday. Powell will be trying to return to winning ways after losing the…
May 16, 2012
Panday to know fate tomorrow on his UK bank account charges
Former prime minister Basdeo Panday is expected to know his fate tomorrow after a second trial into charges of failing to declare a London bank account. Magistrate Marcia Murray is expected to deliver her decision when the matter resumes at 10…
May 16, 2012
Caribbean islands fingered in Croatian drug ring.
Nine Croatians, one Serb and a Columbian have been arrested in police raids on Martinique and in the Dominican Republic as the net closed on an international drug ring last week. The major bust took place on Martinique where the drugs were hidden…
May 16, 2012
Seismic centre repeats warning of major earthquake
The magnitude 4.0 earthquake recorded off the coast of Antigua last Friday (May 11) is a warning that the Caribbean should prepare for a much more severe earthquake to come. This warning has again been sounded by the Seismic Research Unit in…
May 16, 2012
Montserrat cops under review.
The Royal Montserrat Police Service (RMPS) is currently undergoing a review by a three-man team led by Britain’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) law enforcement advisor Larry Covington. Governor Adrian Davis, with the approval of the…
May 16, 2012
Strauss-Kahn Countersues New York Hotel Maid
Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is countersuing the New York hotel maid who accused him of sexually assaulting her. His $1 million lawsuit says the maid, Guinea native Nafissatou Diallo, cost him not only his IMF…
May 16, 2012
Hollande and Merkel hold euro talks in Berlin
Newly inaugurated French President Francois Hollande has pledged to work with Germany to resolve the EU's economic crisis. He was speaking in Berlin following talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, hours after being sworn in. Both leaders said…
May 16, 2012
Ratko Mladic goes on trial over Bosnia ‘war crimes’
Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic is set to go on trial on 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including genocide. He is the last of the main protagonists in the Balkan wars of the 1990s to face an international trial in…