February 2, 2012
DFID’s Minister of State Alan Duncan issues a Written Ministerial Statement to the UK Parliament on the milestones
The Minister of State for the Department for International Development (DFID), Mr. Alan Duncan yesterday Monday, 30th January 2012, issued a Written Ministerial Statement (WMS) to the UK Parliament. The WMS informed Parliament on the progress made…
February 2, 2012
Businessman Charlie Palmer dismisses rumors that he threw Lands Survey staff out of his building
Businessman Charlie Palmer dismisses rumors that he threw Lands Survey staff out of his building today. A source told RTC News today that the doors to the Lands and Survey department were locked today so that staff of that department was unable to…
February 2, 2012
Philippine military ‘kills three wanted militants’
The Philippine military says it has killed three senior militants from al-Qaeda-linked groups in a raid in the south of the country. The air raid took place on Thursday in an area known as a militant stronghold. Officials said two Jemaah Islamiyah…
February 2, 2012
French Prosecutors to Investigate Italian Cruise Ship Disaster
French prosecutors have launched an investigation into the cause of last month's Costa Concordia cruise ship grounding off the coast of Italy. The Paris prosecutors's office said Thursday that it has asked police to question French survivors to…
February 2, 2012
US Groundhog Predicts Six More Weeks of Winter
Winter is here to stay for at least for six more weeks, according to a furry little resident of a small town called Punxsutawney in Pennsylvania. A groundhog dubbed Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his cozy tree stump home early Thursday, as he…
February 2, 2012
Afghan Roadmap Stands Despite US, French Announcements
NATO Secretary General Anders-Fogh Rasmussen says the coalition's timeline for the security transition in Afghanistan still stands, despite recent announcements from the United States and France. U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and French…
February 2, 2012
Hundreds Rescued from Papua New Guinea Ferry Disaster
Scores of passengers are still missing after a ferry sank early Thursday off the northern coast of Papua New Guinea. Nerae Marimahu, a spokeswoman with the Pacific nation's National Maritime Safety Authority in Port Moresby, told VOA the MV Rabaul…
January 31, 2012
British lord ‘concealed link’ to bankrupt Turks and Caicos firm
British peer Lord Ashcroft concealed his involvement in a Turks and Caicos Islands construction company that went into receivership with debts of around US$30 million, Panorama, a BBC television programme, has alleged. The programme alleges that…
January 31, 2012
Mexican diplomat freed after abduction in Caracas
A Mexican diplomat in Venezuela says the country's ambassador has been freed by captors hours after he and his wife were kidnapped. Mexican Embassy spokesman Fernando Gondinez told the Venezuelan news website Noticias 24 that Ambassador Carlos…
January 31, 2012
World Bank country director meets with Jamaican PM tomorrow
WORLD Bank country director for the Caribbean region, Francoise Clottes, is expected to arrive in Jamaica tomorrow for a series of meetings with government and private sector officials. She is scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Portia Simpson…