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November 2, 2011

PM calls for a set term for the post of Secretary General of CARICOM

Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit is calling for a set term for the position of Secretary General of CARICOM. PM Skerrit who is also the former chairman of CARICOM made these remarks while addressing the 1st David Thompson Memorial Lecture last…

November 1, 2011

Peru, China enjoy stronger trade ties

Trade relations between Peru and China saw continuous strengthening in the past years, as…

November 1, 2011

Jury returned a special verdict against Randy Harvey

On Friday 28th October 2011 in the Supreme Court in Providenciales…

November 1, 2011

Walk with me Portia

PRIME Minister Andrew Holness has made good on his inauguration day promise to invite the…

November 1, 2011

Guyana, Suriname yet to complete 2010 census

Guyana and Suriname are the only two countries of the Caricom group left to conduct their censuses for the 2010 round. Both are targeting mid-next year as the execution deadline.  This disclosure was made by Chief Statistician,  Lennox Benjamin,…

November 1, 2011

$1 billion disappears into Cayman Islands obscurity

Japanese camera maker Olympus Corp. paid a group of obscure Cayman Islands-based companies almost $1 billion it spent on three start-up firms, according to internal documents and Cayman Islands records, the Wall Street Journal reported. Three of…

November 1, 2011

Commonwealth leaders release Eminent Persons Group report

On Sunday, Commonwealth leaders released the report of the Eminent Persons Group that had given rise to some controversy earlier this month over the decision not to make the report public in advance of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting…

November 1, 2011

$700,000 in ganja, shotgun seized at makeshift camp

A police exercise in San Juan on Sunday has resulted in the seizure of more than $700,000 in narcotics and a homemade shotgun. Police said the drugs were discovered off Bagatelle Extension Road, San Juan, at a makeshift camp s et up by marijuana…

November 1, 2011

Roger Federer beats Potito Starace in Swiss Indoors first round

Roger Federer beat Italian Potito Starace in the first round of his hometown Swiss Indoors event in Basle.

November 1, 2011

Melbourne Cup: Dunaden beats Red Cadeaux in thrilling finish

French raider Dunaden denied Britain a first Melbourne Cup victory by beating the Ed Dunlop-trained Red Cadeaux in a photo finish at Flemington. The five-year-old, saddled by Mikel Delzangles and ridden by Christophe Lemaire, got home by a nose…