October 29, 2011
WTO rejects key EU anti-dumping measures on Chinese footwear
The Dispute Settlement Body of the World Trade Organization issued a panel report on Friday, rejecting certain key anti-dumping measures of the European Union (EU) imposed on footwear imports from China. In particular, the report found Article…
October 29, 2011
David Cameron human rights plea at Commonwealth meeting
David Cameron has pressed for progress on a range of human rights issues during the Commonwealth summit. Mr Cameron told the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Chogm) in Australia that to stay relevant it must work harder to uphold basic…
October 29, 2011
Labour row grounds Qantas flights
The Australian airline Qantas is grounding all international and domestic flights with immediate effect due to an industrial dispute. A statement said all employees involved in industrial action would be locked out from Monday evening and flights…
October 27, 2011
US and OECS establish diplomatic relations
The USA and the OECS established relations at the diplomatic level on Tuesday October 25th 2011. OECS Director General Dr. Len Ishmael accepted Letters of Introduction from the United States Envoy to the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States,…
October 27, 2011
Bahamas and Caribbean slowly recovering, says IMF
The Caribbean region, including The Bahamas, is slowly recovering from the global economic crisis…
October 27, 2011
Hurricane Rina now moving northwestward
At 7:00 pm EDT on Wednesday, satellite images and radar data from Belize indicated that the centre of hurricane Rina was located about 150 miles south-southeast of Cozumel, Mexico, and about 140 miles east of Chetumal, Mexico. According to the…
October 27, 2011
Protesters chained in ‘Occupy Half-Way-Tree’ in Jamaica
A small group of Jamaicans, led by Children’s Advocate Betty-Ann Blaine, this morning chained themselves to the median near the clock in Half-Way-Tree square in a protest against “inequities and injustices in the Jamaican society”. Taking their…
October 27, 2011
Shell and Exxon see profits up sharply on oil prices
Higher gas and oil prices have pushed up profits at ExxonMobil and Royal Dutch Shell during the three months to the end of September. Current cost of supply net income at Shell doubled to $7.2bn (£4.5bn), compared with $3.5bn during the same period…
October 27, 2011
Conrad Murray Tears Up during Testimony of Former Patients
Patients of Michael Jackson’s doctor described the physician on Wednesday as generous and kind as the defense sought to humanize the man charged in the singer’s 2009 death. Dr. Conrad Murray has admitted giving Jackson the anesthetic propofol —…
October 27, 2011
Mavado, Rihanna, Vybz Kartel Nominated For Soul Train Award
Dancehall heavy weights Mavado and Vybz Kartel received a nod for this year’s Soul Train award. The Soul Train awards recently announced that they will discontinue the reggae category and make way for a new category called Best Caribbean…