February 15, 2011
Nokia to get billions from Microsoft
Nokia, the world’s largest maker of phones, and Microsoft announced their alliance Friday. Both investors and employees reacted with dismay: Nokia’s stock dived 14 per cent and Finnish employees used flex time to go home early. On Sunday, a day…
February 15, 2011
Oil falls as US supplies outweigh Mideast tensions
The price of benchmark crude fell to its lowest level in 12 weeks yesterday as oil traders weighed growing US oil supplies against unrest in the Middle East. West Texas Intermediate crude fell 77 cents to settle at US$84.81 on the New York…
February 15, 2011
Obama’s wackiest budget cuts
The funding grants nobody wants. The "mobile" policing unit that doesn't get around much. How about the big fancy telescope that has been mismanaged? President Obama's 2012 proposal lists more than 200 programs that he wants to cancel or cut, for…
February 15, 2011
Grenada will soon adopt CCJ, says PM
Grenada Prime Minister Tillman Thomas, having criticised the Jamaica government for…
February 15, 2011
Dominica PM says he will not call early elections
Dominica's Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skeritt has dispelled rumours that he will call early elections. He told members of the annual delegates conference of the ruling Dominica Labour Party (DLP) that he has no intention of calling early elections…
February 15, 2011
Campaign in full swing for opposition presidential candidate in Guyana
The campaign is in full swing for the presidential candidate for the main opposition People's National Congress Reform (PNCR) in Guyana. Five candidates, including two former ministers of government, are vying for the top post. They are: former…
February 15, 2011
Trinidad government accepts results of critical opinion polls
The Trinidad and Tobago government said it has accepted the results of recent opinion polls, which showed that people are disappointed with its performance, as a wakeup call for them to improve. NACTA released findings of a poll conducted by…
February 12, 2011
CARICOM security agency launches weapons initiative
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS) has…
February 12, 2011
Cruise ship passenger arrested in USVI for selling drugs on board ship
During a random inspection of passengers on board the cruise ship “Allure of the Seas” on Wednesday, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in the US Virgin Islands arrested a passenger who was selling narcotics to fellow passengers from…
February 12, 2011
Barbados signs US$40 million loan for energy and coastal protection
The Barbados government has signed a US$40 million loan agreement with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), to kick-start the island's energy conservation and coastal zone management initiatives. This signing ceremony between Prime…