October 20, 2014
IBM pays $1.5bn to offload chip unit as profit falls
IBM is to pay $1.5bn (£930m) in cash to offload its loss-making chip manufacturing division to Abu Dhabi owned GlobalFoundries. IBM, which wanted to avoid the cost of upgrading the unit's technology, said it would now focus on cloud computing,…
October 20, 2014
Reggae legend John Holt dies at 67
Reggae vocalist John Holt, who sang the original version of Blondie's hit The Tide is High, has died aged 67. His manager Copeland Forbes told the Jamaica Observer he died in a London hospital on Sunday. The cause of death has yet to be confirmed.…
October 20, 2014
Martina Navratilova slams ITF ‘silence’ over Williams sisters
Martina Navratilova has criticised the "silence" of the International Tennis Federation after comments from one of its members about the Williams sisters. Russian Tennis Federation president Shamil Tarpischev described world number one Serena…
October 20, 2014
Turkey Allows Iraqi Kurds to Join Fight
In a reversal of policy, Turkey said Monday it allow Iraqi Kurds to use Turkish territory to support the besieged Syrian Kurdish city of Kobani. The announcement comes after U.S. forces air-dropped military supplies into the city currently under…
October 20, 2014
Cease-fire Falling Apart
The cease-fire deal announced by the Nigerian government on Friday appears to be unraveling as fresh clashes between soldiers and Boko Haram militants are reported in the northeastern town of Damboa. The news comes as the government prepares for…
October 20, 2014
Nigeria and Boko Haram ‘agree ceasefire and girls’ release’
Nigeria's military says it has agreed a ceasefire with Islamist militants Boko Haram - and that the schoolgirls the group has abducted will be released. Nigeria's chief of defence staff, Alex Badeh, announced the truce. Boko Haram has not made a…
October 20, 2014
New Turkish Ambassador to CARICOM
Sulé Oztunç has officially been accredited as Turkey’s Ambassador to CARICOM. The move is part of what seems to be a larger push by Turkey to deepen its ties with the Caribbean region.Accepting Oztunc’s credentials this week, CARICOM Secretary…
October 20, 2014
Region Now Has a Common Fisheries Policy
The Caribbean Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) adopted a regional policy on fisheries to improve sustainable use and management of the region’s aquaculture and fisheries resources, at its meeting in Paramaribo, Suriname on October…
October 20, 2014
Nassau Grouper considered by US as threatened species
The Ministerial Council of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) has raised concerns over the recent decision by the US government to pursue the listing of the Nassau Grouper, a commercially traded species in the region, under the US…
October 20, 2014
A year of warm welcomes..says TCI Governor
His Excellency the Governor, Peter Beckingham has dubbed his latest blog, a year of warm welcomes. He said it hardly seems possible that a year ago this October, that he and his wife Jill flew into Provo airport, took a connecting flight to Grand…