May 20, 2014
US Coast Guard suspends search for missing British sailors
The United States Coast Guard says it has suspended its active search, pending further developments, for four Britons, whose yacht capsized in the Atlantic Ocean as they made their way back to the United Kingdom from the Caribbean over the weekend.…
May 20, 2014
Dominican Republic on the right path according to poll
Dominican Republic is headed in the right direction, according to 58.3 percent of its citizens, while 39.9% say no way. The results are from a survey of more than 1,200 Dominicansby pollster Asisa Research Group conducted from May 9 to 11 and…
May 20, 2014
Dominican Republic on the right path according to poll
Dominican Republic is headed in the right direction, according to 58.3 percent of its citizens, while 39.9% say no way. The results are from a survey of more than 1,200 Dominicansby pollster Asisa Research Group conducted from May 9 to 11 and…
May 20, 2014
Dunkley to be sworn in as Premier
Premier Craig Cannonier has quit over the political firestorm surrounding the long-running Jetgate row. His deputy, National Security Minister Michael Dunkley, has been named the news Premier, and will be sworn in this morning. Governor George…
May 20, 2014
Attorney banned for two years
Attorney At Law Arlean Beckford has been banned for two years from practising law as a result of what the General Legal Council (GLC) described as "professional misconduct". The GLC, in a newspaper advertisement yesterday, announced that the licence…
May 20, 2014
Cuba mobile email experiment causes chaos
On an island where most people have no Internet access, the arrival of mobile phone email service was embraced with joy. Tens of thousands of Cubans began emailing like crazy in March - for days, until the service started to fail, taking much of…
March 8, 2014
U.S. donates US$1.2M in equipment to protect the environment
The United States Embassy on Thursday donated equipment for the environmental protection program, with financial and technical assistance through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Embassy chief of staff Daniel Foote said the…
March 8, 2014
CARICOM “deeply concerned” over political tensions between Ukraine and Russia
The 15-member regional integration grouping, CARICOM< Wednesday said it was ‘deeply concerned” at the ongoing political developments in Ukraine and called for an end to the tensions to prevent possible bloodshed. “The Caribbean Community…
March 8, 2014
Venezuela expels Panama ambassador over ‘conspiracy’
Venezuela has expelled Panama's ambassador and three other diplomats amid growing tensions over opposition protests. The officials were given 48 hours to leave the country. It comes a day after Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro broke diplomatic…
March 8, 2014
Several Caribbean countries named in US money laundering report
The United States has named several Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries as major money laundering states whose financial institutions engage in currency transactions involving significant amounts of proceeds from international narcotics…