February 14, 2014
Rowley awarded substantial damages by Trinidad High Court
The High Court Wednesday awarded Opposition Leader Dr. Keith Rowley TT$475,000 (One TT dollar = US$0.16 cents) in damages following remarks made by a former senator five years ago about a controversial land development project. Former independent…
February 14, 2014
Haiti to register overseas nationals
Haiti is launching a programme to register its migrants who live without documentation abroad, including in the Dominican Republic, where thousands of people of Haitian origin are in danger of being left stateless by a court ruling. Government…
February 14, 2014
Grenada to sign IMF letter of intent by month end
Economic Affairs Minister Oliver Joseph says the Grenada government will sign the Letter of Intent to implement the International Monetary Fund (IMF) backed home grown structural adjustment programme by the end of February even if trade unions fail…
February 14, 2014
CARICOM concerned over Guyana’s failure to approve anti-money laundering legislation
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat Tuesday said it was “deeply concerned” at the failure of Guyana to approve the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Act (AML/CFT). In a statement, the Guyana-based CARICOM…
February 14, 2014
Caribbean faces threat of biggest tsunami ever recorded
The Caribbean could be at risk from a mega-tsunami that scientists warn could devastate coastlines from Florida to Brazil following a volcanic eruption in the Canary Islands. The monster wave generated by part of a mountain collapsing into the sea…
February 11, 2014
PM calls on students to read more
Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit, who is a former teacher, has called on Dominican students to read more and learn how to differentiate between news and gossip. Mr Skerrit, in admonishing students gathered at the Public Library for the opening of…
February 11, 2014
Small Earthquake Shakes Puerto Rico
A small earthquake caused shaking in parts of Puerto Rico on Tuesday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The 2.5-magnitude quake, which struck at around 5:19 AM, led to light shaking in western and northern Puerto Rico. It occurred…
February 11, 2014
Jamaicans Killed In Cayman Murder-Suicide
The media in the Cayman Islands are reporting an alleged murder-suicide yesterday morning involving two Jamaicans. According to the Cayman News Service, the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service identified the deceased as 21-year-old Nichelle Anna-Kay…
February 11, 2014
Hundreds of workers picket offices in Dominican Republic
Hundreds of workers protested Monday morning in front of the headquarters of the country’s major business organization (CONEP), against an announced amendment to the labor code. The workers grouped in the national unions CENUS, CASC and the CNTD…
February 11, 2014
The Cuban embargo emerges as a political issue in Florida
Florida Gov. Rick Scott took issue Monday with Democratic gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist’s view that the U.S. embargo has outlived its usefulness, saying keeping it in place is “standing up” for the Cuban people. Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera…