December 6, 2013
CARICOM developing qualifications framework
A Caribbean Qualifications Framework, with a view to creating a seamless education and training system for CARICOM member states is being developed. That’s according to Dr Ruby Alleyne, the new president of the Caribbean Area Net for Quality…
December 6, 2013
High prevalence of adolescent pregnancy in the Caribbean
Reluctance to fully implement the health and family life education (HFLE) programmes in Caribbean schools have been identified as major factors contributing to the high prevalence of adolescent pregnancy in the Caribbean, according to a United…
December 6, 2013
Jamaicans mourn Mandela
Jamaicans from all walks of life Friday expressed regrets at the passing of former South African president and leader of the fight against Apartheid, Nelson Mandela. In Half-Way-Tree, St Andrew, at the park named in his honour, Jamaicans paused to…
December 6, 2013
Woman guilty over fake cash in Cayman
A 30 year old Bodden Town woman and mother of three was found guilty of four offenses relating to counterfeit cash Friday by a jury. Shannon Ebanks was convicted of possessing and using a forged CI$10 bill in the Evaglow bar in Bodden Town in and…
December 6, 2013
Morocco delegation visits president Medina in the Palace
President Danilo Medina received a delegation from the Kingdom of Morocco in the National Palace Friday morning, headed by Parliament vice president Abdelwahed Alansari. The lawmaker was accompanied Morocco ambassador Brahim Houssein Moussa, and…
November 27, 2013
Rescue operation as boat with Haitian migrants capsizes
A rescue operation is under way in the Bahamas, after a 12m (40ft) vessel carrying Haitian migrants ran aground and capsized. The US Coast Guard said about 100 migrants were clinging to the hull of the overturned boat. Up to 30 people may have died…
November 27, 2013
Honduras election: Hernandez has ‘irreversible’ lead
Honduras' conservative governing party candidate has an unbeatable lead in the country's presidential vote, according to election officials. They say Juan Orlando Hernandez is five points points clear of his main rival, and that with a third of…
November 27, 2013
Cuba suspends consular services in US over lack of banking
Cuba says it has been forced to close most of its consular services in the United States because no bank will take its business. The Cuban Interests Section in Washington said the M&T Bank had informed it in July that it would no longer provide…
November 25, 2013
Train smashes into homes in Brazil, killing 8
Officials say a cargo train laden with corn derailed in southeastern Brazil, smashing into houses and killing at least eight people and injuring another six. Rescue workers say more victims may be buried under the wreckage. The accident occurred…
November 25, 2013
DomRep deportations to Haiti increase after killings
A spokesman for a Haitian migrant advocacy group reports more than 100 additional people have been deported from neighbouring Dominican Republic after an elderly Dominican couple was killed. Josue Michel of the Group for Repatriates and Refugees…