December 31, 2013
Good Chance Of Average 2014 Hurricane Season
A month after the official close of the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season, the United Kingdom-based Tropical Storm Risk (TSR) is predicting there is a 40 per cent chance the next hurricane season will be above average. There is also a 33 per cent…
December 31, 2013
Haiti AIDS research clinic wins top global health prize
A world-renowned clinic in Haiti that has become a leader in global health leading the fight against HIV/AIDS has won a top global health prize. The Haitian Group for the Study of Kaposi’s Sarcoma and Opportunistic Infections (GHESKIO) has been…
December 31, 2013
Dominica half-way to being voted “Best Caribbean Island”
Dominica now sits at the 5th position in the race to being voted as the best Caribbean Island in the USA Today’s Readers Choice contest. The island is among twenty Caribbean destinations chosen by experts and the winner will be named Best…
December 24, 2013
Christmas Message from Prime Minister of St. Maarten, the Honorable Sarah Wescot-Williams.
Dear Fellow Citizens of St. Maarten, I again have the privilege to wish each and every one of you a blessed and joyous Christmas. I hope that you will be able to spend this holiday with your friends, families and loved ones and that you may be…
December 24, 2013
Christmas Message from the Leader of the Opposition Andrew Holness
Christmas is the celebration “of God’s amazing grace, in that He loved each of us so much that He sent His only begotten Son as the manifestation of the way to truth, hope and redemption”. This is the essence of Christmas regardless of religious…
December 24, 2013
Jamaicans among top 10 nationals deported in 2013
The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency says Jamaicans were among the top 10 nationals deported in 2013. In announcing the year-end removal numbers on Thursday, ICE said the top 10 deportees were from Latin America and the…
December 24, 2013
St.Martin Prime Minister to Submit Report To Parliament on Establishing Electoral Reform.
During her weekly radio program One on One with the Prime Minister, the Honorable Sarah Wescot-Williams gave clarity on her push for electoral reform. The Prime Minister commented on the program aired weekly on 98.1 Pearl FM that since the…
December 24, 2013
UK issues travel advisory for British nationals visiting Trinidad
The British Government has updated its safety and security travel advice on Trinidad and Tobago. In the update on its website, dated Tuesday, December 17, the United Kingdom’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office has warned British travellers of “violent…
December 20, 2013
Guyana trade union plans daily protest over 5% wage hike
The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) says it intends to stage daily street protests from Friday after criticising the government for imposing a five per cent wage hike on the salaries of public servants. The GPSU said that it was seeking…
December 20, 2013
US gives Trinidad equipment to help detect financial crimes
The United States has donated specialised equipment to the Trinidad and Tobago government that will improve efforts to detect, deter, and prosecute financial crimes in the country. The agreement to launch the Financial Crimes Advisor programme,…