September 21, 2013
Minor Earthquake Shakes Jamaica
A minor earthquake caused light shaking in Eastern Jamaica early Friday morning, according to the United States Geological survey. The 3.3-magnitude quake, which occurred at around 12:34 AM local time. Its epicentre was around 13 kilometres…
September 21, 2013
JLP threatens boycott if Azan remains in office
The opposition Jamaica labour Party (JLP) says that it will boycott all official activities including meeting of Parliament, if Junior Minister Richard Azan is not relieved of his post by noon on Tuesday. At a press conference at his office this…
September 21, 2013
Richard Azan resigns in Jamaica
The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) issued a release a short while ago saying that the Prime Minister has accepted the resignation of Minister of State in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing Richard Azan. However, minutes after issuing…
September 16, 2013
Russia willing to help Caribbean
Russia says it is willing to help the Caribbean explore for oil and gas as well as deal with the impact of the global economy. Russia’s ambassador to Guyana, Nikolay Smirnov, told the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) that relations with the…
September 16, 2013
Terrified Brit would rather DIE than serve sentence in Dominican Republic prison
Nicola Reyes, 37, originally from Cardiff, has been in jail for 14 months and claims she will kill herself rather than face a 30 year sentence. The mother-of-two who is accused of murdering her husband has said she would rather die than face serving…
September 16, 2013
Cubans wear yellow ribbons for agents jailed in US
Cubans tied yellow ribbons to homes, trees and lampposts across the capital last week, in an organized mass campaign to press for the return of several espionage agents imprisoned in the United States on the 15th anniversary of their arrest. By…
September 16, 2013
Dominican Republic and Haiti to fight drug trafficking
Haitian and Dominican security forces are teaming up to neutralize drug trafficking, after their shared island of Hispaniola is used as a major transit route for narcotics shipments en route to the United States. The Dominican Republic and Haiti…
September 16, 2013
Warner to name candidates soon
The Independent Liberal Party’s (ILP) candidates for the local government elections will be announced in two weeks’ time. Interim political leader of the party, Jack Warner, yesterday said he intends to introduce the candidates during a mass public…
September 6, 2013
Tropical storm disorganised, heads to Puerto Rico
Tropical Storm Gabrielle, which formed South of Puerto Rico late last night, poses no threat to the Cayman Islands, weather officials have said, but the storm and other weather systems are being closely monitored. At 8am Thursday morning the centre…
September 6, 2013
FATCA could affect 6,000 people living in Cayman
A seminar focusing on how the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) will impact individuals has been set for early next month, and everyone who was born in the US, holds a US passport or a green card, or who has a US address is encouraged to…