November 12, 2013
Venezuelan President Maduro ‘to expand price controls’
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says he plans to extend price controls to all consumer goods, if he is given powers to govern by decree. In a televised address, Mr Maduro said that he wanted to set legal limits on businesses' profit margins. His…
November 12, 2013
Cuban leaders eye new port as economic lifeline
Life still moves slowly in this small, dusty town, where kids play freely in narrow streets nearly devoid of traffic and many people carry parasols to ward off the pounding tropical sun. But that's all about to change. The town best known as the…
November 12, 2013
Woman’s body found near shallow grave of T&T man
The police have found a body in an area where the remains of a Trinidadian man, reported missing three weeks ago, was found. The police say are awaiting confirmation as to whether or not the body found is that of his female companion. They said…
November 10, 2013
5 Haiti migrants apparently die off remote island
The US Coast Guard says five Haitian migrants have apparently perished in rough waters off a rugged Puerto Rican island. The Guard says smugglers apparently forced 18 migrants to jump off a boat into churning seas near Mona Island before jetting…
November 10, 2013
Andrew Holness is still JLP Leader in Jamaica
Andrew Holness has retained the leadership of the Opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) after defeating Audley Shaw. It was just announced moments ago at the special delegates conference summoned to choose the leader of the JLP at the National…
November 10, 2013
Trinidad and Tobago has highest cancer mortality rate in the Caribbean
Trinidad and Tobago is among three countries with the highest cancer mortality rates in the Americas, according to a new report released by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health…
November 10, 2013
Gonsalves ‘absolutely fed up’ of LIAT’s constant woes
St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves says he is ‘absolutely fed up” at the constant industrial action plaguing the regional airline, LIAT. Gonsalves, who is the chairman of the shareholder governments of the financially…
November 10, 2013
First female DDP appointed in Dominica
Former chief magistrate Evelina Baptiste became the first female to assume the position of director of public prosecutions (DPP) in Dominica as of November 1. Baptiste replaced former DPP Gene Pestaina who retired earlier this year and Guyanese…
November 9, 2013
SPICE ISLAND BEACH RESORT TOPS VIRGIN HOLIDAYS’ PLATINUM COLLECTION 8TH YEAR IN A ROW
Grenada's premier luxury retreat, Spice Island Beach Resort has once again been awarded the Virgin Holidays' Gold Award for the eighth consecutive year as the #1 property in the tour operator's exclusive worldwide Platinum Collection. With over 450…
October 31, 2013
Grenadian born Conrad Murray can apply to practise in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago's Health Minister Dr. Faud Khan says Caribbean-born doctor Conrad Murray, who has been released from a Los Angeles jail after two years for involuntary manslaughter in the death of American pop star Michael Jackson, can return to…