May 29, 2013
Fire Aboard Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship
More than 2,200 passengers were to be flown from The Bahamas back to Baltimore after a fire broke out aboard a Royal Caribbean ship on Monday. The fire did enough damage that the rest of the cruise was cancelled the company said. The fire that began…
May 29, 2013
Cayman Islands gets new premier
The Governor of Cayman Islands has officially appointed People’s Progressive Movement (PPM) leader Alden McLaughlin as the territory’s new premier. Following last Wednesday’s general elections, which gave the opposition PPM nine out of the 18…
May 29, 2013
CARICOM and US sign trade and investment framework agreement
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the United States signed a trade and investment framework agreement (TIFA) on Tuesday in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. CARICOM chairman, Michel Martelly, the president of Haiti, and Joseph Biden, the vice…
May 29, 2013
Crime down 11 percent in Bahamas, says police chief
Crime in The Bahamas decreased by 11 percent between January 1 and May 27, 2013, compared to the same period in 2012, according to statistics released by Police Commissioner Ellison Greenslade on Monday.There were 4,763 crimes reported during this…
May 29, 2013
Hurricane Warning Issued for Mexico’s Pacific Coast
A hurricane warning has been issued for a portion of Mexico's coast as Tropical Storm Barbara nears hurricane strength in the Pacific Ocean. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami says the storm is expected to become a hurricane before it…
May 28, 2013
Schoolboy killed over girl
An argument over a girl has left a Form Three student of the Waterloo Secondary School dead after he was stabbed several times by a Form Five student. Renaldo Dixon, 14, of Bagna Trace, Chase Village, Chaguanas, died during emergency treatment at…
May 25, 2013
Grilled chicken breast strips recall
California-based chicken producer Foster Farms is recalling about 6,165 pounds of its ready-to-eat grilled chicken breast strips because the strips contain wheat and soy -- known allergens -- which are not listed on the labels of its packages,…
May 25, 2013
Email probe starts in Trinidad
A team of six police officers have been appointed to investigate purported emails, the contents of which, were read out in Parliament on Monday by Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley during his no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Kamla…
May 22, 2013
Butch’ reversed funds credited to his pension account
APPLIANCE Traders Limited (ATL) Chairman Gordon 'Butch' Stewart had taken steps to reverse funds credited to his account from the alleged unauthorised surplus distribution, the court was told yesterday during the fraud trial of three former ATL…
May 22, 2013
Toilet paper shortage in Venezuela causing panic
Venezuelans scrambled to stock up on toilet paper Thursday as fears of a bathroom emergency spread despite the socialist government’s promise to import 50 million rolls. After years of economic dysfunction, the country has gotten used to shortages…