April 10, 2013
$343 Million Set Aside to Complete UTECH School of Hospitality
The University of Technology (UTech) School of Hospitality and Tourism Management (SHTM) is expected to be completed this fiscal year, following an allocation of $343.6 million. This is set out in the 2013/14 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the…
April 9, 2013
Venezuela election: Capriles supporters in Caracas march
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April 9, 2013
Vincentian Prime Minister’s signature forged – man charged
A 24 year old man has been charged with falsely misrepresenting-senting himself to be Vincentian Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves. Jae-Phaque Lewis, was granted bail in the sum of $5,000 with one surety. Lewis who pleaded not guilty when he made…
April 3, 2013
Above average hurricane season predicted
Hurricane forecaster and Professor Emeritus, Dr. William Gray, is predicting what he described as an ‘above average’ Hurricane Season in 2013. Addressing the 2013 National Hurricane Conference in New Orleans, Dr. Gray said his prediction is based…
April 3, 2013
Rio de Janeiro bus in deadly viaduct fall
Seven people have died in Rio de Janeiro after a bus fell 10m from a viaduct in the city centre, Brazilian police say. Several more passengers were injured as the 328 bus crashed on to the Avenida Brasil, one of the city's main thoroughfares,…
April 3, 2013
Digicel to sell 4G smartphone for under US$100
Caribbean consumers will soon be able to buy a fully loaded 4G Android smartphone for “well under US$100” from telecommunications company, Digicel Group. Due to hit company retail stores in mid-May, the Digicel Smartphone DL600 will run on the…
April 3, 2013
Bermudian killed in US car crash
Condolences poured in yesterday for Bermudian Juriena Smith Vincent-Lee who was killed in a car crash in North Carolina on Saturday. The former Bermuda police officer lost her life in the head-on collision; the driver of the other car died as…
April 3, 2013
Mini Quesadilla, Pizza, Cheese Steak among foods recall due to E. Coli Contamination
Rich Products Corporation, is recalling approximately 196,222 pounds of frozen chicken quesadilla and various other heat treated, not fully cooked frozen mini meals and snack items because they may be contaminated with E. coli, the U.S. Department…
March 31, 2013
Virus keeps Trini PM away from Liberation Day celebrations
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar failed to show up at Spiritual Shouter Baptist Liberation Day celebrations held across the country yesterday because she was ill. Minister of National Diversity and Social Integration Clifton De Coteau took…
March 31, 2013
Nearly 70 per cent of Jamaica’s customers lost power
The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) says nearly 70 per cent of its customers across the island lost their electricity supply in a major power outage this afternoon. JPS says it has already restored electricity to several areas, but up to…