January 27, 2013
Grenada: Government Wage Bill
The Government of Grenada as part of its ongoing public sector reform in 2012 established the Office of the Prime Minister as separate and distinct from the Prime Minister’s Ministry. The Office of the Prime Minister comprises the Cabinet Office,…
January 27, 2013
Two Caribbean destinations in top five overseas wedding locations for UK travellers
Two Caribbean destinations -- St Lucia and Antigua -- appear in the list of the best overseas spots to tie the knot published by luxury long haul specialists Hayes and Jarvis. More and more people are considering a wedding abroad as an alternative…
January 27, 2013
Venezuela jail closed after more than 60 died in riot
Venezuelan prison minister Iris Varela has announced the closure of the jail where more than 60 people died in a riot on Friday. Ms Varela said the female wing of the Uribana prison near the city of Barquisimeto had already been cleared. She also…
January 22, 2013
Barbados Private Sector calls on government to settle arrears owed
The Barbados Private Sector Association Inc. (BPSA) is expressing concern with respect to the high amounts of government arrears owed to companies in Barbados. According to Mrs. Anne Reid, CEO of the BPSA, “The BPSA is calling on government to give…
January 22, 2013
New Grenada party elects leader, will contest 3 seats
The newly formed National United Front (NUF) says it will contest three of the 15 seats in the February 19 general elections and dismissed suggestions that it should be regarded as a breakaway faction of the ruling National Democratic Congress…
January 22, 2013
Haitian prostitute stabs Canadian man in Boca Chica
A Canadian man was nearly killed in the resort town of Boca Chica this week after a Haitian prostitute repeatedly stabbed him in the chest, Diario Libre reported. According to the article, Jacques Thibodeau received about 20 stab wounds late…
January 22, 2013
Canadian tourist commits suicide
A Canadian tourist took his own life when he dove into the beach at the Bahia Principe Hotel (east), after taking 85 sleeping pills, the National Police precinct announced Thursday last week. In a preliminary report cited by outlet listin.com.do,…
January 22, 2013
Dominican Republic national sentenced to life in prison in the US
Dominican Republic national Jose Ruiz has been sentenced to life, after being convicted of second-degree murder in the shooting death of 33-year Rolando Fuentes. Ruiz, whose sentence makes him eligible for parole, was also convicted on weapons…
January 15, 2013
Mexico violence ‘kills 38 in three days’
A wave of violence in Mexico has left nearly 40 people dead in three days, authorities say. At least 16 bodies were found in the Toluca region on Monday and another 22 in Mexico City over the weekend. Police said organised crime is thought to be…
January 15, 2013
BVI enhances tourism product through heritage site project
The Government of the British Virgin Islands has thrusted its support behind a project to stabilise one of the Territory’s most significant heritage sites: the St. Philip’s Anglican Church also known as the Church of the Freed Africans. This as the…