June 28, 2012
Mottley: What Budget?
Opposition MP Mia Mottley says they are still waiting for The Budget to be delivered. Mottley, in delivering The Reply to the Budget this evening in Parliament, said "we waited and waited" but got nothing in what she described as the longest…
June 24, 2012
Fifty criminals are to be pardoned in Trinidad
Fifty criminals are to be pardoned for the country's 50th Independence anniversary. This announcement was made Thursday by Justice Minister Herbert Volney, who said in commemoration of the country's 50th anniversary of independence, Government is…
June 24, 2012
Rio+20: $513 billion pledged to sustainable development
FroAt the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), some $513 billion in funding has been committed by governments, the private sector, civil society and other groups to achieve a sustainable future. m the very beginning we…
June 24, 2012
US to increase use of spy planes in the Caribbean
The Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) is reporting that the United States (US) plans to step up the use of Predator drones in the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico as it increases drug smuggling surveillance. Predator drones were used by American…
June 24, 2012
Last Pinta giant tortoise Lonesome George dies
Staff at the Galapagos National Park in Ecuador say Lonesome George, a giant tortoise believed to be the last of its subspecies, has died. Scientists estimate he was about 100 years old. Park officials said they would carry out a post-mortem to…
June 24, 2012
Bolivia police protests continue after deal is rejected
Police in Bolivia, who have been on strike in protest at low pay, have rejected a deal their representative struck with the government. The officers burned the document their negotiator had signed after all-night talks with the Interior Minister…
June 20, 2012
Interior Minister Responds to Attack on Press Freedom in Haiti
The Minister of the Interior, Thierry Mayard-Paul, reiterated the government's firm commitment to investigate and prosecute anyone involved in the attack of Journalist Phebe Wendy. SOS Journalists, a Haitian press freedom organization announced in…
June 20, 2012
Wikileaks’ Julian Assange seeks asylum in Ecuador embassy
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is seeking political asylum at Ecuador's London embassy, the country's foreign minister has said. "Ecuador is studying and analysing the request," Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino told reporters in Quito. Last week…
June 20, 2012
St Kitts-Nevis waives taxes on alternative energy equipment
The Federal Cabinet in St Kitts and Nevis has approved the waiving of taxes on a range of alternative energy generating equipment and energy efficiency equipment. Minister of Information, Senator Nigel Carty, said Cabinet has accepted the…
June 20, 2012
Haitians abroad get more rights with new constitution
A new constitution has been published in Haiti, giving some 2 million citizens living abroad the right to own land and run for public office. President Michel Martelly said the new text would allow Haitians to hold dual nationality. "This matter…