May 29, 2012
Bahamas opposition leader promises to fight hard to become next government
Newly elected leader of the opposition Free National Movement Dr Hubert Minnis promised FNM delegates and supporters that he would work hard and fight even harder towards the FNM becoming the next government of The Bahamas. Minnis said that…
May 29, 2012
Haiti to pay mothers school incentives via mobile
The government in Haiti says it will begin transferring cash credits to mothers who send their children to school regularly. Each mother will receive up to $20 (£13) a month and the transfers will be made via mobile phone. The programme, called Ti…
May 29, 2012
Jamaica debt reduction imperative, says finance minister
Jamaica must work to reduce its debt, even as negotiations continue on a new standby arrangement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), said Finance and Planning Minister, Dr Peter Phillips.Opening the 2012/13 Budget Debate on Thursday in the…
May 29, 2012
Oil drilling company expects to start work in Bahamas by end of next year
The company hired by the Bahamas Petroleum Company (BPC) to plan and execute an exploratory well in Bahamian waters says it believes it will be drilling by the end of next year. Applied Drilling Technology International (ADTI), based in Texas,…
May 29, 2012
$65m heist trial put off in Jamaica
The case involving five men implicated in the robbery of $65 million from security guards in February last year has been put off until Thursday. The case was called up today in the Gun Court. The accused are Oral Chin, André Malcolm, Corriann…
May 27, 2012
St Kitts-Nevis agrees landmark debt restructuring deal
A St Kitts and Nevis government delegation led by prime minister and minister of finance, Dr Denzil Douglas, has secured a landmark “stock-of-debt” restructuring deal from Paris Club creditors after an intense negotiation session held in Paris,…
May 27, 2012
Caribbean Telecommunications Union seminar to hear update on network security
Delegates to the 10th Ministerial Strategic Seminar of the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU), which opens in Miami on May 29, will receive an update by Fortinet Inc, a world leader in high performance network security, on network threat…
May 27, 2012
Bahamians outraged by “shacks and huts” travel report.
An American journalist who reported that “the poorest Bahamians typically create makeshift homes out of straw…” felt the full weight of Bahamian fury earlier this week. Freelance journalist Nellie Day, whose article “What types of houses do…
May 27, 2012
Amnesty urges probe into over 70 bloody Kingston deaths.
On the second anniversary of a bloody military operation in West Kingston that claimed the lives of some 70 civilians and two members of the armed forces, the human rights watchdog Amnesty International is pushing for an inquiry. The violent…
May 24, 2012
First National Congress against Homophobia in Haiti
The LGBT community in Haiti gathered more than three hundred men and women of sexual orientation stigmatized by Haitian society to tell the country to cease discriminatory practices against them. A man, slightly disguised, who spreads his fingers…