April 26, 2012
Trinidad and Tobago prepares to host regional trade and investment forum
The government of Trinidad and Tobago, in cooperation with the Commonwealth Business Council and the Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers’ Association, are planning to host the XIII Caribbean Investment Forum (CIF) and the Trade and Investment…
April 26, 2012
Fake EC Money
The resurgence of counterfeit EC $50 and $100 bills has caused lawmen to urge the local business community to become “very familiar with the security features” of the Eastern Caribbean currency. The advice comes from STRATCOM spokesman Corporal…
April 26, 2012
Regional disaster officials meet in Barbados
Issues relating to the further strengthening of the regional Comprehensive Management (RCM) will be among matters discussed at the third meeting of the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency…
April 25, 2012
Caribbean Tourism Industry decision makers to debate investment opportunities at hotel & tourism investment conference
Some of the Caribbean tourism industry’s top decision makers will share their perspectives on investment opportunities in the region at the 16th Annual Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Investment Conference (CHTIC), which gets underway here in earnest…
April 25, 2012
Venezuela denies rumors Chavez died in Cuba
Officials in President Hugo Chavez’s government denied rumors that the leftist leader may have died while undergoing cancer treatment in Cuba six months ahead of an election in South America’s top oil exporter. In the nine days since he left for…
April 25, 2012
St Vincent PM admitted to hospital in Barbados
The prime minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), Dr Ralph Gonsalves, was admitted to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Barbados at the weekend after complaining of feeling unwell. Investigations and tests conducted by medical staff at the…
April 25, 2012
Cayman Islands premier facing three police investigations
A spokesman for the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) confirmed on Saturday that Cayman Islands premier McKeeva Bush is now the subject of three separate police investigations. According to police, one of the investigations involves…
April 23, 2012
Kamla prays on 60th birthday
PRIME MINISTER Kamla Persad-Bissessar spent her 60th birthday yesterday holding a thanksgiving “puja” (Hindu prayer ceremony) at her private residence in Estate Drive, Phillipine near San Fernando. The prayers began at 2 pm and was attended by…
April 21, 2012
Coast Guard intercepts 30th drug sub in Caribbean waters
The United States Coast Guard has intercepted its 30th drug semi-submersible in Caribbean waters in less than six years, the agency said on Wednesday. The Coast Guard said that two of its cutters, the Decisive and Pea Island, chased down a drug…
April 21, 2012
Barbados to answer charges against Jamaican woman
The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has given Jamaican Shanique Myrie permission to begin proceedings against the Barbados government following an encounter with a Barbadian Immigration Officer last year. It was on March 14 last year that Ms.…