May 16, 2012
Caribbean islands fingered in Croatian drug ring.
Nine Croatians, one Serb and a Columbian have been arrested in police raids on Martinique and in the Dominican Republic as the net closed on an international drug ring last week. The major bust took place on Martinique where the drugs were hidden…
May 16, 2012
Seismic centre repeats warning of major earthquake
The magnitude 4.0 earthquake recorded off the coast of Antigua last Friday (May 11) is a warning that the Caribbean should prepare for a much more severe earthquake to come. This warning has again been sounded by the Seismic Research Unit in…
May 16, 2012
Montserrat cops under review.
The Royal Montserrat Police Service (RMPS) is currently undergoing a review by a three-man team led by Britain’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) law enforcement advisor Larry Covington. Governor Adrian Davis, with the approval of the…
May 14, 2012
Former prime minister hangs up his political boots
FORMER Bahamas prime minister Hubert Ingraham says he will resign as leader of the main opposition Free National Movement (FNM) on May 26, when the party holds a special convention to formally elect a new leader. Speaking at a “Thank You” meeting…
May 14, 2012
Cuba may lift travel restrictions
A high-ranking Cuban official has hinted that after fifty years of rigid control, the government may be on the verge of lifting many overseas travel restrictions. Parliament Chief Ricardo Alarcon said a radical and profound change is weeks away.…
May 14, 2012
Castaway sues Princess Cruises over rescue failure
A Panamanian fisherman who survived 28 days adrift in the Pacific and watched two companions die is suing the owners of a cruise ship that sailed past. Adrian Vasquez has filed a lawsuit in Florida alleging negligence by Princess Cruises, his…
May 14, 2012
Kamla unfazed
Political leaders of the Congress of the People (COP) and the Movement for Social Justice (MSJ)—two of the political parties that came together to form the People’s Partnership Government were absent from yesterday’s induction ceremony of the…
May 14, 2012
49 bodies left on Mexico highway
Forty-nine bodies, at least some of them mutilated, were found today dumped on a highway connecting the northern Mexican metropolis of Monterrey to the US border, officials said. A law enforcement official said the bodies of 43 men and six women…
May 14, 2012
Haiti ‘ready for investment’, says new envoy to Canada
DESPITE Haiti’s past, the country’s first ambassador to Canada in nearly six years, Frantz Liautaud, has said his country is ready for international investment. Liautaud, a former businessman and recent president of the Haitian-Canadian Chamber…
May 11, 2012
Gov’t tables $612b budget
Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips has tabled a $612 billion budget for the 2012-2013 fiscal year. This is $76 billion or approximately 14 per cent more than the $536 billion which was allocated for expenditure last year. The budget includes…