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.…
April 21, 2012
Guyana latest CARICOM country to sign ILO Decent Work project
Guyana has become the 10th Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries to sign the International Labour Organization-supported Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP). A statement from the Trinidad-based ILO Office for the Caribbean, said Georgetown, which…
April 21, 2012
The OAS will help the Dominican Government control gun smuggling
The Organization of American States (OAS) will help the Dominican Government’s ability to control gun smuggling, through the program “Promotion of Firearms Marking in Latin America and the Caribbean” announced Friday. “The traffic of firearms is one…
April 21, 2012
Haiti: An advisor to President Martelly accused of murder
The family members of Octanol Dérissaint, a resident of the border area of Fond Parisien (west), have accused an advisor to President Michel Martelly, Calixte Valentin, of having murdered Wednesday night that 32 year old salesman during an…
April 20, 2012
Colombia scandal claims three more Secret Service jobs
The US Secret Service has said three more employees are resigning over the prostitution scandal that overshadowed a summit in Colombia last weekend. Supervisors David Chaney and Greg Stokes are among three agents already leaving the elite agency in…
April 16, 2012
Trinidad and Tobago signs loan agreement with Andean Development Bank
Prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Kamla Persad-Bissessar began her official engagements at the Sixth Summit of the Americas on Sunday afternoon with the signing of an agreement for her country to become a special member country of the…