February 28, 2012
Grenada ‘resident status’ promised to investors raises legal question
Prime Minister Tillman Thomas, who dismissed Environment Minister Joseph Gilbert last month on the grounds that the “action was taken in the public interest and in order to preserve the integrity of the government of Grenada and to maintain the…
February 28, 2012
Haitian premier’s resignation sparks concern at UN
The head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) has expressed his deep concern following the resignation of Prime Minister Garry Conille, just four months after his appointment. Mariano Fernández Amunátegui, who is also the…
February 28, 2012
Suspect in 3 killings extradited to Puerto Rico
A Puerto Rican man accused of killing three people in the U.S. Caribbean territory has been extradited from Massachusetts. Puerto Rico’s Justice Department says Luis Emmanuel Sostre Piccinnini was extradited Sunday from a lockup in Plymouth,…
February 28, 2012
$2.6 bln vanished via Cayman
About 200 billion yen ($2.6 billion) in pension funds managed by Tokyo-based AIJ Investment Advisors Co has disappeared after it was transferred to a fund in the Cayman Islands, followed by a trust bank in Bermuda and then moved to the Hong Kong…
February 24, 2012
Gov’t of Jamaica spending slashed by $22.3 billion
THE People's National Party administration has slashed the spending plan put forward by the previous government by $22,395,189 billion. The second Supplementary Estimates tabled in Parliament this afternoon shows that the previous $546,797,211…
February 21, 2012
Suspect in custody in Nevis robbery of US judge
Police in Nevis said on Monday that a suspect is in custody in the recent robbery of US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer at his vacation home on the island.Sergeant Cledwyn Jeffers of the Royal St Christopher and Nevis Police Force said…
February 21, 2012
Puerto Rico honours Obama, LBJ visits with statues
Puerto Rican officials marked Presidents Day by unveiling bronze statues of US President Barack Obama and former President Lyndon B Johnson, pointedly noting that people who live on the island can't vote in the US general election and lack other…
February 21, 2012
Caricom in crisis
The Caribbean Community (Caricom) is in "crisis" and faces the possibility of being dismantled over the next few years if vital changes are not made to its administrative structure, according to a mandated assessment of the 15-member grouping.…
February 21, 2012
165 murders recorded so far this year
SECURITY Minister Peter Bunting this morning announced that 165 murders have been recorded since the start of the year. The figure represents an increase of 13 during the corresponding period last year. Bunting said most of the murders were gang…
February 21, 2012
Montserrat Officer Charged With Assault
Following an investigation which involved Bermuda police officers, a member of the Royal Montserrat Police Servic has been charged with assault and several other offences. Montserrat Governor Adrian Davis said in a press release. “… A member of the…