February 2, 2012
Amnesty slams Haitian judiciary for dropping Duvalier case
Haiti’s judicial authorities have dealt yet another blow to the victims of former leader Jean-Claude Duvalier, Amnesty International said this week after the criminal case against the former “president-for-life” for grave human rights violations…
February 2, 2012
Guyana residents on alert for flooding
Unusually high rainfall for the first month of the year has resulted in the East Demerara Water Conservancy reaching threatening levels. As a result, residents of the Mahaica and Mahaicony Creek were placed on alert and advised to take the…
February 2, 2012
203 local nurses for South East Region
AS part of efforts to address the shortage of nursing staff in some of the country’s public hospitals and health care centres, Health Minister Dr Fenton Ferguson said 96 locally trained nurses will be taking up employment at the Kingston Public…
January 31, 2012
Mexican diplomat freed after abduction in Caracas
A Mexican diplomat in Venezuela says the country's ambassador has been freed by captors hours after he and his wife were kidnapped. Mexican Embassy spokesman Fernando Gondinez told the Venezuelan news website Noticias 24 that Ambassador Carlos…
January 31, 2012
World Bank country director meets with Jamaican PM tomorrow
WORLD Bank country director for the Caribbean region, Francoise Clottes, is expected to arrive in Jamaica tomorrow for a series of meetings with government and private sector officials. She is scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Portia Simpson…
January 31, 2012
Haiti judge: Try Duvalier on corruption charges
A Haitian judge said yesterday that former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier should face trial for corruption, but not the more serious charges of human rights violations committed during his rule. Investigative Magistrate Carves said the statute of…
January 29, 2012
CARPHA to collaborate with CTO on Quality Tourism
The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) which started its operations this month under Interim Director, Dr. Jerome Walcott, former Minister of Health, Barbados was a subject of discussion at the Council of the Caribbean Tourism Organization,…
January 29, 2012
New bill tackles child porn, genital mutilation
THE newest version of the Children's Bill to be debated in Parliament is a consolidation of much-needed legislation and could make a difference in children's rights locally, head of the Coalition Against Domestic Violence and child rights…
January 29, 2012
Pilot pays up
LIAT pilot and admitted drug trafficker Keith Richard Otway Allen escaped a long prison term and should be back home in St Vincent and the Grenadines today after paying fines totalling $1/4 million yesterday. The fines were about twice the value…
January 29, 2012
Antigua-Barbuda ambassador a ‘no show’ before PAC
Ambassador David Shoul failed to make an appearance before the Antigua and Barbuda Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Tuesday afternoon, after being summoned by the chairman of the committee. Shoul was asked to prepare himself by bringing certain…