February 3, 2012
Jamaican ambassador calls on US to improve policy alignment towards Caribbean
Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States Audrey Marks has called on the US government to improve the alignment of the various aspects of US domestic and foreign policy targeted toward Jamaica and the Caribbean, in order to support development…
February 3, 2012
LIAT to review strategies to ensure survival
St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves says shareholder governments of the regional airline LIAT have come up with a short-term plan to ensure the survival of the airline. Gonsalves, Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister…
February 3, 2012
HOVENSA refinery closure USVI’s ‘worst nightmare’
The sudden announcement last month that thousands of United States Virgin Islands residents would be on the breadline from the middle of this month has pushed the island government into crisis mode. While not disclosing any details, government…
February 2, 2012
Human rights group concerned about delayed justice
Human rights lobby group, Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ), is once again raising concern about the time it takes the families of persons killed by the police, to get justice. Executive Director of JFJ, Dr. Carolyn Gomes, said cases continue to…
February 2, 2012
ECCU still seeking assistance from Trinidad for BAICO and CLICO policyholders
The Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) continues to seek financial relief from the government of Trinidad and Tobago, both in support of policyholders as well as in support of regional institutions whose investments in British-American…
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…