January 15, 2012
Chavez ‘would accept’ Venezuela election defeat
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has told opposition leaders that he will relinquish power if he loses elections due in October. In his annual address to Congress, Mr Chavez said the opposition should also accept the result if he wins. The…
January 13, 2012
Soldiers still sombre after Haiti
Two years after the Haiti quake, the images of suffering are still fresh in the minds of Jamaica Defence Force soldiers who were part of the relief team in Port-au-Prince. Lieutenant Johnathan Wemyss-Gorman was part of the rescue team that was…
January 13, 2012
Dudus sentencing postponed again
Federal judge Robert P. Patterson has granted a request for a postponement in the sentencing of confessed Jamaican drug baron Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke. “Application for an adjournment of sentencing is granted, but the date will have to be…
January 13, 2012
Portia gets new iPhone 4S
Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller is among the first in the Caribbean to receive the new iPhone 4S. The phone, is said to deliver up to two times more power and up to seven times faster graphics than the regular iPhone. The iPhone 4S, LIME’s…
January 13, 2012
Breast cancer at record levels in the Bahamas
A report has found that BREAST CANCER is affecting Bahamian women at the highest levels in the world. Researchers are holding out hope, however, and are steadily working towards their goal to make genetic testing more accessible to high-risk…
January 12, 2012
IMF approves US$3.1 million disbursement to Dominica
The executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a disbursement of an amount equivalent to SDR 2.05 million (US$3.1 million) under the rapid credit facility (RCF) for Dominica to help manage the economic impact of a…
January 12, 2012
St Kitts-Nevis police commissioner appeals to local media to be more responsible
Commissioner of the Royal St Christopher and Nevis Police Force, C. G. Walwyn, is urging the media in St Kitts and Nevis to be responsible and balanced in their reporting of crime in the Federation. “I became concerned when I read an internet…
January 12, 2012
Grenada launches new booking engine
The Grenada Board of Tourism (GBT) and the Grenada Hotel & Tourism Association (GHTA) have jointly launched a new, and improved, booking engine on their respective websites which, it is expected, will bolster the island’s tourism industry. The…
January 12, 2012
Scammers, drug lords lose big bucks in Jamaica
Just under $1 billion in cash and other assets were confiscated primarily from drug dealers and persons involved in the lottery scam last year, the Financial Investigations Division (FID) of the Ministry of Finance has revealed. Statistics…
January 12, 2012
REDjet defends flight cancellations
Low-fares airline REDjet will introduce three new routes this year, while cancelling more than 50 – a move Chief Executive Ian Burns said is not due to financial troubles. Flights to Trinidad, Guyana, Jamaica and Barbados are among the 54 that…