January 11, 2012
Marijuana found amidst shipment of pumpkin to Barbados
Local law enforcement agencies have teamed up to investigate the circumstances surrounding the discovery of several pounds of compressed marijuana at the Guyana National Industrial Company wharf. According to reports some time after 14:00 hours…
January 11, 2012
REDjet cancels flights, facing financial woes
There were further signs of financial trouble Tuesday at the Caribbean first low cost carrier REDjet, mere weeks after officials said it needed an $8 million injection to allow it to keep fulfilling its investors’ mandate. The Caribbean Media…
January 11, 2012
Haiti to Host Music Festivals Network Africa-Caribbean-Pacific
After stops in Africa (Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Gabon, Tanzania), Europe (Denmark), in the Indian Ocean (Réunion) and the Pacific (Vanuatu), Haiti has been chosen to host the next Music Festivals Network Africa-Caribbean-Pacific (ACP), Caracoli…
January 11, 2012
Dominica PM wins citizenship battle
A legal battle over dual citizenship, which potentially could have impacted his leadership of the country, has ended in victory for Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit. An opposition United Workers Party member, who was defeated in…
January 11, 2012
Grenada “days away” from national strike
The Technical and Allied Workers Union (TAWU) has given notice that the country is just days away from a national strike. “The deterioration in the situation is that the union and the entire trade union movement is mobilising for a general strike…
January 10, 2012
Caribbean tops cruise passenger destination survey
The Caribbean continues to be the destination of choice for most cruise passengers, according to a new survey. The region topped the Cruise Holidays 2012 Cruise Trends ranking with 59.88 per cent bookings, leaving Europe (including Mediterranean,…
January 10, 2012
US senator urges Jamaica gov’t to understand the world
Jobs, education and an openness to foreign investors are the main factors for solving Jamaica's social, economic and crime problems, believes Democratic United States State Senator Malcolm A. Smith. Smith, who travelled to Jamaica last Thursday…
January 10, 2012
Trinidad signs multiple agreements with India
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and other Trinidad and Tobago government ministers on Monday attended bilateral meetings with the Prime Minister of India Dr Manmohan Singh in New Delhi, after which several key memoranda of understanding…
January 10, 2012
Haitian migrants flock Brazil
The influx of Haitian economic migrants into Brazil does not amount to a humanitarian crisis, a spokesman for the UN refugee agency said yesterday while praising the country's efforts to welcome them. "It is a difficult situation for the cities…
January 10, 2012
Landslide kills eight in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro state
A least eight people have been killed in a landslide in Brazil. Emergency workers said 14 people could still be buried in the mud in Jamapara, in Rio de Janeiro state. Officials said rescuers had only been able to reach the site by helicopter after…