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…
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…