January 2, 2012
Barbados Copyright Agency (B-Copy)to get outside help
Almost four months after going public with its copyright infringement dispute with the University of the West Indies (UWI) Cave Hill campus, the Barbados Copyright Agency (B-Copy) is expecting foreign reinforcements to help it press for a…
January 1, 2012
Stanford losses latest bid to delay fraud trial
U.S. District Judge David Hittner has denied Allen Stanford’s request to have his fraud trial delayed by three months paving the way for jury selection to proceed January 23. “The public’s interest in a speedy trial is particularly acute in such…
January 1, 2012
T&T attorney general concerned about increase in murders
Trinidad-Attorney General Anand Ramlogan said the crime plan implemented in the wake of the State of Emergency has failed. And, he wants Commissioner of Police Canadian Dwayne Gibbs to present his 2012 plan to ensure that murders are kept to a…
January 1, 2012
PNP keeping close watch over Tufton’s seat
People's National Party (PNP) candidate for South West St Elizabeth Hugh Buchanan yesterday expressed confidence that he will be a parliamentarian as the official count for Thursday's general election got underway here yesterday. The preliminary…
January 1, 2012
Grenadian attorney demands outside help to investigate fatal beating
The attorney representing the wife of a Grenadian-born Canadian who died Tuesday, hours after being beaten allegedly by police officers, has demanded that an investigator be brought in from another jurisdiction to ensure that an independent probe…
January 1, 2012
Proposed US sanctions against Antigua & Barbuda escalates
Antigua and Barbuda continues gain attention in both houses of the United States Congress as 10 US Representatives recently introduced a Congressional Resolution also calling for sanctions to be levied against the eastern Caribbean territory.…
December 30, 2011
PNP’s Portia Simpson delivers crushing 41-22 seat defeat to JLP
THE People’s National Party (PNP) sent the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) back into Opposition after scoring a crushing 41-22-seat victory in yesterday’s 16th general election that pollsters and analysts had said was mostly too close to call. A sober…
December 30, 2011
Police protecting Tufton
Jamaica Labour Party Deputy Leader Dr Christopher Tufton says he is now under police protection at his home in his South Western St Elizabeth constituency. According to Tufton, People’s National Party (PNP) supporters have refused to accept his…
December 30, 2011
USVI to lay off nearly 500 amid budget crisis
The governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands says he will be forced to lay off nearly 500 employees in the coming months because of a fiscal crisis. Gov. John de Jongh said Wednesday that 143 temporary and part-time workers will be dismissed on Dec.…
December 30, 2011
Haiti to reap US$1.5 million from the Clinton Bush Fund
Hospitality workers, entrepreneurs, students, and teachers in Haiti are set to become empowered with much needed training when the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund disburses nearly US$1.5 million in new grants to organizations. The Washington-based fund…