Regional

December 4, 2011

New regional bloc established at Caracas conference

Leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean have approved the creation of a new regional bloc that excludes the United States and Canada. But, unlike the Washington-based Organisation of American States, the new group (known by its Spanish…

December 4, 2011

CAL’s flight to Jamaica makes ‘forced’ landing

A Caribbean Airlines (CAL) flight, bound for Kingston, was forced to land at Sangster International Airport on Thursday night in what the airline called a “controlled emergency landing.” Flight BW 62 had departed from Nassau, Bahamas, for…

December 4, 2011

US renews calls for the release of jailed contractor in Cuba

The United States yesterday renewed its calls for the immediate release of US contractor Alan Gross, as he prepared to mark two years behind bars in Cuba on state security charges. Gross was arrested December 3, 2009, for delivering laptops and…

December 4, 2011

St Lucia PM says road ahead will be difficult

The leader of St Lucia's former main opposition party, who was sworn in as prime minister on Wednesday, has promised to strengthen the tourism-dependent Caribbean island's economy, reduce crime and improve prospects for young people. Kenny…

December 2, 2011

Fire rages on Nassau Bahamas

Firefighters are at this hour working to put out a blaze that has been raging on Bay…

December 2, 2011

Guyana governing party’s Donald Ramotar wins election

The electoral commission in Guyana says Donald Ramotar of the People's Progressive Party (PPP/C) has won Monday's presidential election. It is the fifth straight win for the party, which is mainly backed by Guyana's ethnic-Indian community. The…

December 2, 2011

LIME ‘CLOUD’ GIVES MORE TO BUSINESS CUSTOMERS IN THE REGION

Telecoms Company LIME announced that it will be expanding its suite of LIME Cloud services across its 13 markets in the region starting immediately. The LIME Cloud, which is part of its Managed Services solutions, will be upgraded to include…

December 2, 2011

Fifth man charged in $65 million security heist

A fifth man is to be charged jointly with the four already held in connection with the robbery of $65 million from a team of security guards in February. The case was set for trial today in the Gun Court but was put off to allow the crown to add…

December 2, 2011

41,000 added to voters’ list in Jamaica

THE names of 41,607 eligible electors have been added to the new voters’ list published by the Electoral Commission of Jamaica yesterday. At the same time, the names of 5,636 electors confirmed as dead have been deleted. This now brings to…

December 1, 2011

HIV infections rate fall by 20 percent – Ban Ki-Moon

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, in his message for World AIDS Day, which is celebrated the…