Regional

December 1, 2011

Ruling party leading in Guyana vote count

The ruling People's Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) has taken the lead for control of the 65 member National Assembly after more than 35 per cent of the ballots cast in Monday's regional and general elections had been counted. Preliminary figures…

December 1, 2011

Jamaica PM: I will not cover up corruption

PRIME Minister Andrew Holness said he will not seek to cover up any form of corruption in his Government, but will instead take firm and decisive action. Holness, who was addressing supporters in Alligator Pond yesterday during the party’s…

December 1, 2011

US cleric: American jailed in Cuba in good spirits

A US government subcontractor jailed for nearly two years for bringing restricted communications equipment to Cuba has lost a lot of weight but seems in good humour, a prominent US religious leader said after visiting the prisoner yesterday. The…

December 1, 2011

Aruba suspect Gary Giordano freed

A US businessman held since August over the presumed death of an American woman in Aruba has been released. Gary Giordano, who is now free to leave the Dutch Caribbean island, says 35-year-old Robyn Gardner was swept out to sea while snorkelling.…

November 30, 2011

New Gov’t in St Lucia

The return of Dr Kenny Anthony as prime minister of St Lucia following Monday's general election has resulted in an amusing political chorus among the more exuberant supporters of his victorious St Lucia Labour Party (SLP). "Kenny is back, Tom…

November 30, 2011

New candidates welcome $7m hike in campaign spending cap

FRESH-faced parliamentary candidates on both sides of the fence say they support the Electoral Commission of Jamaica's (ECJ's) campaign finance reform recommendation which requires them to spend no more than $10 million to fund campaigning in…

November 30, 2011

US man to exit Aruba jail in missing tourist case

A US businessman was yesterday scheduled to leave jail in Aruba while prosecutors in the Dutch Caribbean island try to put him back behind bars as a suspect in the disappearance of his travelling companion. Gary Giordano was due to be released…

November 30, 2011

LIME strikes deal with CARICOM

Telecommunications firm LIME has signed an agreement with the CARICOM secretariat to provide videoconferencing equipment and services to Jamaica and seven other member countries, as well as five other territories in the region. In a statement,…

November 29, 2011

Haitian president faces renewed pressure for Duvalier trial

The administration is facing renewed pressure to bring former dictator Jean-Claude “Baby Doc”…

November 29, 2011

Historic general elections underway in two Caricom countries

Stephenson King is for the first time seeking his own mandate to become…