Regional

November 29, 2011

OAS electoral mission in Saint Lucia deploys observers

The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) and Saint Lucia’s Electoral Commission signed the agreement on the electoral observation process of the 2011 general elections in Saint Lucia on Friday. At the ceremony, which…

November 29, 2011

CHINA DEAL DELAYED IN CAYMAN

Premier McKeeva Bush yesterday announced extension of the memorandum of understanding with infrastructure giant China Harbour Engineering Company until 31 March next year. The agreement, originally due to be completed by tomorrow, 30 November,…

November 29, 2011

CXC developing primary school exit examination

The Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) is developing a primary school exit examination, professor of research, measurement and evaluation at the University of the West Indies’ School of Education, Dr Stafford Griffith, has disclosed. Griffith…

November 29, 2011

French Departments mull closer ties with Caribbean region

A three-day conference opens here this week that will focus on closer integration of French Caribbean Departments with non-French speaking countries and territories in the region. The conference called Forum FDA (French Departments of the…

November 27, 2011

Trinidadians doubt PM’s claim of plot

Trinidad and Tobago's Prime Minister has come under public pressure to reveal more details of…

November 27, 2011

Bobby Morris is new CARICOM ambassador

BARBADOS will have a new Ambassador to CARICOM come December 1. He is noted historian, educator and veteran trade unionist, the Hon. Robert “Bobby” Morris. Formerly the Deputy General Secretary of the Barbados Workers Union, 64-year old Mr.…

November 27, 2011

Cuban cigar roller presented with Guinness world record certificate

Cuban cigar roller Jose Cautelar Cairo (Cueto), who rolled an 81.8-meter (268 ft)-long cigar last May, was presented in Havana with the official certificate that validates his fifth Guinness World Record by Dianna Melrose, ambassador of the…

November 27, 2011

Consultation on youth gangs and violence heads to Trinidad

Trinidad and Tobago will today host a national consultation on youth gangs and gang violence. The meeting, funded by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), brings together approximately 60 stakeholders drawn primarily from the…

November 25, 2011

Trinidad PM Kamla Persad-Bissessar in ‘security threat’

Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says police have thwarted a plot to…

November 25, 2011

Sex workers say: ‘Tax Us’

It has been called the oldest profession in the world and now head of the Caribbean Association of Sex Workers, Miriam Edwards, says sex workers throughout the region would be willing to pay taxes if respective governments started recognising…