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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…

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…