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…
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…