November 1, 2011
$700,000 in ganja, shotgun seized at makeshift camp
A police exercise in San Juan on Sunday has resulted in the seizure of more than $700,000 in narcotics and a homemade shotgun. Police said the drugs were discovered off Bagatelle Extension Road, San Juan, at a makeshift camp s et up by marijuana…
October 31, 2011
Former Colombian rebel elected mayor of capital, Bogota
A former left-wing rebel has been elected mayor of the capital, Bogota, as Colombians vote in local elections. Gustavo Petro, 51, a former guerrilla with the defunct M-19 movement, won 32% of the vote after running a "zero corruption" campaign.…
October 31, 2011
Govt “surprised” by Carnival’s last-minute cancellation
A race is now on to find a replacement ship following the last-minute cancellation of Carnival Cruise Lines, Government said today. The cruise line announced on Wednesday that it would only visit the Island once next year, instead of an expected…
October 31, 2011
Sir Clifford resigns
AFTER 15 years of service as Governor General of Barbados, Sir Clifford Husbands demits office tomorrow. The sudden announcement of his retirement came in an embargoed statement issued by the Cabinet Office yesterday for release today, which also…
October 31, 2011
Tourism’s dynamic duo gets awards
Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett and Director of Tourism, John Lynch have come in for high praise from the hierarchy of the World Travel Awards for their exceptional guidance of Jamaica’s tourism industry and for ensuring that the destination…
October 29, 2011
Caribbean is open for business, says St Kitts-Nevis PM
Hundreds of business persons attending the Commonwealth Business Forum in Perth, Australia, have been told that the Caribbean region presents opportunities for investment not only in the traditional sectors but in new areas including tourism,…
October 27, 2011
US and OECS establish diplomatic relations
The USA and the OECS established relations at the diplomatic level on Tuesday October 25th 2011. OECS Director General Dr. Len Ishmael accepted Letters of Introduction from the United States Envoy to the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States,…
October 27, 2011
Bahamas and Caribbean slowly recovering, says IMF
The Caribbean region, including The Bahamas, is slowly recovering from the global economic crisis…
October 27, 2011
Hurricane Rina now moving northwestward
At 7:00 pm EDT on Wednesday, satellite images and radar data from Belize indicated that the centre of hurricane Rina was located about 150 miles south-southeast of Cozumel, Mexico, and about 140 miles east of Chetumal, Mexico. According to the…
October 27, 2011
Protesters chained in ‘Occupy Half-Way-Tree’ in Jamaica
A small group of Jamaicans, led by Children’s Advocate Betty-Ann Blaine, this morning chained themselves to the median near the clock in Half-Way-Tree square in a protest against “inequities and injustices in the Jamaican society”. Taking their…