Regional

October 23, 2011

Jamaica welcomes ninth prime minister

The transition of leadership of the government of Jamaica will be completed on Sunday, when…

October 23, 2011

Forecasters eying two tropical systems

According to the national Hurricane Center in Miami, an area of low pressure over the western Caribbean Sea is centered about 170 miles east of the coast of Nicaragua. The associated shower activity has become better organized and there is a…

October 23, 2011

Cops arrest 172 lawbreakers within 24 hours

POLICE arrested 172 people between Friday night and early yesterday, 56 of them for breach of curfew including 11 women, and 36 on charges of drunk driving. Twenty-two suspects, ranging between ages 24 and 41, were held by Southern Division…

October 23, 2011

Marco Rubio admits wrong dates in Cuban parents ‘exile’

A Florida Republican often touted as a possible 2012 vice-presidential candidate has admitted his Cuban parents did not come to the US as exiles from Fidel Castro's rule. Senator Marco Rubio acknowledges "getting a few dates wrong" about when…

October 23, 2011

Bahamas Security Minister Hails Success of Electronic Monitoring Syst

Seventeen persons have been remanded to Her Majesty’s Prisons, Fox Hill, for breach of the terms of the Electronic Monitoring System, Minister of National Security the Hon. O.A.T. “Tommy” Turnquest said.  The programme is currently being…

October 22, 2011

Jamaican parliament calls for removal of Cuban embargo

Jamaica’s House of Representatives has approved a motion in support of the removal of the…

October 22, 2011

Gulfstream expands service to Freeport, Grand Bahama

Gulfstream International Airlines plans to expand service to Freeport, Grand Bahama (FPO), with the launch of a new daily flight from West Palm Beach, FL (PBI). The new service begins November 8, 2011. With the expanded service, Gulfstream now…

October 22, 2011

Nearly 470,000 cholera cases reported in Haiti over the past year

Almost 470,000 cases of cholera, including 6,595 deaths, have been reported in Haiti since an epidemic of the disease erupted in the Caribbean country one year ago, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Friday. Some…

October 20, 2011

Early childhood sector calls for Caribbean family literacy policy

Participants at a recently-concluded two-day family learning…

October 20, 2011

Dominica to appoint an honorary council in South Korea

Dominica will soon appoint an honorary council to represent its interest in South Korea. Environment Minister Dr. Kenneth Darroux who represented government at the First High Level Forum on Korea Caribbean Partnership in the Capital City of Seoul…