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June 10, 2011

Convictions crisis in The Bahamas

While The Bahamas continued to suffer from a high rate of crime in 2010, only a small number of criminals were convicted for serious offences, newly released prison statistics show. Only 32 percent of the 2,374 people admitted to prison last year…

June 9, 2011

Torrential rains spark deadly floods in Haitian capital

United Nations peacekeepers and humanitarian staff are helping with…

June 9, 2011

Guyana launches separate probe into Rusal official

Guyana has rejected the results of an internal investigation by a Russian bauxite company that found that a general manager did not threaten workers at one of its plants last month. Labour minister Manzoor Nadir says Guyana's government has…

June 9, 2011

LIAT and unions to meet

The management of LIAT and the unions representing workers at its City Ticketing Offices (CTOs) will meet on Friday to continue discussions surrounding the closure of the city offices. The airline's Corporate Communications Manager Desmond Brown…

June 9, 2011

REDjet faces further delays

Regional carrier REDjet is facing further delays in getting approval to fly to Jamaica. Two weeks ago, the director general of the Civil Aviation Authority, Colonel Oscar Derby said a decision would have been made by June 4 on REDjet’s…

June 9, 2011

No bail for man charged with $370,000 trick

A 49-year-old man,who is alleged to have conned a lecturer out of more than TT$370,000 in US, Canadian and T&T currency, was denied bail yesterday. Naitram Jaggan, of Mayo Road, Mayo, was not called upon to plead when he appeared before…

June 3, 2011

Cholera surges again in parts of Haitian capital

An international aid group says clinics in one section of the…

June 3, 2011

Anguilla – independence within CARICOM dimmed?

The Chief Minister of Anguilla, Hubert Hughes, has repeated a call for his small Caribbean island of 90 sq km and 13,600 people to become independent from Britain whose colony it has been since 1650.  He is doing so in the worst of economic times…

June 3, 2011

One Caribbean for high level talks on AIDS

Caribbean delegations have agreed on a common position for the UN General Assembly High Level Meeting (HLM) on AIDS taking place in New York from June 8-10.  They will act as a united force on issues such as priorities, financial sustainability,…

June 3, 2011

Bajan faces fraud charges in US

A Barbadian immigrant faces more than two dozen charges of defrauding the U.S. government of at least US$10 million by filing hundreds of false tax returns, U.S. prosecutors said late yesterday. The U.S. Attorney’s office has alleged that…