Regional

June 17, 2011

REDjet talks to expand operations

Transport ministers from Jamaica, Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago ended talks here on Wednesday promising to provide the necessary documents required by the Caribbean’s first low budget carrier to expand its operations in the region. Jamaica’s…

June 17, 2011

Customs Intercept 18 year old with Cocaine in Chocolate Chip Cookies.

Customs officials intercepted an 18 year old girl on Thursday who had two kilos of cocaine in chocolate chip cookies and two posters. The young female passenger identified as P.S. was traveling from Curacao to St. Maarten on an Insel Air flight.…

June 17, 2011

HIV/AIDS victim gets 25 years for manslaughter

ANTHONY ATWELL defended a murder charge for killing his wife on the grounds that she infected him with the deadly HIV virus, but he himself went on to have sex with at least two other women. In renewing his call yesterday for legislation to have…

June 16, 2011

Haitian-Bahamian tension could lead to violence, said US diplomatic cable

The Americans are of the view that the unaddressed issue of Haitian integration in The…

June 15, 2011

Traffic horrors as gas tanker flips in Trinidad

An accident involving a gas tanker caused a traffic pile-up, stretching from the…

June 15, 2011

Jamaican PM calls for special regime for indebted middle income countries

Jamaica’s Prime Minister Bruce Golding has emphasised the need for multilateral financial institutions to create a special regime for indebted middle income countries. Addressing a high powered team of United States senators at a special meeting…

June 15, 2011

U.S.-Based Nonprofit Charity Donates Books and Educational Supplies to Public Library in Saint Lucia

The International Alliance for Child Literacy donated 3,300 children’s books and 1,350 pounds of education materials to three schools and one library in Saint Lucia, including Soufriere Public Library. Somerset, N.J. — On May 30, 2011,…

June 15, 2011

LIAT chairman resigns

Chairman of the regional airline, LIAT, Dr. Jean Holder, has tendered his resignation after six years on the job. In a brief statement, LIAT said that Holder had submitted his resignation as director and chairman to the Barbados government, one of…

June 15, 2011

Second earthquake rattles Bermuda

The Island of Bermuda experienced an earthquake measuring 3.7 on the Richter Scale and lasting nearly eight seconds, according to scientific figures. Geologist Martin Brewer said results from the Island's seismogram station in Warwick showed the…

June 13, 2011

Suriname finance minister resigns

Citing “personal circumstances”, Suriname’s minister of finance, Wonnie Boedhoe,…