Regional

June 13, 2011

CARICOM, FAO to tackle high food prices at regional consultation

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations will next week tackle the recent upsurge in food prices that has reached unprecedented levels in the region. Against the backdrop of the FAO…

June 10, 2011

Trinidad DPP to determine criminal charges against former CL Financial executives

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Roger Gaspard has been asked by Trinidad and…

June 10, 2011

LIAT to meet as airline rescinds job cuts for now

Talks were set to resume Friday in Antigua between the region’s trade unions and LIAT after the regional airline rescinded dozens of redundancy letters stemming from the closure of city ticket offices region-wide, the unions' chief spokesman…

June 10, 2011

US to protect Caribbean immigrants from bogus lawyers

United States immigration officials today announced they were teaming up with federal and state prosecutors, the government’s commerce watchdog, lawyers and campaigners in a new effort to combat an “epidemic” of bogus immigration lawyers. The…

June 10, 2011

Dudus business partner cries foul

Justin Ogilvie, the business partner of former West Kingston strongman, Christopher 'Dudus' Coke is challenging the sum reportedly seized from his office during the incursion last year May. The police have reported that $2.9 million was seized…

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…