Regional

May 30, 2011

Airport employees threaten shutdown

Even as the Estate Police Association prepares to take their negotiations with the Airports Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (AATT) to the Industrial Court, other employees are threatening to proceed with their own industrial action and shut…

May 27, 2011

St Lucia police accused by British media of bungling rape case

While at home St Lucia police have been praised by some for their crime fighting…

May 27, 2011

Caribbean needs to be readu for Climate Change

Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Belize-based Caribbean…

May 27, 2011

CXC head blasts regional ministries for failing education

Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC), Dr Didacus Jules, has blamed the Ministries of Education in the region for the glaring failure in the education system. “(The) biggest problem of education in the…

May 27, 2011

Trinidad president denies request to revoke appointment of Integrity Commission chairman

The president of Trinidad and Tobago, George Maxwell Richards, has denied a request by Minister of Works and Transport and United National Congress (UNC) chairman Jack Warner to revoke the appointment of Dr Eric St Cyr as chairman of the…

May 27, 2011

CARICOM National Security Council to consider report on allegations against IMPACS

The Bureau of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministerial Council for National Security and Law Enforcement (CONSLE) has forwarded to the full ministerial body, its recommendations arising out of the findings of a preliminary investigation by…

May 27, 2011

Air Jamaica, CAL deal sealed

THE merger of Air Jamaica and Caribbean Airlines (CAL) is now official following yesterday's closing of the deal between the Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago governments. The agreement was signed by Jamaica's Minister of Finance and the Public…

May 25, 2011

PNP party Jamaica,unveils shadow cabinet

OPPOSITION leader Portia Simpson Miller has unveiled a new shadow…

May 25, 2011

Plan tackles rising food and fuel

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) trade and economic affairs ministers who met here over the last weekend have agreed to the immediate establishment of a technical committee to determine the list of goods to be considered for a suspension of the…

May 25, 2011

Cuban light bulb trial delayed

The Cuban light bulb trial is set to be further delayed as the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn continues to fight an order for her to testify as a witness in the matter. Supreme Court judge Donald McIntosh this morning…