Regional

April 28, 2011

Vulture damages Caribbean Airlines aircraft

A Caribbean Airlines (CAL) aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing here yesterday with more than 150 passengers on board after a bird was sucked into its engine. Aviation Minister, Robeson Benn said “the engine sustained critical damage”…

April 20, 2011

Haitian President-Elect: ‘Huge Challenges’ Ahead

Haiti's President-elect Michel Martelly says he has "huge…

April 20, 2011

Raul Castro Named Head of Cuba’s Communist Party

Cuban President Raul Castro has been named the head of the nation's ruling…

April 20, 2011

Jamaicans to pay billions in Air Jamaica divestment costs

Finance and Public Service Minister Audley Shaw said $7.2 billion has been set aside in the Budget for divestment legacy payments. Of this amount, he said $4.5 billion represented payments associated with Air Jamaica, and the Sugar Company of…

April 20, 2011

Bahamas tightens immigration rules

The Bahamas has tightened its immigration rules in favour of wealthier investors. Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham announced Monday that those applying for permanent residency will now have to spend at least US$1.5 million on a Bahamian home to get…

April 20, 2011

TT PM wants audit of regional security agency

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says she intends bringing allegations of corruption at the Trinidad-based Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Imple-mentation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS) to regional leaders after a newspaper published…

April 20, 2011

Martelly heads to the US

Haiti –President–elect Michel Martelly is scheduled to leave here…

April 20, 2011

Cuba Lifts Ban on Private Property Transactions

The ruling Communist Party of Cuba Monday lifted a decades-old ban on private property transactions such as buying and selling of houses and cars at its ongoing Sixth Congress. The move met one of the main demands made by the public during the…

April 20, 2011

AG on UFF probe: $5m paid to ‘PNM family

Close to $5 million of taxpayers’ money was paid by the Government in legal fees to people representing the State in the UFF Commission of Enquiry who were “no strangers to the PNM” and who were “part of the family, Attorney General Anand…

April 19, 2011

Cuban Communist Party Approves Sweeping Reforms

Cuban state-run media report that the nation's Communist Party has approved sweeping economic reforms and voted…