March 16, 2011
Bahamas fiscal deficit deepens 22 percent to $216m
The first half of fiscal year 2010/2011 showed a $38.9 million increase in the Bahamas government’s deficit, expanding 22 percent to $215.9 million year-over-year. According to the Central Bank of The Bahamas’ January Monthly Economic and…
March 16, 2011
Labour Ministry Completes ILO Recommendations On Tornado Safety
On March 29, 2010 a tornado struck the Container Port in the Bahamas killing three people and injuring several others. Through the Department of Labour, Mr. Foulkes said the government commissioned an ILO expert to investigate and suggest what…
March 16, 2011
UK air passenger tax discriminatory, says CARICOM acting secretary general
In a first ever Caribbean Tourism Summit held in Europe, CARICOM acting secretary-general Lolita Applewhaite laid out the region’s case against the UK’s Air Passenger Duty (APD) on outgoing flights and other increases to aviation taxation. “We…
March 14, 2011
Another million-dollar heist
Gunmen in Jamaica on Saturday morning held up an Atlas vehicle and…
March 14, 2011
St Lucia braces for gay attack
As St Lucia braces for the possible fallout from an attack on three gay men from the United States as they showered together in a cottage in the west coast town of Soufriere, tourism officials are this week arranging meetings with the visitors to…
March 14, 2011
Cuba Releases Prominent Dissident
Cuba has released from prison one of its most prominent dissidents. Oscar Elias Biscet was freed Friday and returned to his home in Havana. The 49-year-old physician was serving a 25-year sentence. Biscet was part of a group of 52 dissidents…
March 14, 2011
US Targets Mexican Drug Gang
U.S. law enforcement officials announced Wednesday that 10 Mexican nationals associated with a notorious criminal gang have been charged in last year's murder of a U.S. consulate employee and two other people in Juarez, Mexico. The announcement…
March 9, 2011
Attorney accuses Jamaican justice minister of being dishonest
Sparks continued to fly on Tuesday at the Commission of Enquiry…
March 9, 2011
Cuba and US in online controversy
The internet seems to have become the latest front in the long ideological war between Cuba and the United States. A BBC Caribbean report stated that Havana is now accusing Washington of trying to use illegal satellite communications equipment to…
March 9, 2011
Antigua-Barbuda workers to protest on Thursday against government actions
The Antigua Trades and Labour Union (ATLU) has planned a massive demonstration on Thursday in St John's, the capital of Antigua and Barbuda, to protest the policies of the government that are claimed will cause further unemployment, growing…