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April 2, 2011

Jamaican PM denies recommending extradition

On Thursday, Prime Minister Bruce Golding told the Commission of Enquiry currently ongoing in Jamaica that he did not advise attorney general Dorothy Lightbourne to sign the authority to proceed with the extradition process against alleged drug…

April 2, 2011

Former Barbados deputy PM wants abuse scandal to be resolved swiftly

Former deputy prime minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley, has called for the issue regarding a Jamaican national, who claims that she was sexually and verbally abused by Barbadian customs and immigration officials, be taken out of the public……

April 2, 2011

Bahamas named in money laundering probe

The Bahamas has been named as the jurisdiction where $176 million was allegedly laundered in a scandal linked to a senior Panamanian government official. For The Bahamas, the fact that the laundering of the $176 million was alleged to have…

April 2, 2011

Former FBI agent retracts story

A former Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) agent, who told an undercover investigator that he routinely arrested Bahamian criminal defendants in South Florida and unlawfully sent them back to their homeland on commercial flights, now said he…

March 31, 2011

Jimmy Carter criticises US Cuba policy

Former US president Jimmy Carter - on a visit to Cuba - has criticised US policy towards the…

March 29, 2011

US$13m regional infrastructure fund

The Caribbean is expected to benefit from a US$13 million regional infrastructure integration…

March 29, 2011

‘Finger rape’ case raises Caricom free movement questions

Prominent Caribbean academic and political scientist, Professor Neville Duncan, is calling on Caricom governments to make a definitive statement on the issue of free movement within the region. His statement follows the decision of the Jamaica…

March 29, 2011

Jimmy Carter visits Cuba

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, landed in Havana today for a private visit aimed at lowering tension between the Cold War enemies and seeing firsthand the economic reforms sweeping the communist island. Unlike his…

March 29, 2011

UWI celebrates 50 of its distinguished Alumni

On April 2, the University of the West Indies (UWI), St. Augustine Campus will honour 50 members of its alumni at the inaugural Distinguished Campus Alumni Awards. Fifty awardees were selected by a bi-partisan Committee of Campus academic staff…

March 28, 2011

BBC Caribbean Service makes final broadcast

The BBC Caribbean Service has made its final broadcast, ending seven decades of programming for…