September 7, 2018
Teachers’ Strike in Guyana is Over
eachers in Guyana are back on the job today, after conciliatory talks between their union and the Education Ministry resulted in an agreement to end strike action that had been triggered by government’s refusal to meet their pay increase demands.…
September 6, 2018
Another headache for St Lucia PM as Customs officers start two-day sick-out
Saint Lucian Customs and Excise officers have begun a two-day sickout in protest over government’s plans to merge a number of government departments into the proposed St Lucia Border Management Authority, according to sources. The planned sickout is…
September 5, 2018
Beach access controversy continues in the Cayman Islands
newly formed Public Lands Commission in the Cayman Islands has begun rolling out beach access signs across Grand Cayman as part of efforts to address issues concerning beach access. This includes owners of oceanfront homes continuing to deter the…
September 4, 2018
St Lucia airport corruption allegations attract US media attention
Long-standing allegations of corruption involving government ministers and other officials in Saint Lucia and a South Florida businessman have attracted the attention of the widely-read Florida newspaper, The Miami Herald. In a lengthy article on…
September 3, 2018
Bahamas utility board carnage involves Shell Energy in unwelcome controversy
While the “unholy mess” appears to be subsiding at the Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) after the entire board was terminated, including the chairman, with some of those same board members being almost immediately re-engaged except the chairman and a…
August 31, 2018
Grenada man charged for posting nude photos of ex-lover online
A 25-year-old man became the first person to be charged for violating a section of the Electronic Crimes Act when he appeared in court earlier this week. Yurber Phillip was charged with Violation of Privacy under the Electronic Crimes Act based on…
August 31, 2018
St. Kitts-Nevis high commissioner to Jamaica dies at 87
PRIME Minister of St Kitts and Nevis Dr Timothy Harris has extended "heartfelt condolences", on behalf of his Government and people, to the family and loved ones of the late Cedric Harper, who served as that island's high commissioner to Jamaica…
August 30, 2018
Sandals charging to divert guests from infected Bahamas resort
New details about the gastro-intestinal (GI) virus outbreak at the Sandals Royal Bahamian resort in Nassau, Bahamas, has shown that the “diversion” protocol amid the outbreak that incapacitated over 100 guests and staff at the property comes with…
August 29, 2018
St Kitts-Nevis minister’s son shot to death
A son of St Kitts and Nevis minister of public infrastructure, posts, urban development and transport, Ian ‘Patches’ Liburd, was killed by gunfire on Monday night. According to reports, Mickail ‘Mitch’ Liburd was ambushed by at least three armed and…
August 28, 2018
Cayman Islands speaker denies working with blacklisted Chinese company
Former premier and current speaker of the Legislative Assembly in the Cayman Islands, McKeeva Bush, has denied that his consulting firm is working with or consulting for China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC). The parent company of CHEC, China…