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By Stabroek staff | Thursday, November 12, 2009 | 1 Comment
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – David Williams acknowledges the enormity of the task, but he feels West Indies can spring a surprise, and topple Australia in …
By Stabroek staff | Wednesday, November 11, 2009 | 1 Comment
(Jamaica Observer) Government on Sunday opened tenders for the construction of a modern firearms tactical training unit at the Jamaica Police Academy in Twickenham Park, …
By Stabroek staff | Wednesday, November 11, 2009 | 0 Comments
(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Patrick Manning could not hide his feeling of vindication and national pride as he opened the TT$480 million controversial National Academy …
By Stabroek staff | Wednesday, November 11, 2009 | 1 Comment
(BBC) The International Monetary Fund has approved a US$1.7 billion loan programme to help the Dominican Republic through the economic crisis.
In common with several Caribbean …
By Stabroek staff | Tuesday, November 10, 2009 | 7 Comments
(Antigua Sun) – Guyanese Latchman “Ricky” Bhola was convicted, fined and ordered deported from Antigua and Barbuda after he pleaded guilty to presenting forged documents …
By Stabroek staff | Tuesday, November 10, 2009 | 1 Comment
(Jamaica Gleaner) – Angry residents last night set fire to a police service vehicle in Kitson Town, St Catherine to protest against a police killing.
The …
By Stabroek staff | Sunday, November 8, 2009 | 1 Comment
(Barbados Nation) The Barbados Association of Journalists (BAJ) is urging a speedier processing of the Freedom of Information Act and Defamation Act so that media …
By Stabroek staff | Sunday, November 8, 2009 | 0 Comments
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Honduras’ ousted president and de facto leader gave signs they would try again on Saturday to form a unity government to guide …
By Stabroek staff | Saturday, November 7, 2009 | 0 Comments
(Trinidad Express) Republic Bank has recorded an annual net profit attributable to shareholders of TT$948.4 million for 2009.
This was a decline of TT$255.4 million or …
By Stabroek staff | Saturday, November 7, 2009 | 0 Comments
(Jamaica Observer) It may take another 40 years before Jamaica’s productivity increases to the level of its Caribbean neighbours.
This grim reality was outlined by Joseph …
By Stabroek staff | Saturday, November 7, 2009 | 0 Comments
(Antigua Sun) A 21-year-old Guyanese man was ordered deported from Antigua after he was convicted for remaining in the country after the expiration of his …
By Stabroek staff | Saturday, November 7, 2009 | 0 Comments
(Trinidad Express) The three-storey structure currently being constructed at the Prime Minis-ter’s residence in St Ann’s is estimated to cost $10 million and will be …
By Stabroek staff | Saturday, November 7, 2009 | 0 Comments
(Jamaica Gleaner) Police seized 15 guns and arrested 69 students for criminal offences at public schools throughout Jamaica during the 2007/08 academic year, according to …
By Stabroek staff | Friday, November 6, 2009 | 0 Comments
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – United Nations peacekeeping forces will not leave Haiti any time soon as the country, one of the world’s poorest, remains fragile, …
By Stabroek staff | Friday, November 6, 2009 | 0 Comments
Cuba must make human rights gestures
The European Union’s development commissioner wants Cuba to show signs it’s serious about protecting fundamental human rights. Karel De Gucht …
By Stabroek staff | Tuesday, November 3, 2009 | 1 Comment
(Jamaica Gleaner) – Jamaica’s Police Chief, Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin, has tendered his resignation to the Police Service Commission, ending weeks of speculation that a …
By Stabroek staff | Tuesday, November 3, 2009 | 0 Comments
(Trinidad Express) – All that remained of six-year-old Khris Ramkhelawan were his burnt bones after the car in which the boy was a back-seat passenger …
By Stabroek staff | Tuesday, November 3, 2009 | 0 Comments
(Trinidad Express) – Two women and two men are currently assisting the Tobago Homicide Bureau with investigations into the sister island’s latest murder.
German national Peter …
By Stabroek staff | Tuesday, November 3, 2009 | 1 Comment
Bleak outlook
The Economist Intelligence Unit, a respected think tank, says economic conditions in the Caribbean may deteriorate further before they improve.
It’s outlined a bleak but …
By Stabroek staff | Monday, November 2, 2009 | 0 Comments
(BBC) The UK’s Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies have been told to improve standards of regulation, and find new methods of raising tax.
The UK wants …
