(Jamaica Observer) Opposition Senator Dr Christopher Tufton says offers being made by China for low-cost financing for infrastructure projects in the region will not be taken up at the desired rate, due to the requirements by Chinese lending institutions for government-backed sovereign guarantees.
(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica – An eleven year old girl was shot and killed and two women injured when gunmen invaded a community in West Kingston late Thursday.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the PetroCaribe Fund, Dr Wesley Hughes, says any increase in the interest rate charged on oil purchases under the agreement will contribute to an increase in Jamaica’s debt payments.
(Trinidad Guardian) Buck up. That was the message that President Anthony Carmona gave to parliamentarians yesterday.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Senior police investigators are now probing the fatal shooting of 49-year-old businessman Hector Wilson on Darling Street, in the vicinity of the Coronation Market, about 4:30 this morning.
(Jamaica Observer) Opposition Senator Dr Christopher Tufton says offers being made by China for low-cost financing for infrastructure projects in the region will not be taken up at the desired rate, due to the requirements by Chinese lending institutions for government-backed sovereign guarantees.
(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica – An eleven year old girl was shot and killed and two women injured when gunmen invaded a community in West Kingston late Thursday.
MONTEVIDEO, (Reuters) – Uruguay’s leftist President Jose Mujica said his country would not become a haven for pot smokers the day after its lower chamber of Congress narrowly voted to legalize the cultivation and sale of marijuana.
(Trinidad Express) The country’s largest insurance company is about to become potentially one of the State’s most lucrative and far-reaching assets.
(Trinidad Express) The re-election of Jack Warner as the Member of Parliament for Chaguanas West will do “untold damage” to this country’s international image, Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley warned yesterday.
(Trinidad Express) Legal action will be taken against Sir David Simmons, who chaired Concacaf’s ethics committee which reported that former government minister Jack Warner was fraudulent in his management of Concacaf and the ownership of the Centre of Excellence.
(Trinidad Express) In a complete departure from practice, President Anthony Carmona has changed four of his senators in mid-term, a move that is unprecedented in Trinidad and Tobago’s post-Republican history.
(Trinidad Guardian) Former junior national security minister Collin Partap was convicted yesterday of failing to submit to a breathalyser test. Partap,
(Jamaica Observer) Minister of Health Dr Fenton Ferguson bowed to increasing pressure from within and outside the ruling People’s National Party (PNP), yesterday, agreeing to let Parliament review the ban on smoking he implemented on July 15.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – Agriculture in Cuba remains in crisis and the country is still dependent on imports five years into Raul Castro’s presidency and efforts to reform the sector, according to a government report released this week.
(Barbados Nation) The exodus of a number of non-nationals from Barbados in recent times has affected the economy in a negative way.
(Trinidad Express) It’s a new day in the politics of the country.
(Trinidad Express) Trinidad and Tobago has taken another step toward developing the Loran Manatee gas field with neighbour Venezuela.
(Trinidad Express) Caribbean Airlines (CAL) is expected to begin phasing out its expensive fuel subsidy in a bid to become self-reliant.
(Trinidad Express) This was the prevailing sentiment among victims of the 1990 coup attempt, as they strongly condemned yesterday’s march by insurrectionist Yasin Abu Bakr.
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