(Trinidad Express) The rising cost of subsidising Chinese migrant labourers and China’s pledge to hire more locals on its foreign construction projects could see fewer workers coming to Trinidad and Tobago from the Asian country for upcoming infrastructural work.
(Trinidad Express) The region’s most sophisticated clay-block plant, run by Abel/Bestcrete, is scheduled to begin commercial production by next month, ANSA McAL chief operating officer Gerry Brooks said on Tuesday.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica plans to set up a central authority led by the central bank to report on the financial activities of US taxpayers to their government, which has been on a three-year campaign to track down tax cheats.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Crime-scene investigators were yesterday called to a scene along March Pen Road in St Catherine where the body of eight-year-old Tamera Laing was found in a pit latrine.
(Jamaica Gleaner) After hitting a snag in the auction of the 700MHz band, Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Minister Phillip Paulwell has said the process is back on track.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica plans to set up a central authority led by the central bank to report on the financial activities of US taxpayers to their government, which has been on a three-year campaign to track down tax cheats.
(Jamaica Gleaner) In a major decision by the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) yesterday, the regulatory body approved a mobile termination rate (MTR) of J$1.10 effective July 1, which will see consumers benefitting from a sharp decline from the current J$5.00 per minute.
(Trinidad Express) The region’s most sophisticated clay-block plant, run by Abel/Bestcrete, is scheduled to begin commercial production by next month, ANSA McAL chief operating officer Gerry Brooks said on Tuesday.
(Trinidad Express) The man leading the probe into “emailgate” said yesterday there was no prejudice in the investigation and he will not let politics tarnish his work.
(Jamaica Observer) OCHO RIOS, St Ann — Residents of this parish and the neighbouring St Mary were yesterday still trying to come to terms with the murder of a well-known businessman and architect, who was shot and killed while jogging Tuesday morning in Rio Nuevo, St Mary.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The police in Trelawny are yet to lay charges against the woman taken into custody in connection with the death of a 4-year-old girl in the parish.
(Trinidad Express) A woman described as the perfect mother and wife was strangled and her body dumped in a ravine several kilometres from her Waterloo home on Tuesday.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – A flagship Venezuelan TV channel known for its militant opposition to late socialist leader Hugo Chavez has toned down under new owners, depriving the opposition of a favored platform as it fights a new government.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court of Appeal has ruled that St Lucia does not require a referendum before becoming a full member of the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ).
(Trinidad Express) The saga of “emailgate” continues to unfold as Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley was asked on Tuesday to hand over his computer by police officers.
(Trinidad Express) Brutally frank.
United States Vice-President Joe Biden diplomatically described his discussions with Caricom leaders as “completely open, completely frank and completely straightforward”.
(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar pointed to the relationship between criminal deportees and increased crime and violence in Trinidad and Tobago and the rest of the Caribbean in yesterday’s discussions with United States Vice-President Joe Biden.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuba will begin offering broader Internet access next month through 118 outlets around the country, according to a decree in the government’s Official Gazette on Tuesday, in a step long awaited by many Cubans.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica has since Independence suffered from poor leadership from not just politicians but across the board, Richard Byles, co-chairman of the Economic Programme Oversight Com-mittee (EPOC), has declared.