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Bahamas signs agreement with China to facilitate air travel
Nassau, The Bahamas -- The Bahamas government has taken what it described as a “significant stride” in strengthening tourism, signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with China that establishes a framework for passenger air service…
Investigation shows Jack Warner used FIFA money for personal loans, debt payment
Port of Spain, Trinidad -- Former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner used US$10 million from football’s governing body to pay credit card debt, give himself personal loans, and also laundered some of the money, according to a BBC…
Cop to face court on ganja charges
Kingston, Jamaica -- The policeman who was arrested for possession of ganja along the Palisadoes main road on Sunday has been formally charged.
Constable Robert Roach, 43, who is assigned to the Kingston Central Division, was yesterday…
UN asked to intervene in border dispute with Venezuela
Georgetown, Guyana (CMC) -- In an attempt to settle the border dispute with Venezuela, the government of Guyana plans to ask the United Nations to intervene in the matter.
Foreign Minister Carl Greenidge in a statement to the National…
Trinidad MP accused of diverting funds for Haiti earthquake victims
Port of Spain, Trinidad -- In yet more revelations in the massive FIFA corruption scandal, Trinidad member of parliament and former FIFA vice president, Jack Warner, is facing new allegations that he diverted US$750,000 in emergency funds…
Rural Electrification Programme renamed
Kingston, Jamaica (JIS) -- The Government has changed the name and mandate of the Rural Electrification Programme (REP), to the National Energy Solution Company Limited (NESCL), with an expanded role to achieve energy efficiency.
Making…
Bank robbery in Bermuda caught on security footage
Hamilton, Bermuda -- An armed robbery that occurred at Butterfield Bank in the Old Town of St George's, Bermuda, just after noon on Tuesday was caught on security CCTV footage, which somehow found its way into the public domain.
While the…
Greater political will, greater transparency needed to stem transnational corruption, says US…
Nassau, Bahamas -- A top US official has urged regional governments to adopt greater transparency measures and to bolster “political will” to stem the tide of transnational bribery between government institutions and international companies…
St Vincent and the Grenadines plans agricultural diversification
Kingstown, St Vincent -- A Diversification Unit is to be established in the ministry of agriculture in St Vincent and the Grenadines to carry forward plans to diversify the local agricultural sector, minister of agriculture, Saboto Caesar,…
Trinidad MP urged to face US trial
Port of Spain, Trinidad -- Trinidad and Tobago’s minister of justice, Prakash Ramadhar, has urged member of parliament and former FIFA vice president Jack Warner to go the United States to face trial in connection with his indictment on…
US renews concerns on Bahamas government contract awards
Nassau, Bahamas -- For the second year in a row, the US Embassy in Nassau said it continues to receive reports from US companies alleging that there is a lack of “transparency and undue political influence with government bidding and…
Venezuela decree a flagrant violation of international law, says Guyana
Georgetown, Guyana -- The government of Guyana has denounced a decree by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro purporting to annex maritime areas belonging to Guyana under the relevant rules of international law.
According to Guyana’s…
Arscott to discuss streetlight payments to JPS in Parliament
Kingston, Jamaica -- Minister of Local Government and Community Development Noel Arscott is expected to answer more questions today on the issue of payments to the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) for the use of streetlights.
Speaker…
New Venezuelan decree claims ownership over Guyana’s continental shelf
Georgetown, Guyana -- Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro on May 27 issued a decree creating the “Atlantic coast of Venezuela”, which now includes sovereignty over Guyana’s territorial waters in the Atlantic Ocean off the Essequibo region.…
Caribbean media group connected to FIFA money laundering
Port of Spain, Trinidad -- The Trinidad Express has reported that a director of its ultimate parent company, One Caribbean Media Limited (OCM), is the owner of a Trinidad-based business that laundered money through black market currency…