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‘Barefoot bandit’ pleads guilty in the Bahamas

The so-called "barefoot bandit," Colton Harris-Moore, pleaded guilty in a Bahamian court Tuesday to a charge of illegally landing a plane and was sentenced to three months in jail or a $300 fine, police said....read more

Posted in International News

JAMAICA-RIGHTS- Study to determine profile of children in conflict with the law

The Office of the Children's Advocate (OCA) has launched a three-month study to assess the profile and backgrounds of children in conflict with the law in Jamaica...read more

Posted in Regional News

DOMINICA-BUDGET-Prime Minister presents tax free budget

Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit Tuesday presented an EC$440.3 million (US$163 million) tax free budget to Parliament saying that his governments’ three year tax reform programme is all but complete....read more

Posted in Regional News

Official: Gaza aid boat agrees to change course

A Libyan-backed ship trying to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza Tuesday agreed to change course and go to Egypt instead, according to an Israeli official with knowledge...read more

Posted in International News

TRINIDAD-CLICO-Government denies scaling down investigations

The Trinidad and Tobago government has denied media reports that legal teams in six separate jurisdictions investigating allegations relating to the financially troubled regional ...read more

Posted in Regional News

US-STANFORD-Disgraced financier’s former advisor files for bankruptcy

A former financial adviser to disgraced financier, Allen Stanford, has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection. ...read more

Posted in Regional News

ST VINCENT-CARICOM- Prime Minister comments on Petroleum Fund and CDF

Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves says there appears to be “some confusion” among governments with regards to the operations of the Petroleum Development Fund...read more

Posted in Regional News

NO REGRETS: Jagdeo stands by position on EPA

Two years after the Caribbean Forum (CARIFORUM) countries signed the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with Europe, Guyana’s President Bharrat Jagdeo...read more

Posted in Regional News

LIME loses at Privy Council

After a near-decade legal battle with former employees who were sent to the breadline, telecommunications giant LIME lost its final appeal at the Privy Council Court yesterday...read more

Posted in Headline News

CARIBBEAN-TELECOMS-Urgent need for investment in ICT, says Central Bank official

There is an urgent need for investment in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to help bolster the prospects for Caribbean economies, says the chief executive officer ...read more

Posted in Regional News

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