Governor of the Bank of Jamaica, Bryan Wynter, says the appreciation of the Jamaican dollar since the beginning of the year, reflects an environment of increased confidence in the local economy....read more

In a bold if lonely environmental stand, Britain’s coalition government has set out to curb the growth of what has been called “binge flying” by refusing to build new runways around London to accommodate more planes....read more

Reverend Al Miller has pleaded not guilty to a charge of perverting the course of justice when he appeared in court here on Friday....read more

Prime Minister David Thompson is to proceed immediately on two months leave, pending the outcome of further medical tests abroad....read more

Jackie Selebi, the former police commissioner of South Africa and once a signal figure in international law ...read more

Acting Police Commissioner James Philbert has accused Attorney General Anand Ramlogan of showing “contempt, disdain, bias and animosity” to his office after the top legal adviser to the new People’s Partnership government...read more

The Guyana government has written to the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) asking it to investigate two media houses it said had been publishing letters and articles that are in breach of the country’s anti-racism laws. ...read more

The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) says 16 Caribbean countries have renewed their policies for hurricane and earthquake coverage for the 2010/11 year....read more

The death toll rose to 42 on Friday after suicide bombers struck Pakistan’s most important Sufi shrine, a devastating attack by hard-line militants on the moderate, more flexible blend of Islam that is practiced by most Pakistanis....read more

Nearly two dozen people were killed in a Mexican border area on Thursday during a fierce gun battle between suspected members of rival drug gangs, Mexican authorities said....read more