Month: July 2013
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Egypt’s military and the country’s ‘second revolution’
GEORGETOWM, Guyana, Stabroek News – The sense of incompleteness which, from the start, had appeared to characterize Egypt’s ‘first revolution’ – including the election of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohammed Mursi to the presidency last year – now manifests itself in waves of civil insurrection. Mursi’s civilian presidency may have brought an end to more than sixty years of de facto…
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T&T vessel shot at here after Captain refuses drug transport –report
(Trinidad Express) A Trinidad and Tobago cargo vessel was shot at on Friday night and forced to leave Guyana after the captain allegedly refused to transport drugs into this country, Coast Guard Lieutenant Commander Kirk Jean-Baptiste said yesterday. According to reports, the Adorra travelled to Guyana last month with a shipment of coconut water. The crew of the vessel stayed…
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GUADELOUPE-CRIME-Police investigating mass killings in Guadeloupe
BASSE-TERRE, Guadeloupe, CMC – Police in this French-speaking Caribbean island are investigating a case in which a prominent rifle club champion went on a shooting spree over the weekend, killing six people including his wife and two children. Police said the incident occurred in the village of Tabanon in Petit Bourg on Saturday night. Media reports said that the man,…
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ST. VINCENT-LABOUR-Opposition leader wants full severance for Port Police workers
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – Opposition Leader Arnhim Eustace Monday called on the authorities to ensure that 84 Port Police officers, who are being sent home at the end of the month are properly compensated for their years of service. In a letter to the officers, Eustace said that they should ensure they are compensated in accordance with the severance…
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GRENADA-FINANCE-Grenada meeting its financial commitment to creditors
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – The Grenada government says it is meeting its obligation to creditors because of a new strategy through which it has categorised the debt owed. “One of the things we declared early since winning the February 19 general election was the need for debt restructuring and we began a process which now put some debts within…
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ST. LUCIA-DEVELOPMENT-CDB providing funds for poverty eradication in St. Lucia
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – St. Lucia has received an EC$15 million (One EC dollar = US$0.37 cents) grant from the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) to boost efforts at eradicating poverty in the towns and villages across the island. But Social Services Minister Harold Dalson says the financial institution is insisting upon accountability for the funds being released under…
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BAHAMAS-AVIATION-Government takes over full operations of Grand Bahama International Airport
FREEPORT, Bahamas, CMC – The Bahamas government Monday took over full control of the operations of the privately owned Airport Control Tower at Grand Bahama International Airport. “The Bahamas government is today taking over a critical function in aviation services on the island of Grand Bahama which up to this date was privately managed,” said Transport and Aviation Minister Glenys…
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