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Three years after Haiti earthquake, loss of hope, desperation
PORT-AU-PRINCE — The narrow corridor home deep inside the mountain was supposed to be a new beginning, a place where Alexandra Simin could have a fresh shot at life after nearly two years of sleeping on a dirt floor in a fetid tent city. But 14 months after trading in her small tent for the one-room cinder block shack in…
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Prof Sankat re-appointed principal
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Professor Clement Sankat has been re-appointed as pro vice-chancellor and principal of the St Augustine Campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) for a further four years, until his retirement on September 30, 2016. The announcement was made by Professor E Nigel Harris, vice-chancellor of The UWI who said the university’s Finance and…
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Hugo Chavez ‘stable’ and receiving treatment in Cuba
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is in a “stable situation” in a Cuban hospital receiving treatment due to a severe respiratory infection, his government said Monday. Information Minister Ernesto Villegas provided the update, saying the government is in “permanent contact” with Chavez's medical team and relatives who are with him in Havana where he underwent surgery for…
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Government to decide on new public holiday to recognise Majority Rule
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – The Bahamas government says a decision will soon have to be made on whether or not to make Majority Rule on January 10 a public holiday. Prime Minister Perry Gladstone Christie said Bahamians have tended not to see the importance of celebrating Majority Rule, even though it is arguably the most important event in the country’s…
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War of words between radio personality and PM’s attorney
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – A radio announcer has pointed an accusing finger at the attorney for Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit as being the source of secret and confidential information about the head of government being aired on a local radio station in December last year. The Integrity in Public Office (IPO) said it has already written to Police Commissioner Daniel…
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Reform urgent for head of state choice
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – High on the list of coming attractions with potential to fulfill or disappoint hopes for a bright and prosperous new year is constitution reform. Late last year, Legal Affairs Minister Prakash Ramadhar, who is also leader of the Congress of the People, described the process of “constitution reform (as) allowing citizens to participate in the…
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Group wants de la Bastide to be President
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Michael de la Bastide is being nominated as a candidate to be T&T’s fifth President by the 851 members of a Facebook group. It was created by De La Bastide's brother, Peter. The electoral college will vote on the presidency on February 15 and many believe the former chief justice and former president of the…
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Private sector group wants agreement honoured
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC –The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) on Monday called on government to honour the agreement reached with the Region Council that brought an end to the crisis in the mining town of Linden last year including the deaths of three people. “Moreover, we are calling on the government to ensure that all the resources necessary…
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PM urges nationals to buy shares in local bank
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonslaves is urging nationals to purchase shares in the Bank of St. Vincent and the Grenadines that on Monday launched an initial public offering (IPO) hoping to raise expansion capital of more than EC$17 million (One EC dollar = US$0.37 cents). The former state-owned bank, is offering two million shares at…
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