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Fly Jamaica ready to soar!
KINGSTON, Jamaica – After 14 months of working assiduously to meet rigorous regulatory aviation requirements, Fly Jamaica Airways will officially take to the skies on Friday, January 25, with its inaugural flight scheduled to depart for the John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. Fly Jamaica Airways received its air operating certificate in September 2012 from the Jamaica Civil…
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Police protection for former PM
BELIZE CITY, Belize, CMC – The government of Prime Minster Dean Barrow has offered police protection for former Prime Minister Said Musa. This follows an incident on Tuesday in which multiple gunshots were fired into the Belize City home of the veteran parliamentarian. Musa told reporters here that late Tuesday, he and his wife had just retired to bed, when…
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Claims of missing names from voters’ list dismissed
ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC-Supervisor of Elections, Judy Benoit, has rejected claims that thousands of names are missing from the voters’ list after concerns raised by the country’s two main political parties ahead of the February 19th General Election. Benoit, who recently returned to work after recovering from a mild stroke, said the names were among those being corrected and so were…
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Nomination Day is February 1
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Candidates contesting the February 19 general elections here will have to submit their relevant documents on February 1, Nomination Day. In addition, Supervisor of Elections, Judy Benoit, said members of the protective services will cast their ballots on February 15. Electoral Officials said that voter registration ended on Wednesday ahead of January 17 in keeping…
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Haiti leader leaves for Florida for checkup
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Miami Herald) — Haiti's government says that President Michel Martelly has left the country for a “complete medical checkup” in Florida. The doctor's visit comes almost a year after the 51-year-old leader traveled to Miami for a two-week stay in Miami to recover from what officials said was a blood clot in his lung. His office at the…
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Gone paperless: Statin keen to share technology with CARICOM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – THE Statistical Institute of Jamaica's (Statin) will introduce its new electronic data collection system (Edacs) to CARICOM. Now that its new data collection system, Edacs, an electronic system operated on the Hewlett-Packard (HP) Slate 2 tablet has been unveiled, Statin is key on sharing the system with other Caribbean territories. “They would be very interested as they…
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Senior government ministers oppose legislation to increase senators
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – The division within the Denzil Douglas administration surfaced here during the debate on legislation seeking to increase the number of senators in the St. Kitts and Nevis National Assembly. Attorney General and Minister of Justice and Legal Affairs, Patrice Nisbett led off the debate in which the government wants to increase the number of senators…
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Man charged with threatening to murder Prime Minster returns to court in March
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A 23-year-old man charged with threatening to assassinate Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar will re-appear in court on March 19, after the prosecution said it was not prepared to start the case, when it was called for the fourth time on Tuesday. Nicolai Marfan, an airport employee, is alleged to have sent a message…
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