The Organization of Caribbean Utility Regulators says it is concerned that the impending move by Digicel to takeover Claro’s operation in Jamaica will negatively affect competition and consumer choice in Jamaica’s telecoms market.
The Council, which met on Monday in Barbados, said the deal means...
An ambulette driver who had been convicted of robbing an Oakland Gardens nail salon and its seven occupants in December 2009 – using his assigned ambulette which was equipped with a GPS as his getaway vehicle – has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison on Friday (March 25).
The defeanant is Kevin...
Agroup of Non-Government Organizations in Trinidad and Tobago is expressing concern about what it says is the government’s rush to introduce same-sex schools in the twin island republic.
The group, the Network of NGOs of Trinidad and Tobago for the Advancement of Women, says enough
consultation has not...
OCHO RIOS – A team of medical personnel from New York will be making a special visit to St. Ann’s Bay Hospital on Monday, March 21.
The team, headed by cardiothoracicsSurgeon and son of National Hero Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Dr. Julius Garvey, will be meeting with the St. Ann Medical Team (Hospital and...
AGuyanese man here who burned his girlfriend’s face with a hot iron while their three children watched has been sentenced to 13 years in jail. Before handing down the sentence on Eric Persaud, 36, Queens Supreme Court Justice Gregory Lasak described the gruesome attack as horrendous and...
Caribbean countries will tomorrow participate in a full-scale simulation tsunami alert exercise to test the region’s readiness to respond to a possible disaster. The exercise, dubbed Caribe Wave 11, will be held in conjunction with the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency.
It will assess...
