Caribbean News Headlines
- Ukrainian businessman sends a million dollars for Grenada diplomatic passport August 21, 2017
MIAMI, USA -- In the opaque world of diplomatic passport sales, it is definitely caveat emptor (let the buyer beware). Last year, a Ukrainian businessman*, who is linked to Dubai, and who wanted to buy a diplomatic passport from a cooperating Caribbean country, contacted citizenship consultants...
- Two tropical systems continue to threaten the Caribbean August 21, 2017
MIAMI, USA -- An Air Force Reserve Unit Hurricane Hunter aircraft investigating the remnants of Tropical Storm Harvey on Sunday found that the system still lacks a well-defined centre of circulation, and so far there is no indication of winds to tropical storm force.
- Commentary: The View from Europe: Trump's remarks give Venezuela breathing space August 21, 2017
Speaking on August 11, at a press conference at one of his golf courses, the US president, Donald Trump, scored the equivalent of a foreign policy own goal. “We have many options for Venezuela and by the way, I’m not going to rule out a military option”, he said, before going on to elaborate on […]
- Guyana telecoms company accused of stealing another phone company's logo August 21, 2017
GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The new logo that was unveiled by local telecommunications giant Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) in September 2015 has recently been placed in the spotlight by copyright infringement monitors who raised the possibility that the logo concept and colour...
- Powerball jackpot now at US$650 million: How Caribbean residents can participate August 21, 2017
With no winners, the US Powerball lottery rolled over again on Saturday night and the jackpot now stands at an astonishing US$650 million. "With a jackpot above the half-billion dollar mark, Powerball tickets are selling like solar eclipse glasses – but tickets are much easier to find in stores," said lottery...
- Over 8,000 CPL tickets billed to the public purse under former St Kitts-Nevis administration to win votes August 21, 2017
BASSETERRE, St Kitts (OPM) -- The current St Kitts and Nevis government, led by Prime Minister Dr Timothy Harris, has maintained the view that a properly legislated functioning Public Accounts Committee will bridge the gap in the public accountability framework left by the former Denzil Douglas...
- Letter: Explaining Argyle airport on St Vincent Island August 21, 2017
In the next five essays, I put the pieces of SVG’s AIA enigma together by explaining its real purpose now that the facility is finally operating, albeit almost exclusively as a regional facility. There is a fundamental and, by definition, irrefutable assumption (in scientific and philosophical terms called...
- Trinidad and Tobago and the EU to expand collaboration on security August 21, 2017
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -- Intensifying cooperation regarding regional security was the focus of discussions in Port of Spain on Friday morning when the minister of national security, Edmund Dillon, received a courtesy call from Arend Biesebroek, ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary...