HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – The Bermuda government says it will not be renewing the work permits of “guest workers” unless they sign a declaration outlining they have no residency status in the British Overseas Territory.
Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy said that the Immigration Department would be adopting a “more aggressive” stance on the issue.
PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC - President Desi Bouterse Tuesday hinted that the arrest of his 41-year-old son in Panama last week may have been part of a wider plan to disrupt progress within the Union of American States (UNASUR).
Dino Bouterse was held on drugs and gun related charges last Thursday at the request of US authorities, just as South American Heads of State were gathering in Paramaribo for their annual summit.
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The Barbados-based Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) will on Thursday launch a Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) level subject in Digital Media, Telecommunications, Science and Technology Minister Dr. Edmond Mansoor has announced. “Following on the successful promotion of the Notesmaster training for teachers in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, on this occasion the collaboration is focusing on the launch of a CAPE level subject in Digital Media.
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The Antigua-based regional airline, Tuesday denied a regional newspaper that the founder of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) lost millions of dollars as a result of the operations of the airline during the competition last month.
The Barbados Sunday Sun newspaper quoted businessman Ajmal Khan as describing the airline service as a “travesty” and that the cash-strapped airline had cost tournament organizers “millions of dollars” in additional expenses because of air travel woes.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – A leading regional academic Tuesday called on Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries to adopt a common position as it regards the ongoing situation in Syria.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Caribbean judicial officials, including judges, will meet here from September 9 to strengthen judicial capacity to apply international labour law in resolving national gender inequality labour disputes.
The five-day workshop on “Gender Equality at Work”, will be attended by delegates from the 13-member Caribbean countries of the International Labour Organization (ILO).
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama’s efforts to persuade the US Congress to back his plan to attack Syria met with skepticism yesterday from lawmakers in his own Democratic Party who expressed concern the United States would be dragged into a new Middle East conflict.
“There is a lot of skepticism,” said Representative Jim Moran after taking part in a 70-minute phone briefing for Democratic lawmakers by Obama’s top national security aides about the response to a chemical weapons attack that US officials say killed 1,429 people on the outskirts of Damascus.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Observer - BRITISH Prime Minister David Cameron is fighting for his political life and the legitimacy of his Tory party after Conservative members crossed the dreaded political divide and joined with the Opposition Labour party in voting no to Cameron's plan of participating with the United States in a military strike on Syria. The planned military action is in response to the use of chemical weapons, allegedly by the Syrian Government, against civilians in what has become a brutal and bloody civil war in that country.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Express - The revenues that Trinidad and Tobago collects from energy taxes could be significantly higher than what it is currently but companies under-report revenue and sometimes, government doesn’t even collect the taxes, local energy consultant Anthony Paul claimed yesterday.
(Jamaica Gleaner) - A new research facility to study the scientific benefits of marijuana is to be established jointly in Jamaica by two local universities. Paul Chang, chairman of the Ganja Law Reform Coalition made the disclosure at a Gleaner Editors’ Forum last Wednesday. Chang said the new research centre, which is to be called the Jamaica Cannabis Institute, will be jointly established by the University of the West Indies (UWI) and the University of Technology (UTech).