Egypt’s military and the country’s ‘second revolution’

GEORGETOWM, Guyana, Stabroek News - The sense of incompleteness which, from the start, had appeared to characterize Egypt’s ‘first revolution’ – including the election of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohammed Mursi to the presidency last year – now manifests itself in...
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Operations VP takes the helm at CAL

(Trinidad Guardian) – Vice President of Operations at Caribbean Airlines (CAL), Captain Jagmohan Singh, has been appointed to run the day-to-day operations of the airline following the sudden resignation of acting CEO Robert Corbie on Friday. In an interview, CAL communications manager Clint W...
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Mission accomplished, says departing TCI governor

PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos Islands — On balance, there have been good and bad hours, but more good hours than bad, says departing governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI), Ric Todd, in assessing his almost two years in the British Overseas Territory. Todd is in the process of clean...
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GUADELOUPE-CRIME-Police investigating mass killings in Guadeloupe

BASSE-TERRE, Guadeloupe, CMC – Police in this French-speaking Caribbean island are investigating a case in which a prominent rifle club champion went on a shooting spree over the weekend, killing six people including his wife and two children. Police said the incident occurred in the village ...
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T&T in transport ‘hotspot’ at Caricom summit this week

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Guardian - T&T’s stalled southern Caribbean fast ferry proposal and the regional controversy over T&T’s fuel subsidy for Caribbean Airlines are to be discussed at the Caricom leaders’ 34th summit starting Wednesday in Port-of-Spain. “Those iss...
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Dominica, St Lucia to make CCJ their final appeal court

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Guardian, Secretary General of Caricom, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, has announced that Dominica and St Lucia are expected to join other countries in making the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) their final court of appeal. While others—including T&T—...
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