ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC - Law enforcement authorities here are continuing their investigation into a security breach at Grenada’s Maurice Bishop International Airport where an unauthorized person tried to gain entry to a LIAT aircraft which was parked there overnight. Initial checks revealed that one of the emergency doors had been deployed. LIAT says a thorough assessment will be carried out by the Company’s maintenance team before the aircraft is returned to service. LIAT’s Security Department is assisting the Grenadian authorities in the investigation.
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Police are investigating the disappearance of a significant amount of data on Barbados’s critical oil industry from the Division of Energy and Telecommunications.
In a statement responding to a newspaper report that “millions of dollars worth of seismic data” had been reported missing, the Division of Energy and Telecommunications sais that “the matter in question is now subject to an on-going police investigation” and as a result it “is not in a position to engage in a detailed discussion at this time.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – A British trade mission showcasing Information & Communication Technology (ICT) and expertise arrives here on Wednesday as part of a visit to two Caribbean countries.
The British High Commission said that the mission will visit Barbados until Thursday before travelling to St. Lucia for a one-day visit.
CROIX-des-BOUQUETS, Haiti - The bright green, orange and blue box-shaped tiny buildings beckon like neon signs on a dark night. Partially built and the size of a tiny motel room, the two-room structures are a huge improvement over the tattered tents and tin shacks where 347,284 Haitians still linger three years after the devastating Jan. 12, 2010 earthquake.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Express - Now that it's all over bar the secret voting for a finally named candidate in Justice Anthony Carmona, the process of electing a President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago has advertised itself as crying out for reform toward realising today's expectations of transparency. Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar last week appeared to voice regret that the public get to play no part in an exercise restricted to the Electoral College, comprising members of both houses of Parliament.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Observer - Employers discriminate against sickle cell patients, say experts SICKLE cell experts yesterday debunked as myth, a common belief that the illness is a death sentence, and appealed to Jamaicans to end stigmatisation and employment discrimination of people with the disease. Director of the Sickle Cell Unit Professor Marvin Reid, and officials of the Sickle Cell Support Club of Jamaica and the Sickle Cell Trust, told the Jamaica Observer Monday Exchange that the nature of the stigmatisation has resulted in depression among many sickle cell patients.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Gleaner - A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was due in the island yesterday and is expected to remain in Jamaica until February 15. The mission is being headed by Jan Kees Martijn. In a release yesterday, the Ministry of Finance and Planning said the mission followed extensive discussions by Jamaican officials with representatives of the IMF in Washington, DC.
(Trinidad Guardian) KINGSTON—The Government of Jamaica has unveiled ambitious plans that will build the Caribbean island into a Global Logistics Hub for the Americas and position it as a regional trading mecca similar to Singapore, Dubai and Rotterdam. High level discussions have already started with a number of overseas investors to develop vast areas of prime real estate to handle increased volumes of air and sea cargo.
(Jamaica Observer) - Former Assistant Commissioner of Police detective Les Green has painted a hellish picture of his eight-year tour of duty in Jamaica with a job he said was a “tremendous strain”. In a story in yesterday’s edition of British newspaper the Mirror, Green told of a place where life is cheap, guns rule and drugs are rife. He also spoke of a level of violence that took some getting used to, even though he had a background investigating shootings in London’s Jamaican community as part of Scotland Yard’s Operation Trident team.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - NICHE marketing and branding are opportunities Barbados should pursue to grow more of its exports. This suggestion has come from Matthew Wilson who is a Councillor at the World Trade Organisation in Geneva. He believes that every opportunity must be pursued more to promote more of Barbados’ goods to the Caribbean market.