Cruise ship hit by virus sent out of St Maarten

March 22, 2016 in Regional

Authorities in St Maarten have reported that Norwegian Gem Cruise Ship left that Caribbean island prematurely on Friday (March 18) after being told its passengers and crew could not disembark ‘in the interests of public health’. Port St Maarten said a number of passengers on-board the...

First US President to visit Cuba in almost 90 years

March 21, 2016 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_10223" align="alignleft" width="300"] HAVANA, Cuba — US President Barack Obama (centre) with his first lady Michelle Obama, daughters Malia and Sasha, and first lady’s mother Marian Robinson, take a walking tour of Old Havana in the rain yesterday. Obama became the first US president...

Trinidad Prime Minister fires Housing Minister

March 18, 2016 in Regional

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Friday March 18, 2016 – Six months into his new administration, Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley has fired his Housing and Urban Development Minister Marlene McDonald following reports that she hired her common-law husband and his brother at her constituency office,...

Suspended UN diplomat pleads guilty in US bribery case

March 18, 2016 in Regional

A suspended deputy United Nations ambassador from the Dominican Republic pleaded guilty on Wednesday to charges that he participated in a scheme to bribe a former UN General Assembly president. Francis Lorenzo, 48, admitted in federal court in Manhattan that he engaged in conspiracies to commit...