LIME goes ebill

November 13, 2014 in Regional

COME JANUARY 1, LIME landline customers will have to pay nearly $5 to get their printed bills, so that they can pay them, as the company ramps up its ebilling programme. In a statement yesterday, LIME explained that it conducted a survey to test consumers’ appetite...

CHIKV causes blood shortage in Jamaica

November 13, 2014 in Regional

KINGSTON - Blood supplies at the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) have been hit hard by the chikungunya virus (CHIKV) epidemic, with the entity now facing a shortage and asking people who have not been affected by the virus and victims who are not showing...

Gonsalves proposes ‘grand settlement’ to end crisis

November 12, 2014 in Regional

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent – St Vincent & the Grenadines Prime Minister, Dr Ralph Gonsalves, has written to CARICOM, asking the regional body to communicate to the Indian Cricket Board (BCCI) his “grand settlement” proposal, aimed at diffusing the BCCI’s US $42 million compensation claim against...

Family man killed on his farm

November 12, 2014 in Regional

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The man believed to be the victim of Antigua & Barbuda’s 12th homicide for 2014, has been described by family members as a humble individual who spent most of his time on his farm. “Most people say he is a peace to...