ROSEAU – Dominicans go to the polls to elect a new government on December 8, with Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit appealing to voters to ensure that his Dominica Labour Party (DLP) is returned to power to continue the socio-economic development of the island. The DLP will...
OTTAWA, Canada (CMC) – Canada’s Scotiabank has announced plans to shut or shrink 120 branches, largely in Mexico and the Caribbean, in a bid to save CAN$120 million (One Canadian dollar =US$0.87 cents) annually. The bank said it would close down 35 of its 200 branches...
The prison officer, speaking on the condition of anonymity, recounted to OBSERVER media a tale of sex and drugs at a prison controlled by powerful gang-leader inmates and condoned by corrupt senior prison officers. “There are a few officers who should not be in the prison...
IN a study lit only by the final rays of the setting sun reaching like fingers through an open door, Dr Wayne Kublalsingh yesterday lay on a day bed, thinking. A mosquito invasion in Kublalsingh’s neighbourhood has led to a net over his bed, his frame...
ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Four knighthoods topped the list of 21 national awards conferred on residents during the Ceremonial Parade to mark the 33rd anniversary of Independence yesterday, with the most outstanding being that of former prime minister Lester Bird, who received Antigua & Barbuda’s...