Austin ‘Jack’ Warner, the former vice-president of football’s world governing body FIFA, on Thursday lost his fight at the Privy Council against extradition to the United States on corruption charges. The court in London, Trinidad and Tobago’s highest appeal court, dismissed Warner’s lawyers’ contention that the...
The United States has placed travel sanctions on former Belizean National Security Minister John Birchman Saldivar for his alleged involvement in “significant corruption”. In a statement yesterday, the State Department alleged Saldivar “accepted bribes for the improper acquisition of Belizean immigration documents and interfered in public...
The ruling Dominica Labour Party continues with its election hustings even as the island’s opposition forces call for a boycott of the December 6 general election. Addressing supporters in the Petite Savanne Constituency last night, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit defended ringing the election bell early, stating...
The Ministry of Health and Social Services has confirmed the presence of four respiratory viruses circulating in Montserrat and causing widespread flu symptoms among the population. The ministry said Human Parainfluenza Virus subtype 3 (HPIV-3), Influenza A virus subtype H3N2; as well as the Rhinovirus, which...
[caption id="attachment_14166" align="alignleft" width="300"] Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit[/caption] Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit said the opposition United Workers Party’s (UWP) decision to boycott the December 6 General Election is their surrender to an inevitable defeat. At a public rally last evening, Skerrit made fun of the UWP’s...