Adele has picked up two prizes at the Ivor Novello songwriting awards – but missed out on two more top trophies. The star was named songwriter of the year and her song Rolling in the Deep was the most performed work of 2011. However, Ed Sheeran’s The A-Team beat Rolling In The Deep and Florence [...]

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Thursday May 17, 2012 – Just days after his counterpart in the Ministry of Finance revealed that Caribbean Airlines Ltd (CAL) lost a whopping US$52 million last year; Transport Minister Devant Maharaj has charged the airline’s board to dramatically cut costs. Minister Devant Maharaj revealed to local media that not only had [...]

CASTRIES, St Lucia – Questions are being raised about the death of an Englishwoman who relocated to St Lucia with her Rastafarian husband. Hilary Hughes-Augustin, an expert on AIDS, died in a St Lucia hospital two weeks after she was admitted for the treatment of undisclosed injuries. The 50-year-old woman’s death was initially believed to be [...]

World Telecommunication Day has been celebrated annually on 17th of May since 1969, marking the founding of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the signing of the first International Telegraph Convention in 1865. In order to bring into focus the importance of ICT and the wide range of issues related to the Information Society, in [...]

Petite Soufriere resident Sebastian Nicholas has been granted bail in the sum of $40,000.00 by Magistrate Candia Carette-George for possession of Cannabis. Nicholas appeared before the magistrate’s court on Thursday morning on two drug related offences; possession of cannabis and possession of cannabis exceeding 15 grams on May 15th, 2012. The drug was estimated at [...]

The trial to determine whether David St Jean of Portsmouth murdered a Good Hope man entered its second day at the High Court of Justice in Roseau on Thursday. State attorney Clement Joseph who is led by the Director of Public Prosecutions Gene Pestaina called six witnesses to testify on behalf of the state. It [...]

(CBS/AP) Disco queen Donna Summer has died, a family spokesperson told the Associated Press. She was 63. Her family released a statement Thursday saying Summer had died and that they “are at peace celebrating her extraordinary life and her continued legacy.”‘ TMZ first reported the news, noting Summer had died in Florida on Thursday after [...]

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Thursday May 17, 2012 – Last year’s deal that allowed Digicel to increase its stronghold in Jamaica could be undermined if the Jamaica Fair Trading Commission (FTC) determines that the transaction could lead to anti-competitive business environment in the country.  The FTC was cleared to make this determination on Tuesday (May 15) when [...]

Recruiters of nurses on the island have been asked to re-examine the recruitment process so as to attract the best people into the nursing profession. Former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health Jean Jacob told a recent panel discussion organized by the Dominica Nurses Association that attracting and recruiting the best people into nursing [...]

The Ministry of Health is in the process of preparing a draft legislation to eliminate the use of tobacco in public places in an effort to “provide a tobacco free society”. That’s according to Health Minister Julius Timothy who addressed members of the media at a chronic non-communicable disease press conference on Wednesday. “The draft [...]