KINGSTON, Jamaica, Jun 15 2016 – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved an operation to enable investments in efficient water technologies and practices in newly built housing in Jamaica. The project will promote related business opportunities and entrepreneurship in climate resilience and improve the conservation of water throughout the country. The project will use…
ST CROIX, USVI — On Friday, Governor Kenneth Mapp submitted a proposed bill to implement and provide for the speedy trial of persons charged with criminal offenses in the US Virgin Islands. The measure titled the “Virgin Islands Speedy Trial Act” is intended to strike a balance between protecting the rights of those charged with…
WASHINGTON, USA — The secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, said he has noted with great concern that the Haitian National Assembly has failed to pronounce within the terms set forth by the February 5 Agreement on the extension or not of the mandate of the interim president or, as…
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — On Friday, Justice James Aboud delivered his ruling in the Port of Spain High Court in Trinidad, refusing an application on behalf of the United States to join the extradition proceedings against former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner as an interested party. Warner is wanted in the United States for a…
