May 2015

Raul Castro: US and Cuba Ambassadors to Be Named Soon

May 13, 2015 in International

[caption id="attachment_5393" align="alignleft" width="300"] Cuba's President Raul Castro waves to the press as he accompanies France's President Francois who is departing Jose Marti airport in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, May 12, 2015. Hollande's one-day trip made him the first French president to visit Cuba since it...

Verizon buying AOL for $4.4 billion

May 13, 2015 in International

[caption id="attachment_5390" align="alignleft" width="300"] he Verizon studio booth at MetLife Stadium, in East Rutherford, N.J. (yahoo)[/caption] Verizon is buying AOL for about $4.4 billion, advancing the telecom’s push in both mobile and advertising fields. The acquisition gives Verizon an entryway into the increasingly competitive online video space....

Bank Workers Down Tools

May 13, 2015 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_5384" align="alignleft" width="300"] Bank workers attend two days of a meeting called by their bargaining agent, the Antigua & Barbuda Workers Union[/caption] Patrons will be impacted for a third day in a row, as bank workers withdraw their services in protest of the Banking Bill...

Duty to clear government’s name, says Trinidad PM

May 13, 2015 in Regional

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar on Monday emphasised that she has a duty to clear her government’s name with regard to fabricated emails that opposition leader Dr Keith Rowley presented to Parliament in May 2013. “I have a duty...