Author: Clivette

Haiti plunges on with poll despite opposition boycott

January 21, 2016 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_9489" align="alignleft" width="300"] Haitian police stand in front of the Haitian Parliament, in Port-au-Prince, on January 11, 2016, during a protest against the first session of the Parliament.[/caption] PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) — Haiti's outgoing president brushed aside street protests, boycott threats and fraud claims Thursday...

2015 was hottest year by far in modern times

January 20, 2016 in International

MIAMI, United States (AFP) – Blistering heat blanketed the Earth last year like never before, making 2015 by far the hottest year in modern times and raising new concerns about the accelerating pace of climate change. Not only was 2015 the warmest worldwide since 1880, it...

385 lose jobs

January 20, 2016 in Regional

THREE hundred and eighty-five sugar workers from the Pan-Caribbean-run Monymusk and Frome sugar estates will be sent home today after the company advised them yesterday that their positions are to be made redundant. Monymusk in Clarendon will lose 279 mainly field workers, while the 106 workers...