Ambassador to Antigua visits, fosters Lehigh-Antigua connection (02/02/2012)

Deborah Mae Lovell , the Ambassador of Antigua and Barbuda to the United States visited Lehigh University on Tuesday to finalize plans and conduct an information session for the Lehigh-sponsored SummerSERVE trip to Antigua this summer.

Job and route cuts are on the horizon as LIAT charts a course to keep its planes in the sky and return to profitability.

The former boss of the Royal Bank of Scotland, Fred Goodwin, is to be stripped of his knighthood, the British government said Tuesday, amid wide anger in Britain over bankers' bonuses.

Today is D-DAY for Prime Ministers Freundel Stuart, Dr Ralph Gonsalves and Baldwin Spencer, meeting at Hilton Barbados to chart the way forward for financially-troubled LIAT Limited.

Gibraltar's Chief Minister Fabian Picardo has met with the UK Minister for Tourism & Heritage, John Penrose, to question the rationale behind the UK government's plans to introduce a licensing regime for remote gaming operators, contained in the Remote Gaming Bill which may soon be tabled before the UK's parliament.

From Caribarena Antigua, about the conservative Republican : "The Antigua & Barbuda government has secured the services of a lobbyist who will be its voice and ears in the corridors of power in Washington DC, the US capital, when matters of interest to the country are being discussed.

Jonathan Rohr, the accomplished triathlete and American University of Antigua medical student who died suddenly last November, will be commemorated this weekend by the Digicel-Jonathan Rohr Memorial Tinman International Triathlon.

Caribbean leaders are meeting with the United Kingdom in Grenada to discuss trade and issues of mutual interest at the Seventh Meeting of the United Kingdom Caribbean Forum.

A study has found that an Eastern Caribbean fiscal insurance mechanism could provide shock-mitigation benefits for countries of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union .

New Delhi: Tightening the noose around pesky SMS senders further, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Friday issued a directive to telecom companies to block international SMSes as per the rules applicable to SMSes originating within the country.

In the mid 80s, the Japanese described New Zealand's nuclear-free policy as the " New Zealand disease " which had to be prevented from spreading throughout the South Pacific.

Kitts and Nevis 487 km E of SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico NST= 55, Nph= 69, Dmin=21.2 km, Rmss=0.85 sec, Gp=187, M-type=body wave magnitude , Version=5 Did you feel it? Report shaking and damage at your location.

A section of the road at the Littlehempston turn-off was closed for much of Thursday, January 5, while Devon County Council workmen removed it piece by piece using chainsaws.

THE VERY unusual and highly controversial move last week by the Antigua and Barbuda Police Force, in cooperation with the government of Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer, to go public with a statement requesting Sir Ronald Sanders to voluntarily present himself for questioning as "a person of interest" in an alleged fraud case, has been fiercely ... (more)

The Jamaica Bar Association is wary of Jamaica's plan to sign on to the international system for trademarks, called the Madrid Protocol, saying it would likely result in loss of income for lawyers and less tax revenue for the treasury.

LIME stands L for Landline, I for Internet, M for Mobile, and E for Entertainment.