Policy Coordination Unit Director appointed
Career civil servant Mr. Robert Lewis has been appointed as the first director of the Cabinet Office’s Policy Coordination Unit. The main purpose of this post is to coordinate the development and implementation of policies across all Government ministries and…
Next Generation Workforce
Pursuing internationally recognised qualifications will give young people the edge they need when entering today’s job market. This was the message from the Minister of Youth the Hon. Mark Scotland as he recently paid a courtesy call to Superior Auto’s…
JGHS kids learn all about business
A group of John Gray High School kids were busy raising funds with a carwash in the Wendy’s parking lot, West Bay road, for their school’s Business Club trip scheduled for June next year. “Each year we raise funds to…
Derek Wight
We regret to announce the death of local businessman Derek Wight who died last Sat. (26) after a fall suffered the day before. Mr. Wight was owner of the By-Rite supermarket and other stores located in George Town, was administrator…
Pastor Al laid to rest
Dr. Alden A. Ebanks, Cert. of Hon., J.P., D.D., was laid to rest on Sat. 26th November. A Thanksgiving Service for his life was held at a packed Agape Family Worship Centre. Officiating ministers were his son Andrew Ebanks, Pastor…
Wandering wolf inspires hope and dread
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — A young wolf from Oregon has become a media celebrity while looking for love, tracing a zigzag path that has carried him hundreds of miles nearly to California, while his alpha male sire and a…
British film director Ken Russell dies at 84
LONDON (AP) — Ken Russell, an iconoclastic British director whose daring films blended music, sex and violence in a potent brew seemingly drawn straight from his subconscious, has died at age 84. Russell died in a hospital on Sunday following…
Hotel bomb kills three, wounds 27 in south Philippines
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Suspected Islamic militants detonated a powerful bomb that killed at least three people and wounded 27 others in a budget hotel packed with wedding guests in the southern Philippines, officials said Monday. Investigators believe the blast…
Bush may face $30m cruise bill
Failing a negotiated $3 million settlement with Miami-based GLF Construction Corporation, government could face a $30 million court order for aborting an agreement to build George Town’s cruise- ship berths. The $30 million figure represents the loss to GLF –…
50-50 conference launches essay competition
The Planning Committee of the 50-50 Caribbean Conference has launched its Essay Competition as part of the ongoing efforts to encourage participation in what promises to be one of the most anticipated events of March 2012. The theme for the…
