Daily Archives: Dec 21, 2017

HAMILTON, Bermuda, Dec 21, CMC  – A convicted Bulgarian fraudster who fled the island before a Crown appeal to increase his sentence was heard, is back behind bars after he was extradited from England.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21, CMC – The  Electoral Observation Mission (EOM) of the Organization of American States (OAS) deployed in the Bahamas for the May 2017 general elections on Wednesday presented its report  to the Permanent Council of the organization, highlighting the “openness and cooperation” of authorities, parties, civic groups and the people of the country, and presented recommendations to improve processes.

CASTRIES, St Lucia Dec. 21  – Governor General Dame Pearlette Louisy has announced that she will be leaving  office at the end of the year.

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Voters in a deeply divided Catalonia flocked to the polls on Thursday with support for its separatist and unionist camps running neck-and-neck, leaving prospects of an end to Spain’s worst political crisis in decades looking slim.

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - An Australian man of Afghan descent with a history of mental health issues drove a car into Christmas shoppers in the city of Melbourne on Thursday, injuring 19 people, but police said they did not believe the attack was terror-related.

It was quite encouraging to see and hear the ministers of government in a Town Hall-style question-andanswer with the citizenry yesterday. This was the...

The young man who knocked down and killed a U.K. visitor, Teresa Cummins, just over two years ago, has been found guilty of the offence, ‘causing death by dangerous driving.'

The Judge, Clare Henry, who heard an application for leave for judicial review, filed by a group of six Barbudans, has reserved her decision...

Gregory Georges, chief executive officer of the West Indies Oil Company (WIOC), has thanked the government of Antigua and Barbuda for not being heavy-handed in its management of WIOC in which it has a large stake.

Gaston Browne, prime minister, who last week declared that his party had “embraced” Asot Michael, Member of Parliament (MP) for St. Peter, said yesterday that he did without the benefit of any further information on why Michael was arrested in the United Kingdom (U.K.) in October.