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BBC Caribbean News in brief
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Trinidad and Tobago's government is going ahead with a parliamentary committee to investigate alleged corruption in the state
urban development company, Udecott.
The announcement follows an opposition boycott of the probe. The opposition United National Congress has asked for an investigation into Udecott which has more power to call witnesses and impose penalties. The leader of government business in the country's lower house Colm Imbert said that, despite the opposition criticism, the committee will have enough teeth to do its work. Pierre hits back The man nominated to be Haiti's prime minister, Eric Pierre, has been speaking out about why his nomination was rejected earlier this week by the country's Chamber of Deputies. He told reporters in Port-au-Prince that his nomination was rejected by what he called the "forces of corruption". In a speech, he said that he had refused to negotiate with those who had sought special favours and that this had put him out of the process. Mr Pierre's nomination was rejected by 51 to 35 by Haiti's Chamber of Deputies. He said that he now plans to return to his job as an advisor to the Inter-American Development Bank. Dom Rep poll The people of the Dominican Republic are voting in presidential elections Friday. The three main parties contesting the poll are the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) of president Leonel Fernandez, the main opposition Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD), and the Social Christian Reformist Party. The winner needs at least 50 per cent of the vote to avoid a run-off election. The Dominican Republic, which shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti, has a population of 9.5 million people. Few poor in the Caymans A study of living conditions in the Cayman Islands says that the British Overseas Territory has the lowest level of poverty in the English-speaking Caribbean. Only 1.9 per cent of the 53,000 population fall below the poverty line. This compares with double-digit figures in most parts of the rest of the region. The poorest were found to be mainly low-paid immigrant workers. Correspondents say that the report has sparked off discussion about whether the Cayman Islands should introduce a minimum wage. |
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Climate challenge for Caribbean
