December 2015

(Antigua Observer) St. Johns, Antigua - Under pressure to deliver a legally required report on the nation’s Citizenship by Investment program (CIP), Prime Minister Gaston Browne has revealed the CIP passport count has surpassed 800.…

(Jamaica Observer) THE Jamaica Public Service (JPS) says it has found an alternate bidder for the engineering, procurement and construction services for the 190-megawatt power plant to be built in Old Harbour Bay, St Catherine, and is now…

(Antigua Observer) The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) has congratulated Dr. Ralph Gonsalves on his “re-election to the government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines” even as it said it has taken note of the “allegations…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, DECEMBER 17TH 2015 – The following businesses have been approved by the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) to participate in the Discounted VAT Rate Day, slated for 18th December 2015. Any questions, concerns or…

Their opponents were coming for a kill and were dangerously closing in, but the Inner City Ballers Team was saved the agony of having to go into the fourth game of the best of five finals against Fair Share by a single point on Wednesday…

(ZIZ News) -- When Nevis’ Premier and Minister of Finance the Hon. Vance Amory presented his more than $190 million 2016 Budget Address on December 8th, he spoke of a number of initiatives that will be brought on stream to improve…

(ZIZ News) -- During a post-Budget Address interview with Prime Minister Dr. Hon. Timothy Harris, he said, generally, his administration has increased financial support across line ministries within the government. When asked about the…

(ZIZ News) -- As the Budget debates continued on Thursday morning, Minister of State within the Ministry of Health, Hon. Wendy Phipps started the discussion with an update on her Ministry. She listed some difficulties facing her Ministry,…

(BBC) China has summoned a senior US envoy in protest after Washington announced it would sell two warships to Taiwan. Vice-Foreign Minister Zheng Zeguang made "solemn representations" with Kaye Lee, the US charge d'affaires, China's…

(BBC) IMF chief Christine Lagarde is to stand trial in France for alleged negligence over a €404m ($438m; £294m); payment to a businessman in 2008. She was finance minister in President Nicolas Sarkozy's government at the time of the…

(BBC) A judge in Brazil has ordered that a suspension of the popular messaging application WhatsApp be lifted. Judge Xavier de Souza said the service should be re-instated immediately. A court had ordered the service be suspended for 48…

(Caribbean360) A 43-year-old woman who was born in Trinidad will spend between 25 years and life in prison in New York for killing and dismembering her Guyanese-born tenant and dumping her body parts in several locations. Leah Cuevas, who…

(Caribbean360) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has urged the World Trade Organization (WTO) to join a successful year for multilateral diplomacy by delivering trade deals which will drive global economic growth and uplift the poor.…

(Antigua Observer) The European Union is again urging Antigua & Barbuda to remove the death penalty from its books. Deputy Head of the EU mission for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, Silvia Kofler said it’s not good enough for…

On December 12, 2015, Minister of the Interior Chen Wei-zen and Minister of the Coast Guard Administration Wang Chung-yi, together with officials from the Ministries of Transportation and Communications, Science and Technology, Economic…