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Barbados international business sector still vibrant, says minister
Bridgetown, Barbados (BGIS) -- Despite the current economic situation, many foreign-owned entities still consider Barbados to be a reputable domicile of choice, especially in the areas of international insurance and industry, minister of…
Greater protection sought for owners and occupiers of land in St Lucia
Castries, St Lucia -- Noting that the poor and vulnerable have always received the short end of the stick regarding matters related to land disputes that culminate in court-mandated evictions, the leader of the Lucian People’s Movement…
Guyana government rejects claims of state resources being used for elections campaign
Georgetown, Guyana (GINA) -- Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon has rejected claims that that state resources in Guyana are being utilised for the People’s Progressive Party/Civic’s campaign for the upcoming general and…
Holness says Gov’t must tackle murders
Kingston, Jamaica -- Leader of the Opposition, Andrew Holness, says that the number and types of murders occurring show that Jamaica has a crisis on its hands.
"We wake up each day to horror stories of gruesome murders," Holness said in…
Rare Caribbean coral species raised in lab
Bridgetown, Barbados (CMC) -- A rare and threatened Caribbean coral species has for the first time been successfully bred and raised in the lab.
A study by the Curacao-based CARMABI Foundation has provided the first photos and…
US president to make state visit to Jamaica
Kingston, Jamaica -- Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has announced that US President Barack Obama will pay a state visit to Jamaica on April 9, 2015.
Obama and Simpson Miller will hold bilateral discussions on a range of issues of…
Bahamas reports double digit increases in air arrivals and hotel performance for January
Nassau, Bahamas -- The Bahamas ministry of tourism has announced that preliminary tourism statistics show double digit increases in air arrivals and hotel performance for the month of January.
Nassau/Paradise Island welcomed 74,361…
CDB to help countries gather poverty data more effectively
Bridgetown, Barbados -- Inadequate or outdated data have hindered the fight against poverty in some Caribbean countries, including those of the Eastern Caribbean. The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), along with partners, will be working…
Mia Mottley blasts Barbados government policies
Bridgetown, Barbados CMC -- Opposition Leader Mia Mottley has disagreed with a position adopted by the government that the island has been able to reverse its downward economic slide and was now poised for growth in the coming years.…
Grenada revolution holds lessons for Caribbean development – Skerrit
St. George’s, Grenada, CMC -- Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit says the 1979 Grenada revolution that brought Maurice Bishop to power marked the most decisive fracture in the Anglophone Caribbean with the political and…
News of Bahamas power company management contract could come next week, says union leader
Nassau, Bahamas -- Bahamas Electrical Workers Union (BEWU) President Paul Maynard said on Monday that he expects the government to announce its decision regarding the new management partner for the state-owned Bahamas Electricity…
Integrity tribunal to probe Trinidad MP
Port of Spain, Trinidad -- Nearly two months after the appointment of a tribunal to investigate whether Chaguanas West MP Jack Warner has breached the Integrity in Public Life Act, its members were due to be sworn in on Tuesday by Trinidad…
Barbados economy beginning to show signs of growth – Sinckler
Bridgetown, Barbados CMC -- The Barbados government says the economy is showing signs of growth and that the sacrifices made by nationals over the past months have not been in vain.
Finance Minister Chris Sinckler delivering the 2015-16…
Fidel Castro: Venezuela ready to confront US on sanctions
Havana, Cuba -- Cuba's Fidel Castro warned Tuesday that Venezuela was prepared to confront US "threats and impositions," and said Washington could no longer count on the Venezuelan military to do its bidding.
Venezuela "will never allow a…
Shaw speaks in budget debate today
Kingston, Jamaica -- The annual budget debate resumes at Gordon House this afternoon, with Opposition spokesman on finance and planning, Audley Shaw, responding to last week's opening presentation by the minister, Dr Peter Phillips.
Shaw…