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UN team visits Guyana to assess elections preparedness
Georgetown, Guyana (GINA) -- The readiness of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to hold the May 11, general and regional elections is being assessed by the United Nations Electoral Needs Assessment Mission (UNENAM).
Head of the…
Chinese housing model may be Grenada’s solution, says housing minister
St George’s, Grenada (GIS) -- Grenada’s Housing Minister Delma Thomas says the Chinese housing model may be the country’s solution to the growing problem of limited land space for dwelling purposes.
Thomas was speaking to reporters…
French membership can strengthen OECS, says St Lucia ambassador
Castries, St Lucia -- Qualified citizens resident in Martinique may be able to make use of the new economic space opened-up by the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Economic Union, an OECS ambassador says.
Saint Lucia’s…
Jamaica makes top 10 in media freedom worldwide
Paris, France (AFP) -- Media freedom suffered a "drastic decline" worldwide last year in part because of extremist groups such as Islamic State and Boko Haram, the watchdog group Reporters Without Borders said in its annual evaluation…
Group outraged at student’s attack on UWI, Mona campus
Kingston, Jamaica -- The University of the West Indies chapter of Generation 2000 (G2K), the Mona Campus Youth League (MCYL) on Thursday condemned the Tuesday attack of a female student on the campus.
It described the attack on the student…
CARICOM-Canada project brings CSME to life in Antigua-Barbuda workplace
St John’s, Antigua -- Antigua and Barbuda’s ministry of trade, industry and commerce hosted meetings last Friday, 6 February, as part of a series of public education outreach activities currently being held in Antigua. The outreach is led…
US provides support for oil and gas development in Guyana
Georgetown, Guyana (GINA) -- As part of the Guyana government’s preparations for the oil and gas sector, efforts to engage international partners and countries continue. Last week, minister of natural resources and the environment, Robert…
Germany contributes EC$4.5 million to Grenada’s electricity sector reform
St George’s, Grenada -- Dr Michael Freudenberg, deputy head of mission of the German embassy in Port-of-Spain with responsibility for Grenada, made a special visit to Grenada from February 4 to February 9. Aside from participating in…
Holness to find ‘political solution’ to Senate resignation saga
Kingston, Jamaica -- The Jamaica Labour Party says it has entrusted party leader Andrew Holness with “the responsibility of arriving at a political solution with the affected party members” regarding a recent Constitutional Court…
Debt owed to Trinidad’s CAL director may have cost him his life
Port of Spain, Trinidad (Trinidad Express) -- A debt of TT$150,000 owed to Caribbean Airlines Ltd (CAL) director Azad Niamat may have cost him his life.
The Express was told that on the day Niamat went missing on January 29 he went to…
Caribbean Export supports regional services sector
Bridgetown, Barbados -- The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) facilitated the planning session for the 2015 work programme and annual general meeting of the Caribbean Network of Service Coalitions last week in Barbados.…
Bookings to Grenada increase for 2015
St George’s, Grenada -- Grenada is expected to have another successful year for tourism arrivals, according to reports from the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association’s 2015 Caribbean Travel Marketplace held from 28th to 30th January 2015.…
Trinidad Political Observer says Dwyer Astaphan to spearhead vicious attacks on St Kitts PM
Port of Spain, Trinidad -- A Trinidad based political observer said Monday, a vicious attack against St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister Denzil Douglas is in the works spearheaded by Team Unity's chief strategist Dwyer Astaphan.
“Following…
St Lucia rattled by “burst” of earthquakes
Castries, St Lucia, (CMC) -- St Lucia was struck by a “burst” of earthquakes on Monday, but disaster officials said there were no reports of injuries or damages.
The National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) said that it had been…
Jamaica environment minister calls for regional action on sustainable development
Georgetown, Guyana -- Jamaica’s minister of water, land, environment, sustainable development and climate change, Robert Pickersgill, has issued a call to all Caribbean Community (CARICOM) stakeholders to shape the sustainable development…