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St John’s, Antigua -- Armand Arton, has been appointed special economic envoy to the Gulf Cooperation Council by Gaston Browne, prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda. Arton joins the likes of Hollywood icon Robert De Niro and billionaire…

Nassau, Bahamas -- Minister of Immigration Fred Mitchell announced on Thursday that all non-Bahamian students will be required to have a student permit or a passport with a residency stamp when local schools open in fall 2015. The…

Bridgetown, Barbados (BGIS) -- The government will not be interfering with the country’s fixed exchange rate, Prime Minister Freundel Stuart has assured, saying that conditions in Barbados today did not justify any tampering with the…

Hamilton, Bermuda -- Members of the Bermuda Trade Union Congress (BTUC) and the island’s government came to an agreement on Wednesday evening and, while they have not settled on terms regarding ‘furlough days’, the two sides have agreed…

Georgetown, Guyana (GINA) -- The members of the Guyana delegation slated to attend the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) comprising presidential adviser Gail Teixeira, Foreign Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett and legal adviser…

Bridgetown, Barbados -- Regional insurance giant Sagicor Financial Corporation is preparing to relocate its registered offices from Barbados following Standard and Poor’s recent downgrade of Barbados’ sovereign credit rating. In a…

Port of Spain, Trinidad (Trinidad Express) -- Anand Ramlogan’s job as Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago hangs in the balance. He is the first Attorney General to face a criminal investigation. And as Prime Minister Kamla…

St George’s, Grenada (GIS) -- A group of American investors is visiting Grenada, exploring opportunities in several key sectors including energy. The group includes Wesley Edens, founder and co-chairman of the board of directors of…

Kingston, Jamaica (JIS) -- The government will be pursuing several strategies to maintain the long-term downward trend in serious and violent crimes in Jamaica. In a statement to the House of Representatives on Tuesday, minister of…

Hamilton, Bermuda -- Premier Michael Dunkley and members of his Cabinet held a press conference on Tuesday afternoon to respond to the mass public protest rallies on Monday and Tuesday organised by the Bermuda Trade Union Congress (BTUC).…

Brades, Montserrat (GIU) -- Talks are continuing this week between the government of Montserrat and officials of the UK Department for International Development (DfID) on Montserrat's 2015-2016 Recurrent Budget and related issues. The…

Georgetown, Guyana -- Key partners involved in a new capacity-building project to support effective implementation of the CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) met in Georgetown, Guyana, on 19 January 2015, to chart the way…

Kingston, Jamaica -- IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, with the support of the government of Canada and along with the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC, the US government’s development finance institution) will help BMR…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- Well known Trinidad and Tobago journalist Marcia Henville was murdered, according to an autopsy report that points to a premeditated killing. The journalist’s head was bludgeoned, her throat was slit, causing her…

Port of Spain, Trinidad (CMC) -- The West Indies Group of University Teachers (WIGUT) is advising lecturers at the St Augustine campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) to upload the marks of students who sat examinations late last…