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OECS to tighten regulations in ICT sector

Castries, St Lucia (GIS) -- Market competition within the information and communication technology (ICT) sector was discussed at the 60th meeting of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Authority held on Wednesday. OECS…

Jamaica intensifies targeting of Cuban market

Kingston, Jamaica -- Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) is strengthening its efforts to target the Cuban market for export through its Caribbean and Latin American market development strategy. The agency officially started its…

CCJ launches pilot project in Grenada

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad -- The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), through the Judicial Reform and Institutional Strengthening (JURIST) project, in collaboration with the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC), is embarking on a delay and…

Barbados reports decline in chikungunya cases

Bridgetown, Barbados (BGIS) -- The ministry of health has disclosed that there has been a decline in the number of confirmed cases of chikungunya in Barbados in recent weeks. The levels of mosquito breeding have also fallen. In 2014, there…

Cancer second leading cause of death in the Caribbean-CARPHA

Port of Spain, Trinidad (CMC) -- The Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) says cancers are the second leading cause of death in the region and even as it acknowledged that nearly one half of cancers are preventable or…

Education Minister responds to Opposition on SLB allocations

Kingston, Jamaica -- Education Minister Ronald Thwaites today said that the Students' Loan Bureau (SLB) approved 90 per cent of its loan applications for the current academic year, and there was no need to grant preferential treatment based…

Martinique to become first French territory to join OECS

Castries, St Lucia -- The history of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) will take a new turn on Wednesday when the French territory of Martinique signs on as an associate member, increasing the nine-member grouping to ten.…