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Bermuda government responds to union protest
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).…
Montserrat premier presses for more UK aid
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…
New capacity-building project to provide support for CARIFORUM-EU EPA
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…
$62.7 million assistance for Jamaica’s largest private sector wind farm
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…
Trinidad journalist was murdered, autopsy reveals
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…
UWI lecturers in Trinidad to upload students’ grades
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…
Barbados gov’t moving to export sugar to regional countries
Bridgetown, Barbados (CMC) -- The Trinidad-based Ansa Merchant Bank (AMB) is providing funds to the Barbados government for a multipurpose sugar factor as Bridgetown signaled its intention of becoming a major supplier of sugar to the…
French Guiana seeks associate membership of CARICOM
Georgetown, Guyana -- Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General Irwin LaRocque met on Thursday with a team from French Guiana led by the president of the Regional Council Rodolphe Alexandre, as the French territories in the Caribbean…
Thousands of Bermuda government workers hold mass meeting
Hamilton, Bermuda -- Nearly 4,000 government workers in Bermuda held a mass meeting on Monday morning to vote on the government’s proposal to demand further pay cuts from civil servants.
However, a meeting with government representatives…
Cuba strengthening support to CARICOM
Kingston, Jamaica (JIS) -- The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is slated to benefit from increased support from Cuba in the areas of health, education, disaster response, and support for the disabled.
Cuba’s Ambassador to Jamaica, Bernardo…
Bahamas police officers arrested on child pornography charges
Nassau, Bahamas -- A police officer was on Friday charged in The Bahamas with one count of child pornography in relation to a sex tape scandal and a second officer was arrested in the same matter.
Edmund Lewis Jr. appeared before Chief…
Guyana seeks to develop international relations with non-traditional partners
Georgetown, Guyana (GINA) -- Minister of Foreign Affairs Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett said that Guyana is looking at non-traditional partners, even while consolidating international and foreign policy relationships with the traditional ones.…
Unemployment rate in Barbados for third quarter 2014 at 12.9 percent
Bridgetown, Barbados (BGIS) -- Statistics derived from the continuous household labour force survey indicated that the rate of unemployment in Barbados for the July to September quarter of 2014 stood at 12.9 percent.
According to the…
Antigua-Barbuda MPs walk out of parliament in protest of opposition member
St John’s, Antigua -- Members of the ruling Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP) in the House of Representatives on Thursday staged a protest action against an opposition member of parliament by walking out during the 2015 Budget Debate.…
Health partnership to benefit St Vincent and the Grenadines
Kingstown, St Vincent -- The lifestyles of the people of St Vincent and the Grenadines and the other OECS member states are expected to come under the microscope through a proposed health and human performance programme from the…