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Jamaica remains on course for IMF drawdown
Kingston, Jamaica (JIS) -- Jamaica remains on course for a second drawdown of funds from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and supporting financial inflows from the World Bank and Inter-American Development (IDB), totalling some…
Barbados cannot sustain $800 million fuel import bill, says minister
Bridgetown, Barbados (BGIS) Minister of Industry, International Business, Commerce and Small Business Development, Donville Inniss, has expressed concern about the rising fuel consumption bill in Barbados, saying that the country could…
Geothermal energy development in Dominica moves to next level
Roseau, Dominica -- Dominica’s drive to become the first carbon negative economy is this hemisphere has moved to the next level. This as the development of geothermal energy on island entered a new phase with the commencement of drilling of…
OECS Power Savers Campaign launched to promote energy efficiency
OECS Secretariat, Castries Saint Lucia - Residents of OECS Member States will soon receive further knowledge on energy saving techniques through the recently launched OECS Energy Efficiency Public Education and awareness campaign entitled:…
Financiers meet with OAS in Grenada on Caribbean debt
St George’s, Grenada -- Heads of some of the largest public and private financial institutions in the Caribbean gathered in Grenada recently, to meet with the prime minister of Grenada, Dr Keith Mitchell; the assistant secretary general…
Trinidad and Tobago PM receives ‘Democracy Medal’
St John’s, Antigua -- Trinidad and Tobago’s prime minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, has been awarded the 2013 “Democracy Medal” by the 46th World Conference of the International Association of Political Consultants during an event in…
Caribbean leaders discuss challenges in regional infrastructure financing
Miami, USA -- Infrastructure development financing was one of the hottest topics at a gathering of Caribbean leaders recently in Miami, Florida.
Six heads of government and senior ministers from several regional countries gathered at the…
CARICOM Trade ministers meet in Guyana
Georgetown, Guyana (CMC) – Trade Ministers from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will meet in Guyana on the weekend to chart the strategic direction of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED).
The traditional two-day…
T&T funeral home employee shot dead
Port of Spain, Trinidad -- Police in Trinidad are searching for two gunmen who shot and killed an employee of a funeral home in East Port of Spain Thursday.
The authorities said that Abdul Mohammed, 24, began working at the funeral home…
Finance Minister says 1990s had lessons for Jamaica regulatory sector
Kingston, Jamaica (CMC) – Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips says that the regulatory measures implemented following Jamaica’s financial crisis of the 1990s have resulted in “phenomenal growth in size and assets” of the securities sector on…
St Vincent PM ‘fed up’ with industrial action at LIAT
Bridgetown, Barbados (CMC) – St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves says he is "absolutely fed up" at the constant industrial action plaguing the regional airline, LIAT.
Gonsalves, who is the chairman of the…
Police seek witness for court
Kingston, Jamaica -- The Police is seeking the public’s assistance in locating a witness who is vital to a case that is currently before the court.
He is 28-year-old Kemar Beckford, of a Kingston 13 address.
Beckford is scheduled to…
St Lucia government accused of inaction on citizen security
Castries, St Lucia -- United PAC Saint Lucia, which describes itself as a super political action committee group (SuperPAC), whose philosophies and ideologies are in line with conservative values, in a press statement on Wednesday accused…
LIAT to meet with Pilots’ Union on Wednesday
St. John’s, Antigua – LIAT – The Caribbean Airline has held discussions with the pilots’ trade union LIALPA following the industrial action today which left several passengers stranded throughout the regional network. Only a limited number…
Trinidad’s costly election year…?
Port Of Spain, Trinidad -- Following a series of elections that began in January and ended in November 2013, the question arises as to whether or not the country had a productive year under the shadow of so many elections in a short period.…