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PM Harris attends 86th Meeting of the Monetary Council

ROAD TOWN, TORTOLA, OCTOBER 21ST, 2016 (PRESS SEC) – Chairman of the OECS Authority Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris of St. Kitts and Nevis is at the 86th Meeting of the Monetary Council of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank…

St Vincent PM addresses LIAT issues

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- Prime minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr Ralph Gonsalves, has sought to “clear the air” on some of the misconceptions about regional air carrier LIAT. Gonsalves, who is the chairman of the majority…

Trinidad appeal court rejects opposition election challenge

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -- The Court of Appeal in Port of Spain, Trinidad, took just two hours on Monday to reject an appeal by the opposition United National Congress (UNC) challenging the dismissal of its election petitions over the…

How An Antiguan Legislator Ended Up Facing 5 Criminal Charges

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, Tuesday October 18, 2016 – A Senator of the ruling Antigua Labour Party (ALP) is now in hot water after allegedly wounding an elderly former senator over the weekend. The Daily Observer newspaper reported that Senator…

Panama hires PR firm amid ongoing Panama Papers fallout

WASHINGTON, USA -- Arrests, protests and legal challenges continue across the world, and Panama has now officially engaged a public relations firm to manage the country’s reputation amid ongoing global fallout from Panama Papers…

Antigua-Barbuda steps up for Haiti

ST JOHN’S, Antigua -- Antigua and Barbuda prime minister, Gaston Browne, has announced that his government is giving US$100,000 to Haiti to help its people cope with the humanitarian crisis facing the country as a result of Hurricane…

CIBC FirstCaribbean assists residents of Haiti

Bridgetown, Barbados, October 17, 2016: Close to one million Haitians could soon have access to safe drinking water as the charity United Caribbean Trust (UCT) moves to distribute 300 water filters across communities devastated by Hurricane…

UN secretary general visits Haiti in aftermath of hurricane

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Haiti is facing its largest humanitarian disaster since the 2010 earthquake, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Saturday in Port-au-Prince, where he urged friends of the island nation worldwide to…

Suriname government’s tourism plan lacks vision, say critics

With the Suriname government’s embrace of tourism as part of its plan to diversify its commodity-dependent economy, which is vulnerable to price fluctuations – one of the main causes of the country’s current economic recession of Suriname –…