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Voting in first local government elections in Guyana in 22 years
Guyanese voted in local government elections on Saturday, for the first time in more than two decades, and Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo is urging the 507,633 people eligible to vote to ensure they cast their ballots.
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Opposition Leader accused of hiring relatives at Siparia constituency office
Allegations of a breach of the Parliament rules against the hiring of relatives gathered momentum yesterday with fresh claims that Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has broken the rules too.
Reports surfaced yesterday that…
Haiti and the Dominican Republic to pool resources to attract foreign direct investment
The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) in collaboration with the Centre for Facilitation of Investments of Haiti (CFI) and the Export and Investment Centre of the Dominican Republic (CEI-RD), conducted a workshop on…
Trinidad PM fires housing minister, reshuffles cabinet
Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley on Thursday fired Marlene McDonald from the post of minister of housing and urban development, revoking her appointment and making several other changes to his Cabinet at the same time.…
USVI reports four new zika cases
The US Virgin Islands Department of Health has confirmed four additional cases of zika on St Croix, bringing the total to 11 cases.
No new cases of dengue were reported this week; the total remains seven confirmed dengue cases.
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Protesters close down Bermuda House of Assembly
Bermuda’s House of Assembly was closed down on Monday after legislators were locked out by protesters who formed a cordon around the building in a continuing protest against the government’s proposed immigration legislation.
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Former Curacao PM appeals corruption conviction and sentence
The former prime minister of Curacao, Gerrit Schotte, and his partner Cicely van der Dijs have appealed against the convictions and sentences handed down against them on Friday morning for forgery, corruption and money laundering.
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Serial rapists on the loose in St Lucia, says PM
Speaking on the troubling issue of rape and violence against women in observance of International Women's Day, Saint Lucia Prime Minister Dr Kenny Anthony said at a public meeting in Gros Islet last week he strongly believes that there are…
Former Curacao prime minister sentenced to three years in prison for corruption
Gerrit Schotte, former prime minister of Curacao, has been found guilty of corruption and sentenced to three years in prison. The judge also ruled that Schotte cannot stand for election to public office for five years.
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Guyana president likely to participate in Islamic summit
GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- President of Guyana, David Granger, has been invited by Turkey to attend the upcoming Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) heads of government summit, which will be held in Istanbul from April 10-15.
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FLOW moves call centre to Jamaica, promises more than 350 jobs
A partnership agreement has been signed between FLOW and Advantage Communications Ltd. (ADV) that sets the stage for the telecommunications company’s multi-million dollar investment to repatriate its call centre to Jamaica, and create…
Barbados to implement one-year ban on drone importation
Government has announced a 12-month ban on the importation of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS), popularly known as unmanned aerial vehicles or drones.
It takes effect from April 1.
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Cayman financial firms plead guilty to $130 million tax conspiracy
In the first conviction of a non-Swiss financial institution for US tax evasion conspiracy, two Cayman Islands financial institutions pleaded guilty in Manhattan Federal Court on Wednesday to conspiring to hide more than $130 million in…
Curacao lottery king in court after eight-year investigation
Monday saw the start of the major anti-corruption case against the lottery king of Curacao, Robbie dos Santos.
The man who sells the most lottery tickets on the island is charged with 16 criminal offences. According to the Public…
$16 million payout for Bahamas CLICO policyholders
More than seven years after CLICO (Bahamas) Limited went into liquidation, Prime Minister Perry Christie announced on Monday that policyholders who are still current will begin to receive payouts before the end of the month.
During his…