Approved businesses for Discounted VAT Rate Day 2015

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, DECEMBER 17TH 2015 – The following businesses have been approved by the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) to participate in the Discounted VAT Rate Day, slated for 18th December 2015. Any questions, concerns or…

Scarcity of Homecare Workers

(ZIZ News) -- As the Budget debates continued on Thursday morning, Minister of State within the Ministry of Health, Hon. Wendy Phipps started the discussion with an update on her Ministry. She listed some difficulties facing her Ministry,…

China summons US envoy over Taiwan arms deal

(BBC) China has summoned a senior US envoy in protest after Washington announced it would sell two warships to Taiwan. Vice-Foreign Minister Zheng Zeguang made "solemn representations" with Kaye Lee, the US charge d'affaires, China's…

IMF chief Lagarde to stand negligence trial in France

(BBC) IMF chief Christine Lagarde is to stand trial in France for alleged negligence over a €404m ($438m; £294m); payment to a businessman in 2008. She was finance minister in President Nicolas Sarkozy's government at the time of the…

Brazil judge lifts WhatsApp suspension

(BBC) A judge in Brazil has ordered that a suspension of the popular messaging application WhatsApp be lifted. Judge Xavier de Souza said the service should be re-instated immediately. A court had ordered the service be suspended for 48…

CARICOM urges WTO to add trade to new global deals

(Caribbean360) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has urged the World Trade Organization (WTO) to join a successful year for multilateral diplomacy by delivering trade deals which will drive global economic growth and uplift the poor.…