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(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on Friday concluded its Thirty

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Energy, Security, Human and Social Development as well as Trade and Investment are the general themes for the meeting on Tuesday 28 May b

HAUT-DU-CAP, Haiti -- As he begins his third year in office, President Michel Martelly is adding a dose of reality to his campaign promises, telling the Haitian people he alone cannot transform t

(CARICOM News Network) Guyana’s Finance Minister Dr.

(CARICOM News Network) Following its decisive victory in last Wednesday’s general elections, leader of the Progressives Party Alden McLaughlin has revealed a partial list of his new Cabinet membe

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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Express -Local banks are on track to being compliant with US tax legislation, the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), by next year’s deadline, Bankers’

(CARICOM News Network) St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN): The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) has ruled out devaluing the EC dollar within the next five years.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Express - US vice-president Joe Biden has come all the way to Trinidad and Tobago, via Bogota, Colombia, surely having been briefed on matters topping the agen

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Guardian - The Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) sector is now making a bigger contribution to the economy of T&T, Moonilal Lalchan, president, T&T Ch

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Observer- ON Monday, the UK's leading Financial newspaper, the Financial Times (FT), had an article headlined "IMF bailout looks like last chance for Jamaica".

(Reuters) – Fire aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship forced it to dock at Freeport, Bahamas, yesterday, with all passengers and crew safe but the rest of the trip cancelled, the cruise company r

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - Making wise food choices would help to prevent obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, high cholesterol and other chronic non-communicable diseases

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - The new Kerryann Ifill Unit at the University of the West Indies (UWI) is one more step in the direction of making the university a fully inclusive tertiary educa

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, Observer- A probe is underway to determine what caused a LIAT plane to fill with smoke while en route to Antigua on Sunday night.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, Observer - – A local medical practitioner is making a case for government to relax the rules on the use of marijuana … while at the same time calling for a complete ban on tob

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Antigua and Barbuda says it is positioned to benefit from the establishment of a major tourism development project with Qatar.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica government says it remains resolute in ensuring that equitable trading practices are observed by all stakeholders in the manufacturing sector, whether local o

PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC – A Suriname based foundation is calling on the Netherlands to apologise for its role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade.