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Caribbean leaders hold “frank and cordial” talks
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – United States Vice President Joe Biden Tuesday held “frank and cordial” talks with Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders and pledged Washington’s assistance on a wide raSTATEMENT BY HER EXCELLENCY AMBASSADOR GLENDA MOREAN-PHILLIP, HEAD OF DELEGATION OF TRINIDAD AND…
(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, US TO SIGN TRADE INVESTMENT FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT DURING VICE PRESIDENT VISIT
(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
Two years into his presidency, Michel Martelly says Haiti is on the move
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
Guyana’s Finance Minister urges CDB to scale up lending activity to member countries
(CARICOM News Network) Guyana’s Finance Minister Dr.
CAYMAN - Progressives to form new government on Wednesday
(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
‘Local banks working with US to beat tax evasion’
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’
ECCB Rules Out Devaluing EC Dollar
(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.
For VP Biden, a plain-talk welcome
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
Chamber president: SMEs making big contribution to GDP
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
Is the IMF programme really Jamaica’s last chance?
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".
Fire on Royal Caribbean cruise ship cuts short Bahamas trip
(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
Make wise food choices
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
Access for all!
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
Smoke causes LIAT flight to divert to Guadeloupe
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.
Call for Tobacco ban
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
Qatar to invest in Antigua
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.
Government wants level playing field for all stakeholders in manufacturing sector
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
SURINAME-RIGHTS-Group calls for apology from Netherlands over slave trade
PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC – A Suriname based foundation is calling on the Netherlands to apologise for its role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
