PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - WHILE the three-year-old People’s Partnership Government of Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar was yesterday preparing to defeat an opposition no-confidence motion, the 18-month-old administration of President Donald Ramotar in Guyana was pondering the timing of a general election that now seems unavoidable later this year.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Regional economist McCarthy Marie believes a more volatile climate is a major reason residents have to dig deeper into their pockets for basic goods and foodstuff.
The former University of the West Indies (UWI) economics lecturer noted price inflation in Antigua & Barbuda is almost completely a result of global pressures.
“Given the fact that the weather around the world has been so chaotic, that has been driving down the amount of food produced,” Marie said.
KINGSTON, Jamaica - THE Ministry of Finance and Planning and the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) are against Jamaica using Article 43 of the Revised CARICOM Treaty to address current balance of payment issues with CARICOM.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - FORMER PRIME MINISTER Owen Seymour Arthur is bowing out of elective politics.
The most senior member of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) told the monthly meeting of the party’s Christ Church West branch Sunday evening that, having given 40 years of his life to the 75-year-old party, he would not be contesting another general election.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC - Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar Monday said she would ask the police to investigate allegations contained in emails read out in Parliament that purport to show members of her government, including herself, involved in attempts to undermine the judiciary, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and the media.