WTO chief calls for closer CARICOM integration
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti — Director general of the World Trade Organisation Pascal Lamy has emphasised that the Caribbean region needs closer integration. Speaking at the launch of the Caribbean…
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Earthquake hits St Vincent
Kingstown, St Vincent. An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.0 has rattled St. Vincent and the Grenadines on Thursday night, but there were no reports of injuries or damages. The…
Investors urged to open their wallets to the Turks & Caicos
U.S. and Chinese investors are being urged to "open their wallets" to investment opportunities in the Turks & Caicos Islands. The call to action came from the Premier of the…
Antigua competes IMF programme
St John's Antiuga. The International Monetary Fund’s Executive Board has completed its 10th and final review of Antigua and Barbuda’s performance under its Stand-By Arrangement. The IMF will now disburse…
OECS leaders concern that Cuba is still on terror list
St John's, Antigua . The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) is expressing "great concern" at the decision of the United States to continue placing Cuba on a list of…
EU Ambassador appointed to OECS
Castries, St Lucia. Mikael Barfod has officially become the European Union’s first-ever ambassador to the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States. Barfod, who is also the EU’s Ambassador to Barbados and…
Elderly Jamaican fined for possession of cannabis
St. John's, Antigua A 63-year-old Jamaican who pleaded guilty to cannabis possession was sentenced when he appeared in the High Court before Justice Keith Thom yesterday. According to reports, police…
Fast ferry service a necessary risk says Gonsalves
Kingstown, St Vincent. Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves says implementing a fast ferry service in the Southern Caribbean is a risk the private sector must take, with government assistanc “This…
Skerrit shocked by French foreign aid blacklist
Roseau, Dominica. Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit said he will be writing to the French government to seek clarification on reports in the Agence France Press (AFP) that Dominica has been…
No referendum required to join CCJ
Castries, St. Lucia. The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court of Appeal has ruled that the St. Lucia does not require a referendum before becoming a full member of the Trinidad-based Caribbean…
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