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February 3, 2011

Calls to end world’s longest running banana trade dispute

The International Trade Committee (ITC) is recommending that Europe should help put an end to the world’s longest running trade dispute, by giving its final consent to the 2009 Geneva deal on banana trade tariffs. According to a CMC report from…

January 30, 2011

CARICOM chairman rejects Jamaica’s position on CCJ

Grenada Prime Minister Tillman Thomas has rejected a suggestion by the government of…

January 30, 2011

Confidential memoranda to be produced at ‘Dudus’ enquiry in Jamaica

The Commission of Enquiry looking into the handling of the extradition request of former Jamaican strongman Christopher "Dudus" Coke was adjourned from Thursday to Monday to give the Attorney General's Department time to produce four "highly…

January 30, 2011

Bahamas signs double taxation agreement with Japan

Although the Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) signed with Japan on Thursday is the twenty-third for The Bahamas, it is the first of its kind as it includes double taxation relief. The signing ceremony took place at the Ministry of…

January 30, 2011

St Lucia seeking assistance from Israel and US to combat crime

The St Lucia government is seeking assistance from Israel and the United States to combat a rising crime situation in the country. Foreign Minister Rufus Bousquet said the local authorities were having a difficult time dealing with the spate of…

January 30, 2011

Bagga Brown is Dead

Basil ‘Bagga’ Brown, former insurance salesman, veteran radio and television personality and co-founder of the now defunct Rockers Award, is a patient at the Medical Associates  is dead.   Reports are that Bagga, who hosts the popular vox pop…

January 28, 2011

Sandals CEO gives top marks to LIME

ADAM Stewart, CEO of the award-winning Sandals Resorts International, earlier this week gave top marks to…

January 28, 2011

Banana company to enter liquidation

After several years of financial difficulty and wrangling over its management, the St Lucia Banana Corporation (SLBC) has adopted a resolution for the voluntary liquidation of its assets valued in excess of EC$10 million (US$3.7 million) SLBC…

January 27, 2011

Free movement of persons, but according to our laws, says Barbados PM

Barbados is not opposed to the freedom of movement of persons in this region, Prime Minister Freundel…

January 27, 2011

Former Court of Appeal judge sues St Lucia government for retirement benefits

Former Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal Judge, Denys Barrow, has filed a claim against the government of St Lucia for his retirement benefits. Barrow, a Belizean, said in a statement that he was forced to file a claim against the government of…