July 12, 2016
Diplomat Found Dead in El Salvador
Panama's honorary consul in El Salvador was found dead found Thursday with a gunshot wound to the head, officials in San Salvador said. El Salvador's attorney general's office and National Civil Police said the body of Carlos Armando Lemus was found…
July 12, 2016
IMF to help Guyana in move to reduce VAT
The Guyana government is considering reducing the Value Added Tax (VAT) in a move that could see the expansion of the tax base. But changes are not likely before the next budget. At a media conference yesterday, Minister of Finance Winston Jordan…
July 4, 2016
Golding to chair Caricom Review Commission
PRIME Minister Andrew Holness yesterday announced that former Prime Minister Bruce Golding will chair a Caribbean Community (Caricom) Review Commission to be established by the Government. He said that the commission would aim at positioning Jamaica…
July 1, 2016
Antigua looking to Cuban market
Antigua and Barbuda is sending a trade mission to Cuba that Trade, Commerce and Industry Minister, Paul Chet Greene, has described as a strategic move given the imminent lifting of the decades-old United States trade embargo. "We need to get in on…
July 1, 2016
Rowley vows to settle immigration dispute between T&T, Jamaica
Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) Dr. Keith Rowley and Jamaica's Prime Minister Andrew Holness have agreed to bring to an end the ongoing dispute between both countries concerning immigration. Relations between the two Caribbean…
July 1, 2016
Clashes between teachers, police leave 8 dead in Mexico
OAXACA, Mexico (AFP) — Thousands of teachers protested in southern Mexico yesterday to denounce a "massacre" a day after at least eight people died during violence authorities blamed on unidentified gunmen. A teachers union organised the…
July 1, 2016
Jamaica prepares to tap into climate change fund
Jamaica is preparing to tap into US$10.3 billion available to fund climate change adaptation and mitigation projects. The country is joining 200 other developing states in formulating viable proposals to access financing from the Green Climate Fund…
July 1, 2016
US Embassy suspends visas in Venezuela over staff shortages
The US Embassy in Caracas is suspending appointments for Venezuelans seeking first-time tourist and business visas due to staff shortages it blames on President Nicolas Maduro’s Government. The embassy says on its website that it will no longer take…
June 29, 2016
Third internet peering forum to be held in the Caribbean next year
WILLEMSTAD, Curacao — The third Caribbean Peering and Interconnection Forum will be held on June 7, 2017, and the Internet community is already looking forward to it. Referred to as CarPIF, the annual forum is two days of meetings and deal-making…
June 29, 2016
Two shark sanctuaries established in the C’bean
Two new shark sanctuaries have now been established in the Cayman Islands and St Maarten to protect endangered marine predators. During a three day shark conservation meeting in St Maarten, the Cayman Islands and St Marteen declared their…