July 18, 2016
IDB approves loan for Jamaica’s fight crime
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a US$20 million loan for Jamaica to strengthen community actions that seek to reduce crime and violence, especially among at-risk youths. In spite of advances in prevention efforts Jamaica…
July 15, 2016
Venezuela president hoping for improved US ties
Venezuela (AFP) – Venezuela is interested in improving its rocky relations with the United States, and hopes President Barack Obama will "rectify" US policy toward the crisis-torn South American country, its president Nicolas Maduro said Wednesday.…
July 15, 2016
US Transfers Yemeni Guantanamo Bay Detainee to Montenegro
The U.S. military has announced the transfer of a Yemeni man from its detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to Montenegro. The transfer of Abdel Malik Ahmed Abdel Wahab Al Rahabi leaves 79 people detained at Guantanamo where nearly 800 people…
July 14, 2016
Lawyers file appeal after court subpoenas PNP officials
ATTORNEYS representing Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller and three People’s National Party (PNP) officials in the long-standing Trafigura matter yesterday filed an appeal seeking to halt the proceedings after High Court Judge Justice Lennox…
July 14, 2016
Three Opposition politicians in Antigua on corruption charges
The leader of the main opposition United Progressive Party (UPP) Harold Lovell and two other former ministers have been charged with corruption in connection with three buses donated to the former administration. Lovell, along with former…
July 13, 2016
T&T minister gives assurances as another warning of ISIS attack emerges
Education officials were Monday giving students assurances that their security would not be compromised as a second voice note emerged in Trinidad and Tobago warning of an attack on secondary schools here. Education Minister Anthony Garcia has…
July 13, 2016
T&T Gov’t says it will not enter into agreement with IMF
The Trinidad and Tobago government says it will not enter into any structural adjustment programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) but defended its decision to have advisors from the IMF and the World Bank assist it deal with reviving the…
July 13, 2016
Antigua PM says no plans to move LIAT
Prime Minister Gaston Browne says no decision has been taken regarding the re-location of the Antigua-based cash-strapped regional airline, LIAT, to Barbados. He said the Barbados Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Richard Sealy, may…
July 13, 2016
More resources to help fight Zika virus
Caribbean countries being affected by the mosquito born virus Zika may soon be in line for assistance after the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group Wednesday agreed to allocate resources to help fight the virus. Zika is linked to…
July 13, 2016
J$550m allocated as contingency for weather-related risks
Contingency funding of $550 million has been allocated for weather-related risks in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure. To be used specifically for natural disasters and infrastructure rehabilitation, this allocation is in keeping with the Fiscal…