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Barbados welcomes new rum agreement
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Barbados government has welcomed the agreement signed by Foursquare Rum Distillery to distill, blend and bottle a brand of rum known as “10 Cane’ which officials say is
St. Vincent PM welcomes soft loan from ALBA
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves says the Bolivarian Alliance for Our Americas (ALBA) Bank is making available a US$40 million loan to St.
Banks in T&T working with US to beat tax evasion
(Trinidad Express) Local banks are on track to being compliant with US tax legislation, the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), by next year’s deadline, Bankers’ Association president David Du
TT government questions France decision to blacklist CARICOM country
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago government is questioning the decision by France to blacklist the oil-rich twin island republic over claims that Port of Spain does not help inve
Central Bank comments on OECD report
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Central Bank of Barbados says a recent report issued by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is raising many “difficult issues not least of
France blacklists T&T, Dominica for not probing foreign aid fraud
GEORGETOWN, Guyana - France has drawn up a blacklist of 17 countries including Trinidad and Tobago and Dominica for not investigating foreign aid fraud, banning the use of their banks in the distribut
CDB reviews development challenges
GEORGETOWN, Guyana - The 43rd annual meeting of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Board of Governors in St Lucia last week, had the aura of a stocktaking of the state the region’s economies, in a c
PM to approach US Vice President on gaming dispute
ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer is hoping US Vice President Joe Biden can help expedite a resolution to the decade-long gaming dispute between Antigua & Barbuda and the economi
US-China and CARICOM ties
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - TRINIDAD and Tobago’s importance to the two most economically powerful countries of the world is being fully displayed this week by virtual back-to-back official visits, firs
Dominica PM says island will soon join Caribbean Court of Justice
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Dominica will send a letter to the British government next week seeking permission to recognise the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as its final court, replacin
New government named as former premier joins
PPM GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC – Leader of the People’s Progressive Movement (PPM) Alden McLaughlin has been appointed premier of this British Overseas Territory one week after the party won the
Region urged to maximise natural resources
CARACAS—According to a new ECLAC document launched yesterday, Latin American countries must review and strengthen institutions and instruments to maximize the contribution of natural resources to regi
T&T, US sign deal on ‘clean’ energy
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Trinidad and Tobago and the United States Department of Energy have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to facilitate cooperation on scientific, technical and policy aspects
Concerns over rum subsidies
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Rum was on the agenda for Caricom leaders as they used yesterday’s visit by United States Vice-President Joe Biden to Trinidad and Tobago to highlight concerns about the impa
Caribbean leaders hold “frank and cordial” talks
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – United States Vice President Joe Biden Tuesday held “frank and cordial” talks with Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders and pledged Washington’s assistance on a wide ra
STATEMENT BY HER EXCELLENCY AMBASSADOR GLENDA MOREAN-PHILLIP, HEAD OF DELEGATION OF TRINIDAD AND…
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on Friday concluded its Thirty
CARICOM, US TO SIGN TRADE INVESTMENT FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT DURING VICE PRESIDENT VISIT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Energy, Security, Human and Social Development as well as Trade and Investment are the general themes for the meeting on Tuesday 28 May b
Two years into his presidency, Michel Martelly says Haiti is on the move
HAUT-DU-CAP, Haiti -- As he begins his third year in office, President Michel Martelly is adding a dose of reality to his campaign promises, telling the Haitian people he alone cannot transform t