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Regional catastrophe risk organisation offering scholarships
St. John’s Antigua- The Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) is offering two scholarships for Citizens of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) and CCRIF member countries.
Jamaica’s energy problem needs urgent attention
KINGSTON, Jamaica - A FORMER head of the country's utilities regulation body has warned that Jamaica's energy problem now requires the same urgency as the lottery scam and has proposed a draft of
IMF delays hurting us - Phillips hopes to strike deal soon amid concerns in market
KINGSTON, Jamaica - ONE WEEK after Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips disclosed that contingent talks between the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Inter-American Development Bank and the Wo
EDITORIAL - Damp squib from Cabinet retreat
KINGSTON, Jamaica - The People's National Party (PNP) socialists of the 1970s may have been dismal at managing the economy, but they knew how to rally people to their cause.
EDITORIAL: Financial sector key to economy
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - The development of this country as an international financial centre carried through during the first Tom Adams administration in the 1970s and was part of a major restruct
OUR CARIBBEAN: Reflecting on challenges facing Barbadians
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Tomorrow, as faithful Christians worship and observe the significance of Good Friday while preparing to celebrate the Resurrection, the people of Barbados in general will b
Central Bank Governor outlines new strategies for sustained growth
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Central Bank Governor Dr.
OECS Assembly Speaker advocates for women in politics
St. John’s Antigua- Speaker of the House for the OECS Regional Assembly said when it comes to politics, the fairer sex can also be a strong force to reckon with in the sub-region.
National Assembly prorogued in preparation for general election
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC – The Legislative Assembly in this British Overseas Territory has been prorogued paving the way for the May 22 general elections.
CDEMA to focus on region’s communities
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - For disaster management personnel, the challenge of preparing Caribbean communities is a great one.
Caribbean nationals named to ACP eminent group
BRUSSELS, CMC – Two Caribbean Community (CARICOM) nationals, including former Guyana president Bharrat Jagdeo, have been included in the 14-member Eminent Persons Group (EPG) whose mission will b
It’s Cameron!
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Dave Cameron unseated Julian Hunte as West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) president yesterday and immediately promised lofty goals aimed at restoring the regional team to the
Small states, big problems: size does matter
KINGSTON, Jamaica - FOR decades the small developing states of the world, led by the advocacy of Caricom, have been at pains to explain to the world that their economies are very vulnerable to ad
EPA and CSME Standby Facilities launched
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) (The Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) Standby Facility represents a new paradigm for collaboration between Caribbean
Moderate quake rattles
(Jamaica Observer) - A moderate earthquake has rattled Trinidad & Tobago, causing some alarm, but no reported damage or injuries.
Journalist to sue Sports Minister
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Journalist Anika Gumbs-Sandiford has retained former attorney general Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj as she pursues legal action against Sports Minister Anil Roberts for d
Thirty-three Haitians land in Jamaica
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC- Thirty-three Haitians were taken ashore on Saturday afternoon after they were intercepted by Coast Guard officials off the coast of the eastern parish of Portland.