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Appeal Court denies stay of execution to Dominica government

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC - The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court of Appeal (ECSC) has denied an application by the Dominica government for a “stay of execution” in the case brought by the main opposition United Workers Party (UWP), challenging the process by which President Eluid Williams was elected to office. Earlier this year, High Court Judge, Justice Lionel Jones ruled that the case brought by the UWP should proceed to trial, but the attorneys representing Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit, House Speaker Alix Boyd Knights and Attorney General Levi Peter, had been granted leave to appeal the rul

Caribbean leaders call for information-sharing on US deportees

CARIBBEAN Community leaders Tuesday, during a visit from US vice president Joe Biden, raised the matter of criminals in the US being sent back to their native lands in the region. Deportations have been a major issue on the Caribbean’s diplomatic agenda for years

The scourge of child malnutrition

KINGSTON, Jamaica - WORLDWIDE, hunger afflicts nearly a billion people, many of whom are children. Over extended periods, hunger causes malnutrition, which in turn makes the victims vulnerable to diseases which can result in death. Acute malnutrition threatens the lives of 19 million children, and every year at least 3.5 million of them die from malnutrition-related illnesses.

Kamla: US deportees linked to T&T crime surge

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar pointed to the relationship between criminal deportees and increased crime and violence in Trinidad and Tobago and the rest of the Caribbean in yesterday’s discussions with United States Vice-President Joe Biden. The Prime Minister noted that one of the major problems being experienced was that many of the criminal deportees would have left the region prior to adulthood and do not have ties to the countries to which they have been deported. In this context, Persad-Bissessar suggested to the US vice-president that increased focus should b

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 expected to rake in BDS$100 million (One Barbados dollar = US$0.50 cents) in foreign exchange. “Rum is a distinct Barbadian product and I believe that we are the home of rum, and that is something that I don’t think we have fully capitalised on as yet.

PM to meet with Chinese President next month

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer will be the first of a number of Caribbean leaders to have bilateral talks with China’s new President Xi Jinping on June 1. President Xi’s meeting with the prime minister, will take place during his (President Xi’s) state visit to Trinidad & Tobago from May 31 to June 2. In a brief statement from local officials, it was said the meeting was arranged shortly after President Xi was elected in March.

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. Vincent and the Grenadines. Gonsalves told legislators that a delegation from the bank had been here and that the money would be used for the completion of the international airport at Agyle. Gonsalves later told the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) that the loan would be for 22 years with a two year grace period.

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 Dulal-Whiteway said yesterday. FATCA was enacted in the US Congress in 2010 and is part of that country’s effort to combat tax evasion by US citizens holding overseas investments. “US taxation rules require US citizens pay taxes on worldwide income regardless of where they are.
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