KINGSTON, Jamaica - The Government is correctly preoccupied with what it calls "the growth agenda", and has been telling the country that there will be growth in the immediate future. This is not likely, and there is no gain in talking optimistically about the imminence of economic growth. That kind...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - There were heightened discussions in government circles yesterday that a Cabinet reshuffle could coincide with the upcoming Budget Debate. Dr Peter Phillips, the finance minister who succeeded in eking out a long-awaited deal to be signed later this month with the International M...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Particular attention must be given to Small and Medium Enterprise (SMEs), with regards to how Information and Communication Technologies or ICTs, may be applied to improve their efficiency, extend their reach and make them more globally competitive. That is according to Dr. Ke...

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – The Dominica government Monday said it would continue discussions with the European Union and other stakeholders amid reports that a French company Electricite de France (EdF) was withdrawing from the geothermal project here. In a statement, the Roosevelt Skerrit govern...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica government is to outline a solution that it hopes will facilitate the re-opening of the Russian owned ALPART and Kirkvine bauxite plants here. Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Minister Phillip Paulwell will outline the solution when he make his contri...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – The St. Lucia government will present the estimates of revenue and expenditure to Parliament next week. A government statement said that the presentation will follow the ceremonial opening of Parliament on April 24 when Governor General Dame Pearlette Louisy will del...

ST JOHN’S, Antigua - A regional cricket historian has cautioned concerned groups in Antigua & Barbuda to revamp the cricket museum or risk having important artifacts wither away. Stephen Almandos of Trinidad & Tobago is referring to the former property of convicted fraudster Allen Stan...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Britain will this week bury Margaret Thatcher, the prime minister who transformed her country, for better or worse. Opinion polarises about the woman the Soviet press famously dubbed the 'Iron Lady'. On the Right, she is celebrated as the woman who took down the unions, ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Dr Herminio Blanco has been chosen to contend in the next round of the selection process for Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The selection committee, based in Geneva, Switzerland, and headed by the president of the WTO's General Council, presented the ...

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – China has agreed to provide nearly four million EC dollars (One EC dollar = US$0.37 cents) to finance the final phase of a 350 housing programme across the island. An agreement has been signed between Housing Minister Delma Thomas and the Charge d’Affai...