(Jamaica Gleaner) The man entrusted by the United States (US) to monitor the gamut of its military-related affairs in approximately 31 countries and 15 areas of special sovereignty in the Western Hemisphere is urging the Portia Simpson Miller administration to be unyielding in its efforts to rid Jam...

WASHINGTON, CMC - A United States federal district court has dismissed a US$750,000 breach of contract lawsuit against the Antigua and Barbuda government that had been brought by the son of the owner of a company based on the island. The suit was filed on July 19, 2010, by Dan Abraham Sarfati, the s...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Observer - GOVERNMENT has agreed to a number of preconditions with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as part of a requirement for an extended fund facility with the multinational. Some of the preconditions were announced last night buy the finance minister, Dr Peter Phillips, ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Observer - Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has confirmed that a second debt exchange programme will be implemented. In a joint national broadcast with the Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips this evening, Simpson Miller said the programme called a National Debt Exchange Offer ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Gleaner - The Center on Hemispheric Affairs (COHA) says the recent decision by the World Trade Organization (WTO) siding with Antigua and Barbuda against the United States in their online gambling dispute "presents a troubling scenario" for Washington. "If the United States claim ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Observer - Two news stories we published this week have, for us, been particularly heart-warming and most encouraging. For they indicate to us that, amidst the challenges being faced by this country, and the attitude of many that we cannot do anything without an International Mone...

BRIDGETOWN—The Central Bank of Barbados says it has developed a new framework for granting licenses for prospective financial institutions seeking to operate here warning that it would reject any applicant if it determines that approval would not be in the public interest. The central bank sai...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Observer - Let us pull together, PM appeals to country FINANCIAL institutions and holders of domestic bonds will this morning be asked to take a haircut on interest for the second time in three years as the Government starts implementing measures critical to signing a funding arra...

LONDON, CMC – More than 800 Jamaicans are in jails in the United Kingdom, according to figures released during a debate in Parliament. The website bernews.com Monday reported that there were approximately, 1007 nationals from the West Indies incarcerated in jails across England and Wales at th...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Finance Minister Dr. Peter Phillips says the government will introduce a number of measures aimed at improving the local economy as Jamaica moves into an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that it says is necessary to shore up the island’s balan...