CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – President of the St. Lucia Manufacturers Association (SLMA), Paula Calderon, is calling on the government to give more attention to the manufacturing sector which has been making a consistent contribution to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). In a television interview...

PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC – The 11th edition of the Caribbean Festival of Art (CARIFESTA XI) opens in Suriname on Friday with the host country promising that the region’s premier arts and cultural festival will turn the Dutch-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country into a gigantic...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – A new publication based on the work of St. Lucia’s second Nobel Laureate, Derek Walcott, has been released here and acclaimed as an essential addition to the understanding and appreciation of his work. The book titled “Interlocking Basins of a Globe &ndas...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves is questioning on what grounds the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) or even the Commonwealth can intervene in the political situation in St. Kitts-Nevis. Opposition legislators have accused regional gov...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica government is moving to amend the Evidence Act to facilitate easy admission of computer generated evidence in cases, Justice Minister Mark Golding has said. “Our provisions in the Evidence Act are antiquated and require quite a convoluted series of st...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Guardian - Eighteen government entities are in line for a merger or elimination was the implication made by the Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Christopher Sinckler as he outlined the 2013 budgetary proposals. The Minister of Finance pulled together a team of senior o...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Guardian - FINANCE and Economic Affairs Minister, Christopher Sinckler yesterday announced a 19-month rescue mission for the Barbados economy that he said would see a lower fiscal deficit and improved activity. In what amounted to some very tough actions to deal with a ballooni...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Guardian - The reality is clear and the future yet grim. Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Christopher Sinckler, has said that the Government’s approach to the new Growth and Development Strategy (BGDS) 2013- 2020 will be more aggressive than its predecessor, the ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Guardian - FINANCE and Economic Affairs Minister, Christopher Sinckler, has announced a freeze in hiring within the public service. There will be a “total freeze on all new hiring in the central public service and across all statutory entities”. This was the word co...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Guardian - THERE has been a major shift in financing the education of Barbadians attending the University of the West Indies (UWI). Finance and Economic Affairs Minister, Christopher Sinckler, made the announcement yesterday that from September next year Barbadians will be call...