ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Attorney General Levi Peter is urging Dominicans to stay away from the illegal drugs trade after a number of people appeared in court on Thursday following police seizure of drugs estimated at more than a million dollars (One EC dollar = US0.37 cents).
“Human nature being what it is, greed is blinding many of us to the dangers of this drug menace. People are prepared to close their eyes, collude and get themselves involved with people who they know are involved in this activity because of material gain.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua - Historically speaking, Antigua & Barbuda like many other Caribbean countries is a product of slavery and colonialism.
Our education system, religion and culture are rooted in the past and so is our diet.
In times past, our forefathers’ diet was made up mostly of complex starchy foods, such as breadfruit, yams, sweet potatoes, etc, and a wide variety of vegetables and fruits.

ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – The yachting sector has provided a significant boost to the economy, based on the results of a survey conducted between May 2012 and April 2013 . The survey revealed that the sector’s net contribution to Grenada was EC$130 million with repairs and maintenance is responsible for 25% of the amount. President of the Marine and Yachting Association (MAYAG), Anita Sutton said the study included three surveys – of yachts, business establishments who wholly or partially provide goods and services and individuals.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - STANDARD & POOR’S (S&P) HAS REVISED Barbados economic outlook to negative from stable, while the agency is keeping the ‘BB+/B’ credit rating it assigned the country last year. In a release yesterday, S&P analyst Richard Francis said Barbados had slipped back into recession after a weak recovery between 2010 and 2012. But Francis warned that unless the country made quick adjustments to narrow the widening deficit, the country could face another downgrade.

UNITED NATIONS, CMC - The United Nations says its emergency relief fund will allocate an additional US$1.5 million to the cholera response in Haiti at a time when cases are set to rise due to the rainy season.
“Cholera has claimed over 8,100 lives and infected over 660,000 people since the outbreak began in Haiti in 2010,” said the Operations Director of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), John Ging.
“It is vital that we do not allow more lives to be lost,” he added.