Prime Minister defends geothermal project

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has brushed aside critics of his administration’s geothermal energy plan insisting that it represents the best hope for attracting foreign investments and improving the socio-economic wellbeing of Dominicans. Addressing the inaugur...
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Saudi company pulls out of multi-billion dollar energy project

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago government has confirmed that the construction of a multi-billion dollar methanol complex involving a Saudi Arabian company has been scrapped. Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine confirmed international media report that the Saudi Basic Indust...
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Poor attendance reported in CSEC exams

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – CXC officials are reporting that a significant number of students around the region failed to turn up for the January CSEC exams. The absenteeism was particularly evident in human and social biology with over 1600 candidates absent. Principles of business recorded ov...
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Stuart keen to get going

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - With an eye to the economy and Government’s renewable energy platform, Prime Minister Freundel Stuart is eagerly looking forward to his new term starting on Wednesday with the opening of Parliament and reading of the Throne Speech by Governor General Sir Elliott Belgrave...
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EDITORIAL: Paving way forward

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Elections are over, the Cabinet has been sworn into office, as have been the senators recommended by the Prime Minister, and Parliament sits for the first time during the course of this week. Prime Minister Freundel Stuart and his colleagues are to be congratulated on having p...
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Turks & Caicos Premier to showcase investment opportunities

NEW YORK—Recently-elected Turks & Caicos Premier Dr Rufus Ewing, will showcase investment opportunities in the territory, at the third annual Invest Caribbean Now Forum, presented by luxury real estate company Avalon Partners, on June 5 at the Radisson Martinique Hotel in New York City. T...
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New meaning of sovereignty

KINGSTON, Jamaica - The Bank of Jamaica posted on its website February 15 an IMF press release with the caption, 'IMF and Jamaica authorities reach staff-level agreement on key elements of the EFF-Supported programme'. This is the first of two steps in the approval process; the other is appr...
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Regional workshop to strengthen business support organisations

SANTO DOMINGO—More than 25 business support organisations (BSOs) across the region participated in a regional workshop aimed at equipping them to support their respective private sectors. The training was through the 2nd Regional Trade Information Training Programme and Data Processing and Col...
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St. Lucia public servants demonstrate for higher wages

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Public servants took to the streets in Castries on Friday in support of demands for higher wages that the government of Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony said it cannot afford. The workers are seeking a six per cent wage hike with benefits or a nine per cent increase, but Anthony...
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