Members of Congress push back against IMF-imposed austerity
Washington, D.C., July 16, 2015 (AMG) — New letters from members of the U.S. Congress questioning International Monetary Fund (IMF) austerity policies in countries such as Jamaica and Greece are a sign...
View ArticleExxon’s initial Guyana oil find could be worth $40 billion
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, July 21, 2015 (AMG) — With Exxon Mobil still tight-lipped on the value of its oil and natural gas discovery off the coast of Guyana, a Minister of Government there has revealed that...
View ArticleExperts warn of possible imminent eruption of Kick’em Jenny volcano
Update – July 26, 2015: The UWI Seismic Research Centre has downgraded the level of alert for Kick’em Jenny to yellow, following significant reduction in seismic activity at the volcano. BRIDGETOWN,...
View ArticlePort of Spain on edge after prison break
Update – July 26, 2015: Escaped prisoner, Hassan Atwell, was shot and killed this morning in the Laventille area. Christopher Selby turned himself in to authorities this evening. PORT OF SPAIN,...
View ArticleHaitians march to commemorate and protest foreign occupation
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, July 28, 2015 (AMG) — As a troupe of dancers dramatically re-enacted Haiti’s occupation by foreign troops, megaphones blared anti-imperialist chants, and the crowds sang about UN...
View ArticleHere’s why most Caribbean seafood can’t leave the region
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, August 27, 2015 — The Caribbean region’s ability to cash in on a potentially lucrative, international export trade in fish and seafood is being held back by huge gaps in measures...
View ArticleDominica grapples with grim aftermath of Tropical Storm Erika
ROSEAU, Dominica, August 28, 2015 (AMG) — Fourteen are dead and another twenty-five people are missing as Tropical Storm Erika brought devastation to Dominica in a way that had seemingly not been...
View ArticleAntigua & Barbuda government calls for urgent international aid to Dominica
WASHINGTON D.C., August 28, 2015 — Antigua and Barbuda’s ambassador to the United States, Sir Ronald Sanders, has called on the Commonwealth Secretariat, the European Union Commission and International...
View ArticleAdvancements in Caribbean livestock production to reduce reliance on imports
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, September 1, 2015 (AMG) — Although CARICOM countries consume over 11 million kilograms of goat and sheep meat annually, only about 30 percent of this amount is produced locally....
View ArticleTrinidad and Tobago starts new era under PNM
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, September 8, 2015 (TT Guardian)— The People’s National Movement’s fourth leader, Dr. Keith Rowley, now Prime Minister-elect, will be T&T’s second Tobago-born...
View ArticleReducing post-harvest food loss can maximize economic benefits for CARICOM
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, September 17, 2015— Reducing food loss and wastage is critical to improving global food security. Yet thousands of dollars in food are wasted every year in the Caribbean due to...
View ArticleTalk of reparations at St. Maarten Emancipation Day lecture
PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten, July 14, 2015 (AMG) — The Prime Minister of Dutch St. Maarten, Marcel Gumbs, has made what might be the first direct statement on reparations by a leader of government in...
View ArticleMembers of Congress push back against IMF-imposed austerity
Washington, D.C., July 16, 2015 (AMG) — New letters from members of the U.S. Congress questioning International Monetary Fund (IMF) austerity policies in countries such as Jamaica and Greece are a sign...
View ArticleLiberty Global plans Cable & Wireless Communications takeover
LONDON—Just months after its acquisition of Columbus International, Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) is now entertaining a takeover bid from European telecoms giant, Liberty Global. According...
View ArticleCARICOM negotiators optimistic about outcome of Paris climate summit
PARIS — On the final day of the Paris climate summit, the CARICOM delegation seems certain that it will receive text in the Summit’s final outcome document that legally binds states to reduce global...
View ArticleCARICOM hails Paris Agreement
PARIS — A legally-binding climate agreement has been reached in France after marathon negotiations took the Paris climate summit into a day of overtime on Saturday. The agreement, which was to be...
View ArticleZika may be linked to deadly Guillain-Barré Syndrome
RIO DE JANEIRO — The Zika virus, which has already been linked to over 4,000 cases of debilitating brain damage in infants in Brazil, may also be linked to a life-threatening syndrome that could render...
View ArticleJournalist detained at anti-government protests in St. Vincent & the Grenadines
KINGSTOWN — Questions are being asked regionally and internationally after Grenadian journalist Hamlet Mark was taken into custody by police while covering a public protest by supporters of the main...
View ArticleJamaica goes to the polls on February 25
KINGSTON — Jamaicans will go to the polls on February 25, incumbent Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller has announced. Simpson-Miller made the declaration at a mass rally of the People’s National...
View ArticleBarbados MP: Accept the existence of gay relationships
BRIDGETOWN — Warning that Barbados could no longer hide from “contemporary reality,” outspoken Minister of Education, Ronald Jones, has called for Barbadians to accept that lesbian and gay...
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