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ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, October 22, 2019 (CMC) – The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) says as part of its efforts to combat financial corruption and money laundering, persons now depositing funds into financial institutions, achieved through the traditional form of savings, ...

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, October 23, 2019 (CMC) – Grenada says it has received more than EC$77.7 million, during the first nine months of this year, after approving 156 applications under the Citizenship by Investment Program (CBI). According to the figures, ...

By Ettie Rutherford Contributing Columnist I think we can all agree that although our history, our culture, and our individual values help to determine our mindset, it is still important for us to use those aspects of our lives as ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, October 22, 2019 (CMC) – US-based Carnival Corporation and Royal Caribbean Cruises signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU), today, with the St. Lucia government, to form a joint venture that will manage the existing cruise pier and ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, October 22, 2019 (CMC) – The Guyana government, today, denied imposing a ban on the importation of fruits and vegetables into the country. It said that contrary to “false reports in some sections of the media, it has ...

WASHINGTON, DC October 22, 2019 (CMC) — The World Bank is providing a US$14.85 million grant to support Jamaica in expanding its financial protection against natural disaster risks. The Washington-based financial institution said that the funds from the Global Risk ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, October 17, 2019 (CMC) – Attorney General, Basil Williams, welcomed a ruling by Chief Justice, Roxanne George-Wiltshire, yesterday, dismissing an application by the main opposition, the People’s Progressive Party-Civic (PPP-C) that sought to get the Court to force ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, October 17, 2019 (CMC) – Regional central banks are conducting a survey to determine how people in the Caribbean pay for goods and services. “The survey is being conducted across the Caribbean (and) the information collected is going ...

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, October 16, 2019 (CMC) – Embattled Haitian President, Jovenel Moise, says he has no plans of encouraging another 1986, when then-President, Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier, fled the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country after protracted opposition-led demonstrations ...

OTTAWA, Ontario October 17, 2019 (CMC) – The government of Canada has updated the emergency status for Jamaica on a travel advisory, due to a continued high level of violent crime. In an advisory, the Canadian government noted that the ...