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BASSETERRE, St. Kitts CMC – The High Court has ordered an opposition aligned newspaper to pay Prime Minister Dr. Denzil Douglas EC$350,000 (One EC dollar =US$0.37 cents) in damages for defamation. Attorney Sylvester Anthony said that the Prime Minister had ...

UNITED NATIONS, New York CMC – Reiterating its conviction of the need for the eradication of colonialism, the United Nations Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) has approved decolonization for a number of Caribbean territories. In concluding its annual consideration ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. CMC – The Inter American Development Bank (IDB) is providing a US$60 million loan to Jamaica to finance the country’s public financial and performance management program. IDB president, Alberto Moreno, and Jamaica’s Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. Peter ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana CMC – A bilateral debt relief agreement was signed, last Saturday, between Guyana and Bulgaria to cancel just over US$2.9M of Guyana’s debt. Last Saturday, Minister of Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh, signed the agreement, effective from December 31, ...

By Eric LeCompte Guest Writer WASHINGTON, D.C. (IPS) – As the International Monetary Fund shares initial proposals for Grenada’s debt restructuring during the Washington DC meetings this week, the Caribbean island could gain a reputation for more than nutmeg, calypso, ...

LONDON, England CMC – The British Royal Navy says a warship deployed in the Caribbean seized cannabis and cocaine with a street value of £58 million (US$92 million) in two busts just days apart. On Saturday, the Royal Navy said ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – The Office of Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has launched its disclosure protocol, which it says will serve to enhance transparency and accountability in the justice system. The protocol deals with the stages, content, exemptions to, ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – The Cabinet has approved a contract amounting to US$1.45 million for the manufacture and delivery of one aircraft rescue, a fire-fighting vehicle and other rescue equipment for the Norman Manley International airport. Information Minister, Sandrea Falconer, ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana CMC – The Guyana government Friday, confirmed that the crew of a vessel conducting a multi-beam survey of the seafloor in the country’s exclusive economic zone had been arrested by Venezuela. A government statement described the incident, which ...

ROSEAU, Dominica CMC – The Roman Catholic Church Friday, said it would await a ruling from Rome following an investigation into allegations that a priest had sexually abused a girl more than two decades ago. Bishop Gabriel Malzire in a ...