Photo above is of US President Obama meeting with advisors in the Oval Office, last month. White House photo by Pete Souza. KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Foreign Minister A.J. Nicholson says the visit of United States President Barack Obama to ...
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The electorate in Trinidad and Tobago continues to be polarized by race as the country gears for a general election no later than September this year, according to an opinion poll published here on ...
Read More »Major US Black Group To Host Reparations Summit
NEW YORK, USA, CMC – The Institute of the Black World 21st Century (IBW), a leading research, policy and advocacy group with offices in New York and Baltimore, says it is holding an International Reparations Summit at various sites across ...
Read More »Former Cuban President, Fidel Castro, Makes Rare Public Appearance
HAVANA, Cuba, CMC – Former Cuban President Fidel Castro made a surprise appearance in public last week, greeting a group of Venezuelan visitors as they toured a school here. A report, published in the official Cuban newspaper on Friday, showed ...
Read More »Businesses Expect Improved Economic Conditions In OECS: ECCB
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) says businesses in the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) expect an improvement in economic conditions in the sub-region for the first half of 2015, compared with the corresponding ...
Read More »Opinion: Where Does Nigeria Go From Here?
Photo above is of General Muhammadu Buhari, holding a microphone and a broom, at a campaign rally. Photo credit: Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung (Flickr: Wahlkampf in Nigeria 2015)/CC BY-SA 2.0. By Lisa Vives IPS Correspondent NEW YORK/ABUJA (IPS) – After several tension-filled months, ...
Read More »UAE Company Offers Antigua Passports With Property Purchase
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Property developers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are offering potential new home owners passports for Antigua and Barbuda, opening up fresh avenues for visa-free travel to a wide array of countries for ...
Read More »T&T Central Bank Sells US$60 Million To Banking System
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago has sold US$60 million in keeping with its program to support the domestic foreign exchange market. According to the Central Bank, demand for foreign exchange from the ...
Read More »Fly Jamaica Resumes Flights To New York
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Fly Jamaica airways has resumed flying to New York, following a setback in operations related to landing rights issues on Wednesday. As a result, over 200 Fly Jamaica passengers were stranded. However, in a release on ...
Read More »St. Vincent’s Ruling Party Celebrates 14th Anniversary In Office
By Kenton Chance CMC St. Vincent Correspondent KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – The ruling Unity Labour Party (ULP) celebrated its 14th anniversary in office with a mass rally Saturday in Calliaqua, a town east of the capital, with many of ...
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