WASHINGTON, D.C. CMC – The World Bank says Jamaica has inched closer to positioning itself as a credible player in the global animation industry with the graduation of 45 newly minted animators under the “Animate Jamaica” project. On Wednesday, the ...
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By Bryant Harris US Correspondent WASHINGTON, D.C. (IPS) – U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and several key Republican and Democrat senators agree on the need for criminal justice reform, and some are now even seeking to restore voting rights to ...
Read More »US Group Warns Of Phone Scam From The Caribbean
WASHINGTON, D.C. CMC – The United States Better Business Bureau (BBB) is warning cell phone users about a “one ring” phone scam from the Caribbean. The BBB said that the scheme adds unauthorized charges to consumers’ monthly wireless bills. It ...
Read More »Grenada Government Says GRENLEC Benefitted Most From Tax Concessions
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada CMC – The Grenada government says the decision to reduce concessions to several companies is aimed at improving revenue collection with the “most profitable companies”. “The additional revenue will help close government’s monthly fiscal gap. Most importantly, ...
Read More »Earthquake Rocks Barbados
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Emergency officials have said that Barbadians should not panic in the aftermath of the earthquake that rocked the island, early Tuesday. Judy Thomas director of the Department of Emergency Management, said in a broadcast that there ...
Read More »Jamaica To Make It Easier For INTERPOL Officials To Enter The Island
KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – Jamaica is to sign an agreement with the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL), to recognise and accept the entity’s travel document when presented by officials at the island’s borders, Information Minister Sandrea Falconer has said. She ...
Read More »Caribbean Finance Ministers Concerned About High Energy Costs
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad CMC – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) says Caribbean finance ministers have expressed concern about the high energy costs in the Caribbean that “constrain living standards and growth.” The region’s finance and planning ministers voiced their concern here ...
Read More »Britain And Caribbean To Partner For Economic Growth Through PPPs
LONDON, England CMC – Britain says it is seeking to help Caribbean countries create the conditions for sustainable economic growth given the fiscal constraints they face. Minister of State in the United Kingdom’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Mark Simmonds, speaking ahead ...
Read More »Jamaica And Brazil Ink Agreements
KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – Jamaica has signed three agreements with Brazil, including an air services accord, that both countries say cements critical decisions related to their development agendas. Foreign Affairs Minister A.J Nicholson and his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Alberto Machado ...
Read More »Government And Opposition Speak Out On Drug Conspiracy Linking Guyana
GEORGETOWN, Guyana CMC – The Guyana government says it is hoping international law enforcement authorities will liaise with their local counterparts here after the discovery of a multi-national drug shipment conspiracy involving the Mafia, Colombian and Guyanese drug dealers and ...
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