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BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – The St. Kitts-Nevis government says it will extend the tax concessions granted to first time home owners as its seeks to boost growth in the construction sector and stimulate the local economy. “Over the last ...

NEW YORK, New York, CMC – The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency says a former New York Police Department (NYPD) officer has pleaded guilty to defrauding Caribbean and other immigrants. Last week Wednesday, the ICE said Miguel ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica government has given the assurance that it will have all female juveniles removed from the Fort Augusta Correctional Centre by year end. National Security Minister, Peter Bunting, said that coming out of discussions with ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – President Donald Ramotar has described as “political blackmail” moves by the opposition legislators not to support measures aimed at raising the guarantee limit of loans for the development of hydro-electricity in the country. Finance Minister Dr. ...

WASHINGTON, D.C., CMC – The United States says it has resumed migration talks with Cuba, marking the first time since January 2011 that the periodic talks have been held. U.S. and Cuban officials met here, last week, to discuss the ...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The Antigua-based regional airline, LIAT, Friday said the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is providing US$65 million in loans to the four shareholder governments of the company. It said the loan, approved on Thursday, to ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – There seems to be disagreement within the ruling People’s National Party (PNP) government over the implementation of a ban on smoking in public places. Former national security minister and government senator, K.D. Knight, has said he ...

By Joan Erakit UN Correspondent UNITED NATIONS, New York (IPS) – Bridging the gap between Pan-Africanism and the African Renaissance has been a top priority for the African Union (AU). But with a military coup in Egypt, instability in South Sudan ...

NEW YORK, New York, CMC – A Grenada-born American legislator has joined a chorus of condemnation of a not guilty verdict by a Florida jury in the murder of an unarmed Black teenager by a White neighbourhood watch volunteer. “The ...

By Reem Abbas Africa Correspondent KHARTOUM, Sudan (IPS) – Lawyers and rights activists are calling for a change in Sudan’s laws which allow for the marriage of girls as young as 10. It is time, they say, that Sudan’s laws ...