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A Call To Address Housing Plight of Residents In Look Out & Davy Hill
Category: Island Talk Written by Jeevan Robinson
In his budget presentation of Thursday, March 21st, The Honourable Premier of Montserrat, Reuben T Meade spoke to the issue of housing on island and the strides that his government has made towards providing adequate housing in spite of challenging circumstances.
Add a commentAntigua Remains Susceptible To Money Laundering Says Report
Category: MNI View Written by US Dept Of State Report
The United States says despite recent improvements as a “significant” offshore center, Antigua and Barbuda “remains susceptible” to money laundering.
Add a commentAfrican Leaders To Visit President Obama
Category: MNI View Written by MNI Political Reporter
President Obama looks forward to welcoming President Ernest Bai Koroma of Sierra Leone, President Macky Sall of Senegal, President Joyce Banda of Malawi, and Prime Minister José Maria Pereira Neves of Cape Verde to the White House on Thursday, March 28.
Add a commentThe Importance of Premier Meade's 2013 Budget Presentation For Montserrat
Category: MNI View Written by Jeevan Robinson
The Premier of Montserrat, The Honourable Reuben T Meade, is set to make his 2013 budget presentation to the Legislative Assembly on Thursday, March 21. It will be with a keen ear that many will listen to Montserrat’s leader, to learn more about the fiscal condition of the island.
Add a commentSentences Handed Down In Delta Petroleum Theft On Montserrat
Category: Island Talk Written by Jeevan Robinson
During the March assizes of the High Court of Justice on Montserrat, sentences were handed down to both Yolander Royer and Daunelle Hussey on the charge of theft during their time working at Delta Petroleum, Montserrat.
Add a commentAllegations From Caracas That Chavez Was Poisoned By Enemies
Category: Island Talk Written by CMC
The Venezuela government is to set up a formal inquiry into suspicions that the late President Hugo Chavez's terminal cancer was caused by “poisoning” inflicted by his enemies abroad.
Add a commentDoes Britain Owe The Caribbean A Debt From Slavery?
Category: Island Talk Written by MNI Political Reporter
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves is calling on Caribbean countries to establish a regional reparations committee, pledging to spend the rest of his life seeking compensation from the British for land, genocide against the Garifuna, and slavery.
Add a commentGrenada The Latest Caribbean Country To Restructure Its Debt
Category: MNI View Written by CMC
Eight years after its last debt swap, Grenada is still struggling with its debt repayments and it has asked creditors to give it leeway to restructure US$193 million in debt that it says it cannot afford to repay.
Add a commentCaribbean Congratulates New Pope
Category: Island Talk Written by CMC
The Trinidad and Tobago government Wednesday congratulated Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina who has been elected the new head of the Roman Catholic Church worldwide.
Add a commentCatholics Overjoyed at First Latin American Pope
Category: MNI View Written by Associated Press
Tears and cheers erupted across Latin America on Wednesday as an Argentine cardinal became the first pope from the hemisphere, and many expressed hope that he could help bring the church closer to the poverty-wracked region that is home to more Roman Catholics than any other.
Add a commentU.S Citizen Receives Funds Stolen by Jamaican Lottery Scammers
Category: Island Talk Written by CMC
The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) says the family of an elderly woman has received a US$45,000 cheque as part of the US$200,000 stolen from her by Jamaican scammers operating an illegal lottery scheme.
Add a commentWill The Caribbean Still Benefit From Petrocaribe?
Category: MNI View Written by Kalilah Enriquez
Dr. Wesley Hughes is the new director of the Petrocaribe Development Fund in Jamaica. He's also the island's former Financial Secretary. Dr. Hughes talks to CEEN Caribbean News anchor, Kalilah Enriquez, about the future of Petrocaribe following the death of Venezuela's President, Hugo Chavez.
Add a commentImproved Programme For 2013 Caribbean Week New York
Category: Travel Written by Media Release
Exciting and unmatched new events, along with refreshed and improved familiar ones, are part of an enlivening programme of activities unveiled by the Caribbean’s tourism development agency for one of the most culturally explosive weeks in New York City.
Add a commentGastroenteritis Outbreak In Guyana, Barbados On Alert
Category: Health Written by CMC
Less than 24 hours after Barbados declared an alert following an increase in gastroenteritis on the island, health authorities in Guyana say they are monitoring reports of an outbreak of the infection of the lining of the digestive tract in the north west district that has so far resulted in the death of one person.
Add a commentJamaican Music Producer Says Devils In Dancehall Music
Category: Island Talk Written by The Jamaica Observer
Veteran Jamaican music producer Winston 'Niney' Holness gives his view on the Jamaican music today, which is not a very flattering account. View his comments below.
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