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Opposition Leader and President of the Peoples National Party (PNP) Dr. Peter Phillips

JAMAICA | PNP concerned over increased United States sanctions on Cuba

KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 15, 2019: The People’s National Party (PNP) is expressing grave concern about the increased economic sanctions on Cuba imposed by the United States authorities. The Party is again calling for an end to the 60 year old blockade against the sovereign nation.

May 15, 2019
Published in Caribbean

Jamaica leads the Caribbean in visitors overstaying their visas in the United States

MONTEGO BAY, May 14, 2019 - In excess of ten thousand Jamaican remained in the United States last year, leading the Caribbean region in visitors who have overstayed their time in the United States on non-immigrant visas, after arriving for business or on vacation.

May 15, 2019
Published in Diaspora

Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. Keith Rowley and Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Amour Mottley

CARICOM | Rowley Flays Trump Snub - Mottley wants zone of Peace

PORT-OF-SPAIN- Trinidad, March 22, 2019 - The Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Dr. Keith Rowley is not perturbed by what is said to be a snub by the US President Trump in excluding TT from his meeting on Friday with five Caribbean leaders.

March 22, 2019
Published in CARICOM

Bank of Baroda, Avenue of the Republic and Regent Street

Lower profits, stiffer laws force sale of foreign banks in Guyana, Caribbean

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, December 7, 2018 - The Canada-headquartered Scotiabank and India’s Bank of Baroda have decided to sell out their operations in Guyana and other Caribbean countries due to declining profits and tighter anti-financial crimes legislation, Finance Minister Winston Jordan said.

December 9, 2018
Published in Caribbean

Scotiabank managing director Stephen Bagnarol addresses reporters on the Republic Bank acquisition at its head office, Port of Spain yesterday

CARIBBEAN | Scotiabank says Caribbean Remains Important

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — Scotiabank is not pulling out of the region insisted Scotiatbank's senior vice-president and head of the Caribbean South and East, Stephen Bagnarol yesterday. Instead, it has decided to focus on its core markets, where they have “size and scale.”

November 29, 2018
Published in Business & Economy

Prime Minister Andrew Holness and Finance Minister Dr. Nigel clarke sign a loan agreement with the IDB in Washington, for a $285 million contingent credit facility which will provide immediate financing during the emergency recovery phase after a sudden event. The loan was signed in the US capital, Washington DC on Monday, November 26, 2018.

Jamaica | Holness Signs $285-million contingent credit facility with IDB

WASHINGTON, DC, November 27, 2018 - Jamaica's Prime Minister Andrew Holness and his finance minister Dr. Nigel Clarke, yesterday signed a $285 million Contingent Credit Facility, with the Inter-American Development Bank, which will provide immediate financing during the emergency recovery phase in the event of a national disaster.

November 26, 2018
Published in Business & Economy

CARICOM | University of Glasgow to pay UWI £200 million in Reparations

KINGSTON– The movement demanding reparations for the manner in which Africans were enslaved and taken to Britain, Europe, the Americas and the Caribbean, creating great wealth for these countries at the expense of enslaved Africans has begun to pay benefits.

November 26, 2018
Published in local news

Minister within the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, Annette Ferguson and Minister of Aviation of Ghana, Joseph Kofi Adda signing the agreement, flanked by delegates and officials.

GUYANA, Ghana to explore airline services between Caribbean and Africa

DPI, Guyana, Friday, November 23, 2018 - Guyana and Ghana on Friday signed a bilateral air services agreement that could pave the way for direct flights between Ghana and Guyana once the two countries make the routes sufficiently attractive for low-cost airlines to get passengers.

November 23, 2018
Published in Tourism

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