Eye on Continued Devaluation In Jamaica

November 04, 2016 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_15069" align="alignleft" width="300"] MINISTER OF FINANCE AND THE PUBLIC SERVICE AUDLEY SHAW[/caption] KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica’s Minister of Finance and the Public Service Audley Shaw says a Working Group has been established to deal with the continued devaluation of the Jamaican dollar against the United...

PM: Baroness Scotland’s ‘misspending’ a regional shame

November 04, 2016 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_8822" align="alignleft" width="300"] Baroness Scotland of Asthal[/caption] Prime Minister Gaston Browne says media reports pointing to wastage by Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland is an embarrassment for the Caribbean. The SUN newspaper in the UK is reporting that officials in India have hinted they could pull...

Questions raised about citizenship status of St Vincent deputy PM

November 03, 2016 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_15046" align="alignleft" width="300"] Deputy Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines Sir Louis Straker.[/caption] KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC) – Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves has come out in staunch defence of his deputy, Sir Louis Straker, amid questions over his citizenship status. Gonsalves defended his...

Antigua PM promises 5,000 new jobs over the next two years

November 02, 2016 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_3163" align="alignleft" width="300"] Antigua & Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne[/caption] ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) — Prime Minister Gaston Browne says over the next two years his administration will create 5,000 new jobs in addition to the more than 3,000 ones it has created since coming...

Boy killed in Haiti amid protest over delay in hurricane aid

November 02, 2016 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_15011" align="alignleft" width="300"] Protesters carry the body of a young teenager on a cart after he was shot amid protests Tuesday over delays in aid distribution after a Category 4 hurricane pummeled the Caribbean country last month, in Les Cayes, Haiti.[/caption] LES CAYES, Haiti (AP)...