Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and prime minister of Jamaica, Andrew Holness, has urged the European parliament to remove Jamaica and Barbados from its list of high-risk jurisdictions for money laundering and terrorist financing. Prime Minister Holness made the call during a press conference at...
Development Bank’s (CDB) flagship Special Development Fund (SDF) has garnered strong international and regional support, with partners stepping up their commitments for the renewal of the financing facility for an 11th Cycle (SDF 11), which will run from 2025 to 2028. The Fund, which represents the...
Prime Minister John Briceño says this year’s sugar crop will be one of the worst in recent years after the Fusarium Wilt disease ravaged cane fields here. The Belize Sugar Industries (BSI) in confirming the situation, described this year’s performance as one of the worst in...
Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has told Dominicans there is “no need or cause for panic” as he addressed concerns over reports of a potential US visa ban on Dominicans. Earlier this month, reports of an additional 36 countries including four eastern Caribbean nations, to be banned...
A High Court Judge has resolved a protracted legal dispute between two families over control of a large parcel of land in Balmain, Couva. Delivering a judgment, late last month, Justice Avason Quinlan-Williams upheld a lawsuit brought by Vijai Mahadeo against Pooran, Jeremiah, and Ganga Roopchand...