Over six dozen Caribbean and Latin American immigrants could soon be sent packing out of the US after they were nabbed and placed in detention last week by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in New Jersey. Seventy-four of the immigrants arrested in the operation...
The World Bank claims growth in the Latin America and the Caribbean region is projected to accelerate to a downwardly revised 1.7 percent this year but several Caribbean nations are forecast to buck that prediction, a News Americas analyst has found. Latest data from the World...
Antigua and Barbuda is among countries to be affected as Venezuela’s PDVSA says it is suspending petroleum deliveries to about half of the Caribbean countries in its Petrocaribe agreement. The move comes due to falling crude production and low refinery utilisation, according to a Venezuelan Oil...
Hurricane Bud grew to Category 3 force off Mexico’s Pacific coast on Monday, but forecasters said it was likely to weaken before a possible brush with the resort-dotted southern tip of the Baja California peninsula late in the week. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Bud...
From the beginning of next month, Bahamians will be paying significantly more in Value Added Tax (VAT). It will increase from 7.5 per cent to 12 per cent. The increase comes three and a half years after VAT was introduced. Minister of Finance Peter Turnquest explained that...