BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — Barbados is reporting a significant increase in dengue fever this year as compared to the same period last year. However, there are no deaths associated with the illness. The Ministry of Health said that for the week ending October 8, the island...
[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...
[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...
[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...
[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...