AG: No US extradition request as yet for Warner

June 22, 2015 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_6213" align="alignleft" width="300"] AG Garvin Nicholas[/caption] IT has been close to one month since a provisional warrant was issued for the arrest of Independent Liberal Party (ILP) leader and former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner, but up to Thursday, the Office of the Attorney General had...

Gov’t warned too many passports under NIF option

June 22, 2015 in Regional

Government is being warned that the high number of people accessing the Citizenship by Investment Programme (CIP) through the National Investment Fund (NIF) option could devalue the country’s passport. Economist McCarthy Marie and Political Analyst Arvel Grant made the comments after Prime Minister Gaston Browne’s revelation...

PM: CIP could make up 25 per cent of govt’s revenue

June 19, 2015 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_3163" align="alignleft" width="300"] Antigua & Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne[/caption] The Citizenship by Investment Programme (CIP) could represent as much of 25 per cent of the country’s earnings this year, according to Prime Minister Gaston Browne. Browne made the remarks at an economic citizenship conference hosted...

Dominican Republic to begin deporting Haitian immigrants

June 19, 2015 in Regional

Dominican Republic authorities were preparing on Wednesday to deport thousands of undocumented Haitian migrants and Dominicans of Haitian descent, with a midnight deadline to register for official residency documents. “If they aren’t registered, they will be repatriated,” said Gen. Rubén Paulino, who heads the country’s Immigration...

Opposition leader says Budget is pure torture for Barbadians

June 18, 2015 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_6173" align="alignleft" width="300"] Opposition Leader Mia Mottley[/caption] BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Wednesday June 17, 2015 – Opposition Leader Mia Mottley yesterday declared that the Budget delivered by Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler was nothing short of torture for Barbadians and the current administration was not fit to...