Another seven St. Lucian men missing at sea

June 23, 2015 in Regional

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Tuesday June 23, 2015 – St. Lucia marine officials have reported that seven more men are missing at sea. ADVERTISEMENT On the heels of a search for four men who left Martinique almost three weeks ago for St. Lucia, and the discovery of four...

Barbados prime minister says CARICOM Single Market making progress

June 23, 2015 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_4308" align="alignright" width="300"] Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart[/caption] BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Tuesday June 23, 2015 – Ahead of next month’s Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government meeting, the prime minister with lead responsibility for the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) is suggesting that while the...

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...