Category: Caribbean

by STAFF WRITER – July 13, 2022 GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Jul 13, CMC – The Guyana government says it is reviewing applications from several merchant banks amidst concerns expressed by the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) for the authorities to “help businesses not to be beggars at international and local banks”. Addressing the GMSA dinner on…

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by STAFF WRITER – July 13, 2022 NASSAU, Bahamas, Jul 13, CMC – More than 10 years after reporting a case of local transmission, health authorities are confirming that a Bahamian national, who recently travelled to West Africa, has tested positive for malaria. In a statement, the Ministry of Health and Wellness said “the patient affected…

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by STAFF WRITER – July 13, 2022 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Jul 13, CMC – The Central Bank of Barbados (CBB) Wednesday warned Barbadians to be vigilant when making cash transactions and to check their money as soon as they receive it as the island gets ready to welcome back Crop Over and other public events that had…

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by STAFF WRITER – July 13, 2022 PARAMARIBO, Suriname, Jul 13, CMC – A court has imposed a three month suspended sentence on three security officials of Vice President Ronnie Brunswijk after they were found guilty of assaulting journalist Jason Pinas, outside the National Assembly last December. The three bodyguards on December 14 assaulted the journalist,…

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by STAFF WRITER – July 13, 2022 PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Jul 13, CMC – DeNovo Energy Limited (DeNovo), which is part of the Switzerland-based Proman family of companies, has announced delivery of first gas from its Zandolie field. In a statement, it said the unmanned minimum facility is DeNovo’s second offshore field development to be…

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by STAFF WRITER – July 11, 2022 ROSEAU, Dominica, Jul 11, CMC – The Dominica government Monday urged the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) to “avoid a repeat of this kind of gratuitous commentary on political affairs” after expressing “its disappointment…regarding certain gratuitous comments” made recently in the case brought by the main opposition United…

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by STAFF WRITER – July 12, 2022 GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Jul 12, CMC – Opposition political parties met here on Monday agreeing to establish a strategy to deal with Guyana’s “political crisis” they said have been caused by the ruling People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C). “All parties agreed that in response to the escalating political crisis in Guyana…

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by STAFF WRITER – July 12, 2022 ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, Jul 12, CMC – The Grenada government says it intends to begin paying pension to eligible public sector workers who retired as far back as 1985, by November this year. However, newly elected Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell says a plan has to be formulated as to…

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by STAFF WRITER – July 12, 2022 CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Jul 12, CMC –St. Lucia says it has received confirmation from the Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) of its case of case of BA5 variant of the coronavirus (COVID0-19) pandemic. Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Sharon Belmar George, said the case is a 36 year…

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by STAFF WRITER – July 12, 2022 WASHINGTON, Jul 12, CMC – A study by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group has found that agribusiness in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) could benefit from a productive transformation that facilitates its insertion in global value chains. The study titled “Competing in Agribusiness: Business Strategies and Public…

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