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ECCB TO Launch Blockchain Currency Pilot
The St. Kitts-based Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) Wednesday announced it had signed a contract with the Barbados-based fintech company, Bitt Inc. (Bitt) to...
CARICOM Heads of Government committed to competitive transportation industry
Heads of Government of CARICOM are committed to deliver a competitive transportation industry, and are looking for the right model that would be fiscally...
Former Jamaica prime minister urges government to establish National Security Commission to fight crime
Former Prime Minister of Jamaica P.J. Patterson has suggested that a National Security Commission be established by the current administration in an effort to...
BVI Cabinet approves 2019 budget | Now to be brought before House Of Assembly
Just a little more than a month before the implementation deadline, the British Virgin Islands Cabinet has approved the 2019 budget.
According to BVI News,...
Forty-six Bajan sugar workers to be cut
About 46 sugar workers are being cut from the Barbados Agricultural Management Company (BAMC). They are the latest casualties under the Barbados Economic Recovery...
Government of Grenada spent Millions on importation of beef and pork
Grenada appears to be on a path to surpassing the quantity of beef and pork imported into the country for 2017 and 2018, because...
U.S. Navy hospital ship heads for the Caribbean
A U.S. Navy hospital ship is reportedly heading to the Caribbean as well as parts of South and Central America to aid countries with...
Caricom leaders calls meeting with US President – illegitimate
The multi-lateral meeting with five Caribbean leaders, including Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis, and U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday has exposed deep divisions...
US set to withdraw all diplomatic staff from Venezuela
The US will withdraw all diplomatic staff from Venezuela this week due to the "deteriorating situation" there, the state department has announced.
In a tweet,...
Boy drowns and 13,000 homes damaged in Bahamas
An eight-year-old boy has become the first victim of Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas, where winds of up to 200 miles per hour are...
