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KPMG donates funds raised for cancer
During the months of October and November, KPMG in Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean (BEC) engaged in a special campaign across Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent to raise funds for breast and prostate cancers, respectively. Dubbed the “Pink Challenge,” for every day in October that staff across KPMG BEC wore an…
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St Kitts and Nevis PM defends decision not to make IMF report public
Prime Minister Dr. Timothy Harris Wednesday said his administration is using the option available to it on whether or not to make public the International Monetary Fund (IMF) report on the 2017 Article IV Consultation with St. Kitts and Nevis. “We are not the only country in the last five years who have exercised that…
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Sandals pulls out of major hotel project in Tobago
Sandals Resorts International (SRI) Tuesday, citing “constant and ongoing negative publicity” has withdrawn its participation in the establishment of a multi-million dollar resort on the island of Tobago. “So it is with great sadness and it is very unfortunate that we had to take this step (but) we believe it is best at this point…
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Justin Simon testifies at disqualification trial of St Kitts opposition leader
The case brought against the Leader of the Opposition, Dr. Denzil Douglas, continued in court Thursday with three expert witnesses on Dominican law making presentations before Justice Trevor Ward QC to help him determine whether Douglas, through his use of a diplomatic passport issued by the Commonwealth of Dominica, is under allegiance to a foreign power.…
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Norovirus outbreak sickens 277 on Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas
Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas is returning to a Florida port a day early and giving passengers full refunds of their fare after 277 guests and crew members were hit with an outbreak of Norovirus as it sailed to Jamaica. Cruise line spokesman Owen Torres told The Associated Press “we think the right thing…
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National good over narrow interests in Guyana
By Sir Ronald Sanders (The writer is Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the United States and the OAS. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies at the University of London and Massey College in the University of Toronto. The views expressed are entirely his own) The President of Guyana, David Granger, and…
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Scotiabank officials meet with St. Kitts-Nevis PM
Prime Minister Dr. Timothy Harris Wednesday held “cordial and productive discussions’ with officials of the Trinidad-based Republic Financial Holdings Limited (RFHL) and representatives of Scotiabank regarding the move to acquire Scotiabank operations in several Caribbean countries. Last November, the RFHL announced that it was seeking to acquire Scotiabank operations even as Antigua and Barbuda and…
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EU disburses First Economic Development Tranche of EC$17.55M to Montserrat
The European Union has disbursed EC$17.55 million (€5.72M) to the Government of Montserrat (GoM) as the First Fixed tranche under the Multi Sector Sustainable Economic Development Budget Support Programme. The assistance is inclusive of an emergency top-up payment of EC$1 million (€320,000) as additional support to help with the economic recovery of Montserrat after Hurricane…
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Dominica again hints at legal action against Ross University
“My view to the government is that we should pursue Ross where compensation is concerned. We had a lease agreement with Ross and Ross broke the lease unilaterally and there are several of our citizens who would have invested based on that lease with Ross, specific to Ross. “I believe we may very well pursue…
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Jamaica grapples with outbreak of Dengue Fever
Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has declared that the island is now experiencing an outbreak of dengue fever. Tufton made the disclosure at an emergency press conference at his offices in New Kingston. He revealed that 123 cases were recorded in December 2018. The figure includes suspected, presumed and confirmed cases. He said that the number…
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Amnesty International urges countries to do away with death penalty
The London-based international human rights organisation, Amnesty International, says while it welcomes a “significant reduction” in the application of the use of the death penalty in the English-speaking Caribbean in recent years, it is urging all regional countries to abolish it. “As the English-speaking Caribbean marks its first decade as an execution-free region, Amnesty International…