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Payment of the ‘double salary’ will help to stimulate economy, St. Kitts and Nevis PM says
Civil Servants, Government Auxiliary Employees (GAEs), Pensioners and STEP workers across St. Kitts and Nevis have benefited from an extra month’s salary, which was paid on Tuesday — a gesture Prime Minister Dr. Terrance Drew said was made to show appreciation to public servants for their hard work. Prime Minister Dr. Drew, while speaking on…
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Former BVI Premier pens farewell eight months after arrest on drug charges
Eight months after he was arrested in the United States, former British Virgin Islands Premier Andrew Fahie has written a farewell letter to his former colleagues of the House of Assembly, urging them to keep fighting for the prosperity of the territory and focus on the areas that unite them as Virgin Islanders. In the…
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Breakthrough in Venezuela talks spurs US to ease embargo
The government of Nicolas Maduro and the Venezuelan opposition broke a political stalemate Saturday with a broad social accord, and the US government responded by allowing a major US oil company to resume operations in Venezuela. The accord heralded a potential easing of a grinding economic and political crisis in Venezuela. It paves the way…
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WIPA expresses condolences at passing of David Murray
The West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA) expresses condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of former West Indies player, David Murray. David Anthony Murray, born May 1950 in Barbados, was a wicketkeeper/batsman who played 19 Tests and 10 ODIs for the West Indies between 1973 and 1982. He is son of West Indies batsman Sir…
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At least 4,473 women were victims of Femicide in the region in 2021
In 2021, at least 4,473 women were victims of femicide (also known as feminicide) in 29 countries and territories of the region, according to the latest official data that countries reported to the Gender Equality Observatory for Latin America and the Caribbean (GEO) of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). This represents at…
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Antigua and Barbuda Association for Persons Living with Disabilities benefits from UN FAO project
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in partnership with the local Ministries of Agriculture, recently rolled out the second phase of the Innovative Protected Cultivation Systems Project in Barbados, St. Kitts and Nevis, Antigua and Barbuda and Grenada from Oct. 31 to Nov. 5, led by FAO’s Vegetable Production Specialist, Jervis…
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Union urges Barbados Gov’t to pay severance to ex-LIAT workers
This country’s largest public sector trade union is calling on the Government to follow St Lucia’s lead by settling the outstanding severance payments of its nationals who were terminated by LIAT more than two years ago. On Tuesday, St Lucia’s Prime Minister Philip Pierre told Parliament that Cabinet had approved some EC$4.4 million (US$1.6 million)…
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Former LIAT 1974 Ltd, Majestic Industries employees to get outstanding termination benefits
The Prime Minister of St Lucia, Philip J. Pierre, has confirmed that over 300 former employees of Majestic Industries and LIAT 1974 Ltd. will soon receive their outstanding termination benefits. An official statement issued by the St Lucia Government reports that the compensation package is greater than $6.3 million Eastern Caribbean Dollars (XCD), the equivalent…
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St Lucia paying terminal benefits to non-management St Lucian LIAT workers
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Bajans told to eat more lionfish to reduce invasive species
Barbadians are being encouraged to include the invasive lionfish species in their diet. The advice came as Minister of the Environment and Beautification Adrian Forde disclosed that research on the species was being carried out to determine how pervasive it is in the island’s waters. “I know we have a problem with lionfish. Lionfish have…
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Bermuda to set minimum wage at $16.40 in 2023
Bermudians are set to receive one of the highest hourly wage rates in the world as part of new labour regulations that will come into effect next year, once approved by Parliament. Labour Minister Jason Hayward said amendments to the Employment (Minimum Wage Entitlement) Bill 2022, which will be debated at the next sitting of…