Daily Archives: Mar 23, 2017
Acting CEO of Antigua & Barbuda Citizenship by Investment Unit Resigns
The Acting CEO of the Antigua & Barbuda Citizenship by Investment Unit (CIU) Thomas Anthony has resigned from the post.
IMF says Grenada records near four per cent economic growth last year
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, Mar 22, CMC – Grenada’s performance during the last phase of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Extended Credit Facility (ECF) supported home grown programme has been strong with the island recording economic growth of just under four per cent last year, the IMF said Wednesday.
Authorities still unsure what caused deadly explosion in St. Lucia
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Mar 22, CMC – The RG Group of Companies Wednesday said it would give its “unwavering support and cooperation to the investigators” probing the explosion that left at least four people dead, more than 20 injured and at least four others airlifted to the neighbouring French island of Martinique.
American woman jailed in connection with Jamaican-based lottery fraud scheme
MIAMI, Mar. 23, CMC – The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) says a Broward County, Florida woman has been jailed in Miami, for her role in connection with the operation of a Jamaican-based fraudulent lottery scheme.
Opposition walks out of Parliament – Government refuses to roll back taxes
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Mar. 23, CMC – Members of the main opposition People’s National Party (PNP), walked out of Parliament on Wednesday to protest against the government’s refusal to adjust the J$13.5 billion (One Jamaica dollar =US$0.008 cents)tax package.
Grenada joins list of CARICOM countries to ban importation and consumption on corned beef from Brazil
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, Mar. 23, CMC – Grenada has join the list of countries without the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), to place a ban on the importation and consumption of corned beef from Brazil.
Kremlin says it wants review of Ukraine's decision to bar Russian Eurovision entry
Russia expects Ukraine's "unfair" decision to ban the Russian entry for the 2017 Eurovision song contest from entering the country to be reviewed, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday.
U.S., Canada lift global box office as international sales flat
Worldwide movie ticket sales increased by 1 percent to a record $38.6 billion in 2016 as theaters in the United States and Canada rung up higher sales and overseas returns were flat, according to industry statistics released on Wednesday.
Turkey urging U.S., Britain to lift flight electronics ban: foreign ministry
Turkey is in talks with the United States and Britain to exclude Turkish Airlines and Istanbul's main Ataturk airport from a ban on passengers carrying electronics larger than cell phones, Turkey's foreign ministry spokesman said on Thursday.
China says U.S. should respect China's air defense zone
China said on Thursday the United States should respect its air defense identification zone (ADIZ), after CNN reported China had warned a U.S. bomber it was illegally flying inside China's self-declared zone in the East China Sea.
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