Daily Archives: Mar 23, 2018

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Mar 23, CMC – The St. Lucia-based The Caribbean Association of Banks Inc. (CAB) is calling on regional governments to “carefully assess the deficiencies” identified by the European Union for the reasons behind its decision to rate a number of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries as tax havens.

BELMOPAN, Belize, Mar 23, CMC – Opposition Leader, John Briceño, has described the 2018 national budget presented by Prime Minister Dean Barrow earlier month as “empty, hollow, devoid of any creativity

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A Syrian rebel group in one besieged eastern Ghouta pocket said on Friday it would try to negotiate an end to an army assault there, while insurgents in another nearby enclave withdrew. 

TREBES, France (Reuters) - Three people were killed in southwestern France on Friday when a gunman held up a car, opened fire on police and then took hostages in a supermarket, screaming “Allahu Akbar”.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union member states agreed at a summit in Brussels to take further punitive steps against Russia in the coming days for the nerve agent attack in Salisbury, as Moscow accused the bloc of joining a London-driven hate campaign against it.

A 53 year old farmer was stabbed to death some time last evening.

The efficiency of the electoral process could be improved if counting were to take place at the polling stations immediately after the conclusion of the polls.

Major changes would be coming to the Barbuda Land Act, as the prime minister, Gaston Browne, has again labelled the legislation “unconstitutional”.

The Cabinet of the returning Gaston Browne administration was yesterday sworn in by Governor General Sir Rodney Williams, following the Antigua Barbuda Labour Party’s (ABLP) comprehensive victory in Wednesday’s general election.

The CARICOM Election Observation Mission to Antigua and Barbuda’s general election has said that the results “reflect the will of the people,” even though there were issues relating to the electoral process.