Minister vows to protect jobs amid recession warning
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): Protecting jobs and shielding the poor and vulnerable are key aspects of a plan by Barbados Prime Minister David Thompson to lessen the effects of the global financial crisis on the island's economy.Thompson told a national...
Guyana on path to financial reformation
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC): Guyana on Wednesday embarked upon a new phase of much-needed financial reform, with President Bharrat Jagdeo suggesting that the country has come a long way in managing its fiscal deficit. Addressing the launch of the Guyana...
Taiwan set to complete hospital started by China
CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC):Construction work is set to resume here in earnest on a new US$11-million psychiatric hospital, started by China, but which is to be completed by Taiwan, as part of a new arrangement with the St Lucia Government....
Constituencies Boundaries Commission appointed
BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC):A new five-member Constituencies Boundaries Commission has been appointed as part of an electoral reform process ahead of general elections, which are constitutionally due in this twin-island federation by October 2009....
WTC delegates to discuss impact of global crisis
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): The likely impact on travel of the current global economic crisis will be among major issues discussed by travel experts at a key event facilitated by the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) in London next month....
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