Jamaica cannabis authority approves eleven additional licences; harvest expected in four months

Jamaica cannabis authority approves eleven additional licences; harvest expected in four months

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Audley Shaw By Caribbean News Now contributor KINGSTON, Jamaica –  At the 2019/20 sectoral debate in the Jamaica House of Representatives on Tuesday, minister of industry, commerce, agriculture and fisheries, Audley Shaw, announced that the Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA) has approved 11 additional applications for licences in the […]

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 LIAT’s imminent closure catastrophic for the region, says aviation consultant

LIAT’s imminent closure catastrophic for the region, says aviation consultant

By Ken Richards BASSETERRE, St Kitts (WINN) — The demise of LIAT would have a catastrophic impact on the Caribbean, according to aviation consultant with a Caribbean speciality, James Lynch. Lynch was responding to prime minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr Ralph Gonsalves’ assessment that LIAT’s closure is imminent. Gonsalves is chairman of […]

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 Caribbean citizens invited to join conversation about human dignity

Caribbean citizens invited to join conversation about human dignity

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – People in Trinidad and online audiences are invited to participate in “Living good: dignified lives and just communities” Wednesday, April 24, 2019. The community dialogue is jointly hosted by the University of the West Indies Rights Advocacy Project (URAP), the Trinidad and Tobago Equal Opportunity Commission (EOC), CAISO: Sex and […]

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 Trinidad and Tobago intelligence agencies dropped the ball on Buju Banton, says police commissioner

Trinidad and Tobago intelligence agencies dropped the ball on Buju Banton, says police commissioner

Commissioner of police, Gary Griffith and Buju Banton By Melanius Alphonse Caribbean News Now associate managing editor [email protected] PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Commissioner of police Gary Griffith announced that the issue of a warrant and the subsequent search of Mark Myrie commonly known as Buju Banton and his hotel room Saturday may have been […]

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 EU blacklisting causing irreparable harm to Caribbean says St Kitts-Nevis foreign minister

EU blacklisting causing irreparable harm to Caribbean says St Kitts-Nevis foreign minister

St Kitts and Nevis Foreign Affairs Minister, Mark Brantley By Ken Richards BASSETERRE, St Kitts (WINN) — St Kitts and Nevis wasn’t blacklisted by the European Union in a revised blacklist for tax havens outside the EU last month; however, that hasn’t stopped foreign affairs minister Mark Brantley denouncing what he considers unfair targeting of […]

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 Dominica expands public housing programme, funded by citizenship by investment

Dominica expands public housing programme, funded by citizenship by investment

Weather-resistant homes for Bellevue Rawle families ROSEAU, Dominica – The government of Dominica announced last week that it had commissioned the construction of 32 new, affordable, and, crucially, weather-resistant homes for Bellevue Rawle families in the Roseau North Constituency as part of Dominica’s ‘Housing Revolution.’ Once finished, the national project will count 5,000 new homes […]

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