GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Aug. 2, CMC – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is urging Guyana to accelerate efforts to resolve longstanding disputes over ExxonMobil’s cost-oil audits, saying the issues have important fiscal and governance implications. In its Staff Concluding Statement following the 2026 Article IV Mission, released on Friday,  the IMF said the government should move quickly […]

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Aug.2, CMC – Barbados will establish three postgraduate scholarships focused on Black Studies and reparatory justice as part of its continuing campaign for reparations for slavery, Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley announced in her Emancipation Day message. Mottley said the scholarships will be offered through the Ministry responsible for Pan African Affairs in the […]

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, Aug. 2, CMC – The Antigua and Barbuda government has launched a fresh diplomatic effort to persuade the United States to remove the twin-island nation from recently imposed visa restrictions and the newly established U.S. Visa Bond Programme. Prime Minister Gaston Browne has written to U.S. President Donald Trump requesting a review […]

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Aug 2, CMC – Justin Greaves’s unbeaten half century helped the West Indies level the playing field with Pakistan at the end of the first day’s play in the second Test here on Sunday. Greaves finished the day on 64 not out and the Windies fought back to reach 239 for […]