Chief Executive Officer of the St. Kitts Tourism Authority, Ellison Thompson, has praised Jamaica for the way its tourism industry has bounced back after the Covid-19 years. In an interview with JIS News, Mr. Thompson credited Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, for leading the tourism resilience charge in the region. “[Mr. Bartlett] has been […]
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Colombia’s Congress has passed a bill which will ban bullfights across the South American Andean country from 2027 onwards. The ban is the result of a noisy campaign by animal rights activists, who have long argued that the sport is cruel to bulls. Bullfighting was introduced in Colombia by the Spanish during colonial times and […]
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The British Virgin Islands Asia Trade Mission, led by Minister for Financial Services, Lorna Smith, held a meeting with the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) in Shenzhen as part of an initiative to promote international economic and trade cooperation. The meeting, hosted by Deputy Director General Ms. Haobo Yang, focused on […]
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Kenyan President William Ruto says Nairobi has met all legal and constitutional requirements to deploy troops to Haiti to help the Caribbean nation out of political and socioeconomic turmoil. In an exclusive interview with VOA’s Hubbah Abdi shortly after concluding his state visit to the United States last week, Ruto said the East African nation […]
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Dr. Garry Conille has been named as Haiti’s latest prime minister by the Transitional Presidential Council, its president Edgard Leblanc Fils said Tuesday. Conille, who was appointed by six out of seven voting members with voting power on the nine-member council, has already served a spell as prime minister from October 2011 to May 2012 […]
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St. Lucia – The Government of Saint Lucia, through the Department of Finance, has announced an extension of the existing concessions on hybrid vehicles and vehicles that operate on sustainable fuels. This decision aligns with the CARICOM Council for Trade and Economic Development’s (COTED) endorsement and reflects the government’s ongoing commitment to promoting environmentally sustainable […]
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St. Johns, Antigua – The Honourable Dr. Terrance Drew, Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, delivered a compelling speech on Tuesday, May 28, 2024, at the United Nations High-Level Meeting on Resource Mobilization for Small Island Developing States (SIDS), held as part of the fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4) in […]
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St. Johns, Antigua – Senior Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Investments et al, the Right Honourable Dr. Denzil Douglas met with Omar Shehadeh, Special Envoy of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Minister of Foreign Affairs to the Caribbean and Pacific States on Monday, May 27, during a bilateral meeting to discuss mutual cooperation […]
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Basseterre, St. Kitts – As part of his scheduled engagements in Antigua for the fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4), St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister the Honourable Dr. Terrance Drew participated in a high-level side event that tackled the issue of access to climate financing for small island states. The event, “Re-aligning […]
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St. Johns, Antigua – Today, May 28, 2024, a significant breakfast meeting was held at the Royalton Chic Resort in Antigua to discuss the existential threats posed by sea-level rise, with special emphasis on the impacts to small island nations. The meeting was hosted by President Dennis Francis of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly and […]
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