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Antigua House Passes Basseterre Treaty
Above: the Antiguan Parliament (Photo: ABG) By the Caribbean Journal staff Antigua’s Lower House of Parliament passed the Revised Treaty of Basseterre yesterday, establishing the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States Economic Union Act 2011. The revised treaty creates a single […]
Antigua Works to Be Digitally Competitive
Above: Antigua PM Dr Baldwin Spencer By the Caribbean Journal staff Antigua’s ICT Fest is underway, part of a plan Dr Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer said aims at making the country digitally competitive. “Today the government of Antigua and Barbuda […]
Following China’s Lead, South Korea Looks to Caribbean Market
Above: Antigua PM Baldwin Spencer and South Korea FM Kim Sung Hwan (UN Photos: Eskinder Debebe and JC McIlwaine) By Alexander Britell China has been extending its influence and investment in the Caribbean region over the last several years, highlighted […]
Antigua, Indonesia Establish Relations
Above: PM Baldwin Spencer and Foreign Minister Dr RM Marty Matalegawa (Photo: Antigua Government) By the Caribbean Journal staff Antigua and Barbuda and Indonesia have established formal diplomatic relations, following the signing of an agreement by Antigua Prime Minister Baldwin […]
Antigua Recognises Palestinian State
Above: PM Baldwin Spencer with UN General Assembly President, Ambassador Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser of Qatar (Photo: Antigua Government) By the Caribbean Journal staff Antigua has formal recognized an independent Palestinian state, Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer announced yesterday. The announcement comes […]
CARICOM Looks at State of Cricket
Above: Cricket’s pan-Caribbean future is being evaluated (Photo: Digicel Cricket) By the Caribbean Journal staff During the CARICOM Meeting of Heads of Government in Basseterre, St Kitts and Nevis in July, the conference expressed serious doubt about the future of […]
Antigua, China Sign Economic Agreement
Above: China Vice Premier Wang Qishan (Photo: TGISL) By the Caribbean Journal staff Antigua and China signed a $4.68 million economic and trade cooperation agreement following the opening ceremony of the 3rd China-Caribbean Economic and Trade Cooperation Forum in Port […]
Antigua, China Extend Loan Schedules
Above: Antigua and China signing the loan rescheduling (Photo: ABG) Antigua and China have agreed on rescheduling the payment period of three interest-free loans between the two countries, the government announced today. The loans were used for the construction of […]
Jamaica: $58M on Foreign Drug Imports
Above: Health Minister Rudyard Spencer The Jamaican government has spent more than $58 million on pharmaceutical imports over the last four years, according to the country’s Ministry of Health. Ministry statistics show budgetary allocations increased nearly 270 percent from 2007 […]
Cuban Biomedical Team in Jamaica
The first members of a Cuban biomedical engineering team are in Jamaica to restore medical equipment in the public health system. The biomedical agreement between Jamaica and Cuba will last for two years and cost $350,000, according to Health Minister […]
Jamaica, Cuba Sign Biomedical Agreement
Above: Doctors in Jamaica (JIS-FP) Jamaica has signed a biomedical agreement with the Cuban government as part of an initiative to improve the equipment at the country’s health facilities. The plan will see Cuban experts coming to Jamaica to work […]
Caribbean PMs Join Barbados Row over Doctors Trained in Cuba
A controversy in Barbados over the training of doctors in Cuba has extended beyond its shores. Last week, Dr Carlos Chase, president of the Barbados Association of Medical Practitioners, in an email to BAMP’s members, expressed concerns about an alleged […]
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