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High Freight Costs Blame For Weak Caribbean Growth
A new report that explores the reasons for weak growth in Latin American and the Caribbean have blamed high transportation costs for undermining trade and having harmful impacts on the productivity of… more →
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High Freight Costs Blame For Weak Caribbean Growth
BGR wrote 3 days ago: A new report that explores the reasons for weak growth in Latin American and the Caribbean have blam … more →
Sol (Barbados) Takes Over 137 Shell Stations
BGR wrote 1 week ago: Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to sell its service stations in the Dominican Republic to Barbados-base … more →
British Air Tax Takes Effect
BGR wrote 4 weeks ago: Britain yesterday (01 Nov) went ahead with implementing the first phase of an increase in its air pa … more →
Bob Marley Heirs Wage Global War On Trademark Pirates
BGR wrote 1 month ago: Heirs of the Jamaican reggae legend are plunging into the global trademark wars, seeking to enforce … more →
Stanford Investors Seek To Block Antigua's IMF Loan
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BGR wrote 1 month ago: As Antigua and Barbuda awaits final word from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on a loan it s … more →
Caricom Countries Opt Out Of ALBA 'SUCRE' Currency
BGR wrote 1 month ago: Member nations of Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA) have agreed to implement a single curr … more →
C'bbean Getting Vaccine Before Second Wave Swine Flu
BGR wrote 1 month ago: Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries can expect the first shipment of the HINI vaccine to arrive … more →
Latin Americans To Approve Replacing US dollars With A New Virtual Currency
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BGR wrote 1 month ago: The leftist Latin American ALBA trade bloc is scheduled Friday (16 Oct) to approve measures that wou … more →
Jamaican PM: New Constitution Should Ban Gay Marriage
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BGR wrote 1 month ago: Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding said the country’s parliament would not recognize same-s … more →
Allen Stanford Spits Up Blood in Court
BGR wrote 1 month ago: Billionaire financier and cricket entrepreneur Sir Allen Stanford spat up blood in court after suffe … more →
Barbados Gets High Tourism Ranking
BGR wrote 1 month ago: Barbados has topped the Caribbean and Latin American region in a tourism survey of 124 nations. The … more →
Most Countries Worse Off After IMF Agreement - US Think Tank
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BGR wrote 1 month ago: Weeks before Jamaica completes its application for a US$1.2-billion standby agreement with the Inter … more →
Caribbean Regulatory Havens Could Be Blacklisted Also
BGR wrote 1 month ago: Already under pressure from larger nations cracking down on so-called tax havens, Caribbean nations … more →
US Company Duped Caribbean Investors Out Of Millions
BGR wrote 2 months ago: A court in Britain has been told that a company which operated in the US, various Caribbean islands … more →
Prison-Beaten Standford Block From Accessing Insurance Funds
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BGR wrote 2 months ago: Disgraced financier Sir Allen Stanford has been blocked from trying to go through a court outside th … more →
Tax Havens Crackdown Just An Excuse
BGR wrote 2 months ago: The efforts of major and industrialised economies to crack down on so-called tax havens have been de … more →
Increase H1N1 Cases Health Ministry Answer To Issue Repeat Prescriptions!!! This And That Part 3
BGR wrote 2 months ago: Barbadians from all walks of life were able to hear Chief Medical Officer Dr. Joy St. John on CBC TV … more →
Antigua Delays Extradition In Stanford Fraud Case
BGR wrote 2 months ago: A hearing on a U.S. extradition request for Antigua’s former financial regulator has been post … more →
Five Caribbean Americans Sue Merrill Lynch
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BGR wrote 2 months ago: Five black fire safety directors of West Indian descent sued Bank of America Corp’s Merrill Ly … more →
