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Jamaica studies producing biofuel with local crops San Juan, Nov 19 (EFE).- The state-owned Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica, or PCJ, is looking into producing biofuel from local crops as an alternative to imported oil, the government said Wednesday PCJ has signed agreements with Bodles Agricultural Research Station and the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute for the experimental cultivation of ...

President Donald Ramotar has invited Opposition Leader, David Granger to talks, despite the combined opposition’s position not to speak with government about matters on the Parliamentary agenda ever since the Guyanese leader suspended Parliament one week ago. Mr. Ramotar prorogued the Parliament on November 10- the same day that the opposition had planned to debate and pass a no-confidence motion ...

Two bandits, who trailed a couple from a city commercial bank to their East Coast Demerara home and robbed a woman of a bag of money, were Tuesday night in an unconscious condition at a city hospital after they were run over by a car that was chasing them. Their identities were not immediately known, but investigators believed that they ...

San Juan, Nov 18 (EFE).- A Trinidad and Tobago trade mission travels this week to three French overseas territories in the Caribbean to bolster business ties. The delegates have already scored some successes in Martinique, the National Export Facilitation Organization said Tuesday in a statement. “The first exporter obtained an immediate order averaging $2,500 and the second exporter secured a follow-up order ...

San Juan, Nov 18 (EFE).- Rebuilding a main road damaged by heavy rains will cost around 50 million TTD ($8 million), Trinidad and Tobago’s Ministry of Works and Infrastructure said Tuesday. Work has already begun on the damaged stretch of road between Manzanilla and Mayaro on the east coast of Trinidad, the ministry said. Flooding caused by heavy rains last weekend washed away ...

Guyana’s opposition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) on Monday began a wave of protests aimed at pressuring President Donald Ramotar to lift the suspension of Parliament. He prorogued the Parliament last week Monday to prevent the majority-controlled National Assembly from debating and passing a no-confidence motion that would have forced his Cabinet to resign and make way for elections ...

As Dominica prepares for next month’s general election, the Electoral Office there says everything is on track for a free and fair poll despite concerns by the opposition United Workers Party (UWP). The UWP has been demanding the use of voter identification cards and for a re-registration of persons across the 754 square kilometer island. UWP Leader, Lennox Linton says ...

Washington, Nov 18 (EFE).- President Barack Obama ordered a review of the policies in place to respond to the kidnapping of U.S. citizens abroad, the White House confirmed on Tuesday. Obama ordered the appropriate authorities – including the Defense and State Departments, the FBI and the intelligence community – to conduct a “comprehensive review of the U.S. Government policy on ...

San Juan, Nov 18 (EFE).- The government of Barbados signed an agreement under the U.S. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, known as FATCA, to combat tax evasion by foreign residents in the island. The minister of Industry, International Business, Commerce and Small Business Development, Donville Inniss, signed the accord for Barbados, while U.S. Ambassador Larry Palmer initialed the pact, the ...

San Juan, Nov 18 (EFE).- U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is scheduled to visit Barbados this week to discuss various issues related to justice and security on the island where his father was born. Holder will meet with Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite, Governor-General Elliott Belgrave, Prime Minister Freundel Stuart, and representatives from both Houses of Parliament, according to a statement ...