Regional News

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Education minister takes firm stance against foreign students (Antigua Sun) – A stern warning has gone out to non-national parents who may be pondering getting their children into the school system next term.

BBC Caribbean News in Brief

Minimal Caribbean growth expected The World Bank has said it could lend up to $14 billion to Latin American and Caribbean countries in the fiscal year that began this month.

Lesbian pleads against deportation to Jamaica

(Jamaica Observer) – A Jamaican woman who has been convicted for dealing in illegal drugs by a British court has asked that country’s immigration department not to deport her because she is a lesbian and would be persecuted if sent back to her homeland.

BBC Caribbean News in Brief

No ALBA for DomRep The President of the Dominican Republic Leonel Fernandez has been quoted as saying he hasn’t considered making his country part of the Venezuelan-backed political and economic grouping known as ALBA.

Armed bandits raid Guava Bush home

-escape with $2M, fire shots Armed bandits on Monday evening robbed an overseas-based family at Guava Bush, Albion, Corentyne of almost $2M in cash and jewellery and a suspect has been taken into custody.

11 CXC subjects to come under review

(Trinidad Express) Secondary school students in the Caribbean region are “digital kids stuck in analogue classrooms,” says Dr Didacus Jules, chief executive officer of the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC).

Another Guyanese deported

(Antigua Sun) – A Guyanese woman was deported from Antigua last week after she pleaded guilty to remaining in the state after the expiration of a permit granted to her by the Immigration Department.

Liquidator eyes Guiana Island for development

(Antigua Sun) – Nigel Hamilton-Smith, the liquidator of the Stanford International Bank (SIB) in Antigua and Barbuda is proposing to develop Guiana Island, which is owned by Sir Allen Stanford, to generate money to repay investors who were allegedly swindled in the alleged Ponzi scheme.

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