HOME MORTGAGE RATES ALMOST TRIPPLES

October 29, 2022 admin 0

Mortgage rates top 7% for first time since April 2002 Mortgage rates surpassed 7% for the first time since April 2002, adding more reason for price-struck homebuyers to stay on the sidelines. The rate on the average 30-year fixed mortgage hit 7.08%, up from 6.94% the week prior, according to Freddie Mac. Rates have jumped 3.86 percentage points since the […More]

STUDENT LOAN FORGIVNESS IN LIMBO

October 24, 2022 admin 0

Court temporarily blocks Biden’s student loan forgiveness ST. LOUIS (AP) — A federal appeals court late Friday issued an administrative stay temporarily blocking President Joe Biden’s plan to cancel billions of dollars in federal student loans, throwing the program into limbo just days after people began applying for loan forgiveness. The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals issued the stay while […More]

ST VINCENT EXTENDS A HELPING HAND TO CUBA & VENEZUELA

October 15, 2022 admin 0

St Vincent offers assistance to Cuba & Venezuela in wake of devastation Following the destruction in Venezuela and Cuba, Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves has expressed St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ solidarity with the people of both countries. To help restore power in hurricane-ravaged Cuba, St. Vincent Electricity Services, Gonsalves added, would deploy technicians. “Before I left, I asked Dr Vaughn […More]

GRENADA CHINA SCHOLARSHIP COLLABORATION

October 15, 2022 admin 0

China scholarship announcement The Government of the People’s Republic of China, in collaboration with the Government of Grenada, is offering scholarships for individuals to study in Chinese Universities for undergraduate programmes, master’s programmes or doctoral programmes in the academic year 2023/2024. Eligibility All applicants MUST: be in good health (mentally and physically) be a citizen of Grenada be a high […More]

VIOLENT & EXPLICIT MUSIC BANNED ON JAMAICAN NATIONAL RADIO

October 15, 2022 admin 0

What Free Speech? Jamaica Bans Some Music And TV Shows By NAN Staff Writer NEWS AMERICAS, NEW YORK, NY, Thurs. Oct. 13, 2022: Jamaica’s broadcasting regulator is being criticized of moving to curb free speech after it banned music and TV broadcasts deemed to glorify or promote criminal activity, violence, drug use, scamming and weapons. The government has said the […More]

MORE SANCTIONS NEEDED AGAINST RUSSIA: PRESIDENT ZELENSKY

October 15, 2022 admin 0

Zelensky calls for more sanctions against Russia Volodymyr Zelensky has urged countries to hit Russia with more sanctions in response to “a new wave of terror” after Monday’s attacks on Ukraine. At least 19 people were killed and scores more injured as Russian missiles hit regions across the country. Defiant, he said the attacks will only “delay our recovery a […More]

BARBADOS PM A NEW 4-YEAR FINANCIAL PLAN

October 13, 2022 admin 0

Mottley announces new BERT programme Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley announced a new financial plan for the next four years in the House of Assembly on Tuesday. The Resolution, titled the Barbados Economic Recovery and Transformation (BERT) Plan 2022: Fiscal Year 2022/23-Fiscal Year 2026/27, is the successor to the Barbados Economic Recovery and Transformation Plan 2018 (BERT 2018). The document’s […More]

JAMAICA SAYS THANKS TO JAPAN FOR HELP IN COFFEE

October 13, 2022 admin 0

Jamaica Thanks Japan for Support to Coffee Industry Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., has hailed Japan for almost 70 years of support to Jamaica’s coffee industry. In the early 1960s, the Ueshima Coffee Company (UCC) became the first Japanese company to import coffee directly from Jamaica. “We, therefore, want to say a big thank you to […More]

JAMAICA’S ANTI-CORRUPTION AGENCY TO INVESTIGATE ILLEGAL LAND SALES

October 13, 2022 admin 0

MOCA, JCF to Probe Illegal Land Sales Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says that a comprehensive investigation will be undertaken to crackdown on the illegal sale of lands in areas across the island. He said that the Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) and the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) have been tasked to investigate these scams and […More]

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