ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC -More than 60,000 Grenadians have registered to vote in next month’s general election. According to Supervisor of Elections, Judy Benoit the list which was updated and published on Monday has 62,152 names She reminded voters to carefully examine the list and alert the Parliamentary Elections Office if irregularities are spotted as no changes will be made after January 29.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Denzil Douglas says his administration will cooperate with the newly appointed Premier of Nevis, Vance Amory as he congratulated the Concerned Citizens Movement (CCM) on its victory in Tuesday’s Nevis Island Administration (NIA) election. “I once again extend warmest congratulations to you on the recent victory of the Concerned Citizens Movement. The people of Nevis have spoken and in our Federation the voice of the people is sacrosanct,” Prime Minister Douglas said in his congratulatory letter to the Premier of Nevis.

BRIDGETOWN, St. Kitts, CMC - The European Union says it has provided Euro 15 million (One Euro = US$1.34 cents) in budgetary support to the St. Kitts-Nevis government over a three month period last year. An EU statement said that the grant aid is aimed at assisting the country in diversifying its economy away from sugar into value added and competitive areas. “These payments, in particular, were made based on St.

St. John’s Antigua- The EPA Implementation Coordinator said local businesses should not only use the Cariforum-EC agreement to market to mainland Europe, but EU countries closer to home. “We are seeing Europe as thousands of miles away, but we need to see Europe as the island just over there, Guadeloupe and Martinique,” Barbara Williams said at the launch of the Validation Workshop on the National EPA Implementation Plan yesterday.

SANTIAGO, Chile, CMC – The head of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has called on the region to build a “more symmetrical, balanced and equitable relationship with Europe.” “We want foreign investment that helps us modernize our production structure, that contributes to employment, that helps us care for the environment and that respects social rights,” said ECLAC’s executive secretary, Alicia Bárcena, in addressing the opening session of the First Community of Latin American and Caribbean States and the European Union (CELAC-EU) Academic Summit here on

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC - President of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), Sir Dennis Byron has welcomed the decision made by the Government of Dominica to sever ties with the London based Privy Council in order join the Trinidad based Caribbean Court of Justice.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - ON SUNDAY, United States President Barack Obama was sworn in for his second term in office. He will have to shoulder the power and burden of the presidency in an increasingly turbulent world darkened by domestic discord and crises abroad. Obama has already said that he would root his second term in the crusade to build a more equitable economy which powered his triumph over Republican Mitt Romney but he is destined to face stiff resistance.

HOUSTON (Reuters) – James Davis, the government’s top witness in convicted swindler Allen Stanford’s fraud trial, was sentenced today to five years in prison for his role in a $7 billion Ponzi scheme. Davis, 64, who pleaded guilty in 2009 to three charges and could have been sentenced to 30 years, told the court in a breaking voice, “I am ashamed and I am embarrassed.” He added that he let down his family, co-workers and thousands of investors.

West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) President Julian Hunte says sold-out matches in the just concluded Caribbean T20 tournament is proof that passion for West Indian cricket has rekindled.
Fans were turned away on certain nights at the Queen's Park oval in Trinidad and at the Beausejour Cricket Ground in St.Lucia where the matches were played, reports CMC.
"There can be no doubt about the growing strength of West Indian cricket," declared Hunte.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica government says it is committed to the establishment of a single regulatory body to monitor the telecommunication sector here.
“We do intend to now have a single regulator for all aspects of telecommunications. We now have the OUR (Office of Utilities Regulation), the Broadcasting Commission and the Spectrum Management Authority as three bodies that regulate this industry,” said Technology, Energy and Mining (STEM) Minister Phillip Paulwell.