ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Aircraft supplier ATR and LIAT have jointly announced a deal for three planes.
According to the release, the deal is valued at over 100 million US dollars.
LIAT officials say the first of the 48-seater ATR 42-600s is to be delivered in June.
The deal also reportedly includes the option to purchase two 68-seat ATR 72-600.

ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC-Supervisor of Elections, Judy Benoit, has rejected claims that thousands of names are missing from the voters’ list after concerns raised by the country’s two main political parties ahead of the February 19th General Election.
Benoit, who recently returned to work after recovering from a mild stroke, said the names were among those being corrected and so were not included on the last list printed for public scrutiny.

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Candidates contesting the February 19 general elections here will have to submit their relevant documents on February 1, Nomination Day.
In addition, Supervisor of Elections, Judy Benoit, said members of the protective services will cast their ballots on February 15.
Electoral Officials said that voter registration ended on Wednesday ahead of January 17 in keeping with the provisions of the writ issued by Governor General Sir Carlyle Glean.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Prime Minister Freundel Stuart is not happy about the recent large subsidies given to the US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico in relation to rum production, which has left Barbados and other Caribbean islands at a serious disadvantage.
But he says the Government is fighting back and will take this grievance to the highest international world trade entity if need be.

WASHINGTON CMC – The World Bank has urged the Caribbean and other developing countries to safeguard their economic growth, warning that the “road ahead remain bumpy.”
In the Global Economic Prospects (GEP) report, released here on Wednesday, the Washington-based financial institution said four years after the onset of the global financial crisis, the world economy “remains fragile and growth in high-income countries is weak.”

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Miami Herald) -- Haiti's government says that President Michel Martelly has left the country for a "complete medical checkup" in Florida. The doctor's visit comes almost a year after the 51-year-old leader traveled to Miami for a two-week stay in Miami to recover from what officials said was a blood clot in his lung. His office at the time said doctors diagnosed him with a blood clot that stemmed from an operation on his right shoulder. The surgery was apparently needed because of pain in his arm from years of performing as a musician.

KINGSTON, Jamaica - THE Statistical Institute of Jamaica's (Statin) will introduce its new electronic data collection system (Edacs) to CARICOM. Now that its new data collection system, Edacs, an electronic system operated on the Hewlett-Packard (HP) Slate 2 tablet has been unveiled, Statin is key on sharing the system with other Caribbean territories. "They would be very interested as they face the same problems," said Sonia Jackson, director general of Statin.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – The division within the Denzil Douglas administration surfaced here during the debate on legislation seeking to increase the number of senators in the St. Kitts and Nevis National Assembly. Attorney General and Minister of Justice and Legal Affairs, Patrice Nisbett led off the debate in which the government wants to increase the number of senators from three to six, with one of the additional legislators being assigned to the opposition. But Deputy Prime Minister Sam Condor and his senior Cabinet colleague, Dr. Timothy Harris publicly opposed the legislation.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A 23-year-old man charged with threatening to assassinate Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar will re-appear in court on March 19, after the prosecution said it was not prepared to start the case, when it was called for the fourth time on Tuesday. Nicolai Marfan, an airport employee, is alleged to have sent a message by telephone which was menacing in character on October 10 last year.

BELMOPAN, CMC – Police were Wednesday searching for the gunmen who fired several shots at the home of former prime minister Said Musa on Tuesday night. Police Press Officer Raphael Martinez said that Musa and family were safe and unhurt and that several shots had been fired at the house in Belize City around 10.pm (local time). “A total of 5 nine millimeter expended shells were recovered from the scene,” a police statement said, adding that “the front door and the glass on the rear passenger door of a vehicle in the yard” were damaged.