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Project lead Wayne Charles-Soverall, expresses his gratitude to Chief Executive Officer, CIBC FirstCaribbean, Rik Parkhill, while Director of the Comtrust Board & Managing Director Retail & Business Banking, Mark St. Hill and Principal and Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the UWI Cave Hill Campus, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, look on.

FirstCaribbean supports project to increase students’ appreciation of Caribbean heritage

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — A new audio-visual project designed to increase students’ appreciation of their Caribbean heritage has received support from CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank. During the recent signing of a…

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Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves talks with Ministers of Tourism, Cecil McKie, left, and Fisheries, Saboto Caesar, right, in Parliament on Tuesday. There were increased fish landings, while tourism registered mixed results in 2013. (IWN photo)

St. Vincent’s economy projected to grow 2.5 per cent in 2014

The Vincentian economy is predicted to grow 2.5 per cent in 2014, on the back of real economic growth in in 2013 preliminarily estimated at 2 per cent. Prime Minister…

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