International Customs

WASHINGTON: Restrictions on shipping, trade and citizens’ travel between the US and Cuba came closer to being loosened when a...

Asian Development Bank representative visits Jamaica

KINGSTON: Deputy Financial Secretary in the Ministry of Finance and Planning Ann Marie Rhoden (left) and Director General Dianne McIntosh...

TAM Airlines to reduce its domestic services in Brazil

RIO DE JANERIO: TAM, the Brazilian brand of LATAM airline group, announced that it will be reducing its domestic activity...

Brazil currency falls to R$3.34 per US$1, lowest in twelve years

RIO DE JANEIRO: The U.S. dollar ended selling at R$3.347 to US$1, an increase of R$0.051 (1.65 percent) on the...

Guyana considers energy alternatives as Venezuela fails to meet export quotas

GEORGETOWN: Guyana is considering energy alternatives to the Petrocaribe program as Venezuela fails to meet export quotas and tensions flare...

33 ships to arrive before August 10 at Logos Ports: NPA

LOGOS: Thirty-three ships are scheduled to arrive at the Lagos ports with various goods, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) said...

Lowe aims to expand to 54 stores in Canada

TORONTO: Lowe's Canada said it will spend $50 million to build two new stores in Ontario. In addition to a...

Jamaica to restructure cash-strapped Port Security Corps

KINGSTON: Transport and Works Minister Dr Omar Davies says the Government is moving to restructure the cash-strapped Port Security Corps...

Jamaica hedges additional 2 million barrels of crude oil

KINGSTON: The Jamaican Government bought coverage for an additional two million barrels of crude under its oil hedge programme last...

Nigerian customs confiscates illicit poultry products at Nigeria-Benin border

LAGOS: The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) seized frozen poultry products worth over 12 million Naira during the first week of...

US, Mexico customs host anti-counterfeiting training in Mexico City

MEXICO CITY: Law enforcement officials from the United States and Mexico began a three-day training exercise focused on the global...

Mexico police seize 3 tonnes of marijuana in Miguel Aleman

MEXICO CITY: Police in Mexico have seized nearly three tonnes of marijuana hidden in a house in Miguel Aleman, a...

Poverty rate increases to 46.2% in Mexico

MIXICO CITY: Two million more Mexicans fell into poverty between 2012 and 2014, government data showed, highlighting the scale of...

Argentina wins beef imports dispute against US

BUENOS AIRES: Argentina has won a dispute at the World Trade Organization (WTO) against the United States over the unfair...

Argentina’s economic activity increases 2.2% in May: INDEC

BUENOS AIRES: According to the INDEC statistics bureau, economic activity has increased 2.2 percent in May, compared to the same...

Brazilian receives hydrographic multipurpose research ship

BRASILIA: The Brazilian Navy officially received hydrographic multipurpose research vessel (Navio de Pesquisa Hidroceanográfico: NPqHo) Vital de Oliveira (H39) in...

Brazil updates egg residue regulations to increase exports

BRASILIA: Brazil has updated regulations for the control of residues and contaminants in eggs, a move applauded by the Brazilian...

US blacklists Singapore shipping company over arms smuggling from Cuba

NEW YORK :The US treasury department has blacklisted a Singapore-based shipping company for allegedly supporting a North Korean firm accused...

Venezuela arrests former military members over drug trafficking

CARACAS: Venezuela has arrested two former military members accused of drug trafficking, including one linked to Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel wanted...

Guyanese pilot charges over cocaine trafficking