Caribzone News Highlight
St Kitts An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.4 rattled several Caribbean islands during the early hours of Tuesday, March 31, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The Trinidad-based Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the St Augustine campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI), said that the quake occurred at 2.42 am (local time) on Tuesday. It was located at Latitude: 17.24N, Longitude: 62.04W and at a depth of 103 kilometres (km). The SRC said that the quake was felt 25 km northwest of Saint John's, Antigua and Barbuda, 77 km east of Basseterre, St Kitts- Nevis and 123 km northwest of Point-Ă -Pitre, Guadeloupe. --00— Jamaica The reduction in the standard rate of General Consumption Tax (GCT), payable in respect to taxable goods and services is now in effect, since April 1. The reduction, which was announced in the recent Budget Debate by Minister of Finance Dr Nigel Clarke, will see Jamaica paying 15 per cent for G...

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