Month: July 2013

  • July 10, 2013
    836

    END E-MAIL PROBE

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s attorney, Israel Khan SC, yesterday called on police to wrap up the now 49-day-long e-mail investigation before the July 29 by-election. In a telephone interview, Khan said he was frustrated that the police investigations into the e-mail issue has not progressed and remained “hanging over the Prime Minister’s head”. Khan said…

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  • July 10, 2013
    753

    Jamaica hosting conference on economic empowerment in the Caribbean

    MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, CMC – A three-day conference supporting economic empowerment and development in the Caribbean and the Pacific begins here on Wednesday. The forum, being organised by the United States Department of State in collaboration with the New Zealand government, will bring together women growers from the Caribbean and Pacific Islands, technical and area experts as well as companies…

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  • July 10, 2013
    762

    UN to host workshop on emergency response to accidental or deliberate use of explosive materials

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – INTERPOL and the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) will be hosting a two-day workshop to help the region develop capabilities to respond to a emergencies related to the accidental or deliberate use of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or explosive (CBRNE) materials. The workshop, scheduled to begin on Wednesday in Kingston, Jamaica, will bring together…

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  • July 10, 2013
    854

    IMF says emerging markets slow results in “growing pains” in the Caribbean

    WASHINGTON, CMC – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says that a slow-down in emerging markets has resulted in “growing pains” in the Caribbean. The Washington-based financial institution said that global growth is projected to remain subdued at slightly above three per cent in 2013, the same as in 2012. It said this is less than forecast in the April 2103…

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  • July 10, 2013
    845

    No quick fix to our problems says Premier

    HAMILTON, Bermuda, Jul 9, CMC – Premier Craig Cannonier has reiterated a warning that recovery for Bermuda's reeling economy, which has been in recession for more than four years, would take time and effort. Cannonier, made the statement in a televised address late Monday as he summed up the One Bermuda Alliance's (OBA) first six months in power. “There are…

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  • July 10, 2013
    854

    LIAT withdraws videos after negative feedback

    ST JOHN’S, Antigua – LIAT opted to pull a pair of videos, which it released on Monday in response to the complaint letter brought to light by Virgin Atlantic owner Sir Richard Branson, after negative feedback. In the first video, LIAT’s director for commercial and customer experience Leeasa Parris-Rudder thanked Branson for “putting LIAT, the Caribbean airline, on the world…

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  • July 10, 2013
    957

    Santo Domingo’s push toward CARICOM gets a boost: Caribbean Journal

    Santo Domingo.- Dominican Republic’s push to join the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) got a boost last week when Trinidad Prime Minister and organization Chairman Kamla Persad-Bissessar called for the Spanish-speaking country’s full membership to the regional economic bloc, Caribbean Journal reports. Quoting Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart, the Caribbean outlet reports on the leader’s position, just three days after Dominican Republic…

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  • July 10, 2013
    771

    Barbados economy contracts during the first half of 2013

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Barbados economy contracted during the first six months of the year with the main foreign exchange sectors also suffering a decline, according to figures released by the Central Bank of Barbados (CBB) on Tuesday. The CBB said that the local economy grew by just 0.6 per cent and among the priorities for the future will…

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  • July 10, 2013
    740

    CDF to provide funds to Dominica; signs headquarters agreement with Barbados

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Barbados-based CARICOM Development Fund (CDF) will soon sign a US$7.1 million agreement with Dominica. CDF executive officer Ambassador Lorne McDonnough said that the organisation will continue to assist disadvantaged countries, regions and sectors within the Caribbean Community as they participate in the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). The CDF has since 2011 provided US$35.5…

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  • July 10, 2013
    782

    More CARICOM spin will get us nowhere fast

    KINGSTON, Jamaica – JUST before last week's 34th meeting of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Conference of Heads of Government in Port of Spain, we bemoaned in this space that CARICOM, some five years after the eruption of the global economic crisis, had still not formulated a regional response. The rationale for a regional response is two-fold. First, joint action with…

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