Month: July 2013
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UNITED STATES- MIGRATION -US Coast Guard repatriates Cuban migrants
MIAMI, Florida, CMC – The United States Coast Guard says it has repatriated 37 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba. On Wedneday, the Coast Guard said crewmembers aboard the cutter Margaret Norvell repatriated the Cubans the day before “as a result of four separate interdiction cases.” Between June 26 and 29, Coast Guard crewmembers worked alongside US Customs and…
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BERMUDA-FINANCE-Job cuts at Butterfield Bank
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – Six employees from the Operations and Custody Departments at the Bank Butterfield have been made redundant and a further ten redundancies will be made in August. Senior Executive Vice President, Micahel Collins who made the announcement on Wednesday said there were three reasons that led to the layoffs. “We have new technologies and we have the…
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Visitor arrivals up by nine per cent
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Gleaner – Despite a 3.1 per cent decrease in visitor arrivals this past winter, Jamaica is already reporting a rebound of nine per cent in one of its most important source markets – Canada. This has been bolstered by an unprecedented growth of 10 per cent in the United Kingdom (UK) market over the past two months. “We…
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JAMAICA-TOURISM-Tourism Minister announces four major projects
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Tourism Minister Dr. Wykeham McNeill says funds are place to implement the transformational development projects slated for the resort towns of Ocho Rios, Montego Bay and Negril, as well as Port Royal in Kingston. At Wednesday's weekly Jamaica House press briefing, McNeil disclosed that agreements have been signed and a total of J$550 million (One Jamaica…
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Guyana sending largest contingent to CARIFESTA X1
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Chronicle – AS the days draw near to the largest single cultural event in the Region, the Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA), Minister of Youth, Culture and Sports, Frank Anthony, yesterday, announced that Guyana would be taking the largest delegation to the festival, and the estimated budget will be $20M. He told a press conference yesterday that since…
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CARIBBEAN-TRANSPORTATION : Case study competition on road safety launched
WASHINGTON, CMC – With the support of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the International Training Centre for Local Actors and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (CIFAL-UNITAR) have launched the first case study competition on road safety for universities in Latin America and the Caribbean. CIFAL-UNITAR has called for case studies to “promote the academic process of creating,…
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IICA head endorses ILO rural economy plan
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Guardian – Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Co-operation on Agriculture (IICA) Victor Villalobos is endorsing a decision by International Labour Organization (ILO) head Guy Ryder to pay greater attention to the “rural economy” in the context of labour standards and rights. In an interview with T&T Guardian, Villalobos described the strategy as…
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Grenada PM calls for Caricom free movement
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Guardian – Grenada Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell is calling for the removal of aliens’ landholding requirements for Caricom nationals. Mitchell made the appeal during his address at Wednesday’s opening of the 34th Caricom Heads of Government Meeting at the Diplomatic Centre in St Ann’s. He said it would be a significant first step…
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T&T PM wants think tank on regional security
(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday suggested a “regional think tank” be established to examine multiple security threats facing the region. She was speaking at the opening ceremony of the 34th Caricom heads of Government conference at the Diplomatic Centre, St Ann’s. Fourteen heads of government of the region are attending the conference. Such an approach, she said, would…
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