Year: 2013

  • August 8, 2013
    866

    GraceKennedy to enter Nigeria by year-end

    (Jamaica Observer) GraceKennedy is expected to send its first shipment to Nigeria by year-end. The food, financial and money services conglomerate has already established itself in Ghana, and is now in the final stage of lengthy product registration and due-diligence processes in the neighbouring West African country, said Don Wehby, GraceKennedy Group’s chief executive officer. Though not ruling out French…

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  • August 8, 2013
    809

    JAMAICA-AGRICULTURE-FAO approves funds for dairy industry

    KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has approved a seven million US dollar grant for Jamaica to support a five-year development plan aimed at resuscitating the island’s ailing dairy sector. Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Roger Clarke said the five-year plan will include improvement in breed and pasture management as part of rebuilding initiatives and that…

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  • August 8, 2013
    950

    FAO official draws attention to food security challenges

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate – A major challenge for the Caribbean region is the high food import bill, and an official from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations is suggesting that work has to be done to get the figure down substantially. Moreover Dr. J.R. Deep Ford, Co-ordinator, Caribbean Sub-Region, FAO, noted that efforts must be made…

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  • August 8, 2013
    798

    Haiti to hold parliamentary elections this year -U.S. senator

    MIAMI, (Reuters) – Haitian President Michel Martelly plans to hold overdue elections before the end of the year, according to U.S. Senator Bill Nelson, who is on a four-day visit to the Caribbean nation. The elections are needed to fill one-third of Haiti’s 30-member Senate and dozens of municipal posts. Elections were supposed to be held in late 2011, but…

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  • August 8, 2013
    824

    HAITI-MIGRATION-US law enforcement authorities rescue 84 Haitian migrants

    SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, CMC – The United States Customs and Border Protection (USCBP) agency says it has collaborated with the US Coast Guard (USCG) in apprehending 84 undocumented Haitian migrants after they landed in Desecheo Island, 13 miles west of the mainland of Puerto Rico. The USCBP said a USCG on patrol had been able to see a group…

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  • August 8, 2013
    1,064

    ANTIGUA-CARNIVAL-One killed, three injured as Carnival celebrations end

    ST. JOHN'S, Antigua, CMC – Police said one woman was killed and three others injured in separate incidents as Carnival celebrations ended abruptly here on Tuesday night. They said Rosemarie Lynch became the ninth homicide for the year after her body was found lying in a pool of blood at Perry Bay, near the capital. Police said she was stabbed…

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  • August 8, 2013
    884

    BAHAMAS-POLITICS-Opposition politicians to boycott sitting of Parliament

    NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – Opposition Leader Dr. Hurbert Minnis Wednesday said that opposition legislators would boycott the sittings of Parliament for the period for which he is not permitted to speak during the ongoing debate on legislation to regulate stem cell therapy in The Bahamas. Minnis in a statement said that during the debate on July 17, Speaker Dr. Kendal…

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  • August 8, 2013
    832

    Waiting on the United States

    NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – The Bahamas government says it does not condone, incite or support cruel and inhumane treatment of people and that it is working with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in processing asylum seekers. In a lengthy statement, the Perry Christie government said it wanted to clarify events relating to the detained Cuban nationals in…

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  • August 8, 2013
    864

    BAHAMAS-UNITED STATES-MARITIME-US Coast Guard investigating vessel explosion off Bahamas

    MIAMI, CMC – The United States Coast Guard says it is investigating a report that a vessel exploded 26 miles east of Bimini, in the Bahamas late Tuesday. The Coast Guard said its search-and-rescue coordinators had received a report from the Operation Bahamas Turks and Caicos Operations Center indicating that a 35-foot fishing vessel had exploded after bursting into flames.…

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  • August 8, 2013
    788

    GUYANA-ENERGY-Private sector group comes out in support of Amaila hydro project

    GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Private Sector Commission (PSC) has come out in support of the Amaila hydro project that the Guyana government said would result in a 40 per cent reduction in the importation bill for fuel and provide more disposable income in the pockets of consumers. The Guyana government has been critical of the opposition parties in Parliament,…

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