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Trinidad Names New Tourism Minister
Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has appointed Senator Gerry Hadeed as the country’s new Minister of Tourism. Hadeed, who had been serving as the country’s Minister of Communications, succeeds former Tourism Minister Chandresh Sharma, who resigned on Monday after allegations that he had assaulted a woman. Hadeed’s appointment makes him the fourth tourism minister in Trinidad since Persad-Bissessar’s…
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Jamaica, China Sign Framework Agreement For Transshipment Hub
The government of Jamaica has signed a framework agreement with the state-owned China Harbour Engineering Company to develop a transshipment hub in the Portland Bight area. The selection of the environmentally sensitive Portland Bight area has led to controversy within Jamaica, as it is classified as a Protected Area. Works Minister Dr Omar Davies said regulations would be adhered to…
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Bahamas Wants Regional Centre of Excellence in Financial Services
The creation of a regional centre of excellence in financial services is being touted as the way forward if the region is to face the challenges and volatility of the global world of financial services. This is the view of the Minister for Financial Services here, Ryan Pinder, who told delegates attending the 3rd Caribbean Conference on the International Financial…
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PM Douglas in St. Lucia for the Third Global Biennial Small States Conference
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, MARCH 25TH 2014 (CUOPM) St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, the Right Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas, who led a Commonwealth High-level Mission on Debt and Financing Challenges of Small States in discussions with the heads of the International Monetary Fund, The World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank late last year, is in…
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Ambassador Paola Amadei on EU’s Support in Fight Against Money Laundering
The Caribbean has been reassured of the support of the European Union as regional Government’s implement measures to combat money laundering. The EU’s Ambassador to Jamaica, Belize, The Bahamas, the Turks and Caicos and the Cayman Islands – Paola Amadei, told delegates attending the 3rd Caribbean Conference on the International Financial Services Sector, hosted by The Caribbean Export Development Agency…
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EU support boosts CARICOM Merchandise Trade Statistics
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) As efforts continue to provide core, high quality statistics to regional decision-makers for the establishment and monitoring of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME), staff members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat on Monday were brought up to date on new systems for Merchandise Trade Statistics. A consultancy in that regard got underway…
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New School in Haiti to be named in honor of CARICOM
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A new school which was built under the Medianet Haiti Relief Fund (TMHRF) is to be called the CARICOM Community School of Digue Matheux in honor of CARICOM’s solidarity with the project. Under the fund, fifteen houses were also handed over to beneficiaries. Assistant Secretary General in charge of Foreign and Community Relations Ambassador…
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Sentencing delayed
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC -The sentencing of entertainer Vybz Kartel and his co-accused Shawn Campbell, Kahira Jones and Andre St John has been delayed until Thursday April 3. In court on Thursday morning, the Judge Justice Lennox Campbell asked the defense team provide some pertinent information before going ahead with handing down the sentences. On March 13, Kartel, whose real name…
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UNITED STATES-MIGRATION- Forty-one Cuban migrants rescued by cruise ship
MIAMI, CMC – The United States Coast Guard says 41 Cuban migrants have been rescued by the Carnival Ecstasy cruise ship in the Florida Straits. On Wednesday, the Coast Guard announced that crew members aboard the 855-foot Carnival Ecstasy located the “grossly overloaded vessel” at 7 p.m. on Tuesday. “The vessel was unseaworthy, was taking on water, and did not…
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Tobago to get increase of British Airways flights from London
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Express – Tobago will see an increase in British Airways flights from London, Gatwick from one to two per week effective October 2014. Diane Corrie, commercial manager Caribbean British Airways, said yesterday that the increase was in response to “heightened demand in leisure travel from the UK to Tobago”. Noting that Tobago was “growing…
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