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ST. VINCENT-LABOUR-Opposition leader wants full severance for Port Police workers
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – Opposition Leader Arnhim Eustace Monday called on the authorities to ensure that 84 Port Police officers, who are being sent home at the end of the month are properly compensated for their years of service. In a letter to the officers, Eustace said that they should ensure they are compensated in accordance with the severance…
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BAHAMAS-AVIATION-Government takes over full operations of Grand Bahama International Airport
FREEPORT, Bahamas, CMC – The Bahamas government Monday took over full control of the operations of the privately owned Airport Control Tower at Grand Bahama International Airport. “The Bahamas government is today taking over a critical function in aviation services on the island of Grand Bahama which up to this date was privately managed,” said Transport and Aviation Minister Glenys…
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ST. LUCIA-DEVELOPMENT-CDB providing funds for poverty eradication in St. Lucia
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – St. Lucia has received an EC$15 million (One EC dollar = US$0.37 cents) grant from the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) to boost efforts at eradicating poverty in the towns and villages across the island. But Social Services Minister Harold Dalson says the financial institution is insisting upon accountability for the funds being released under…
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GRENADA-FINANCE-Grenada meeting its financial commitment to creditors
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – The Grenada government says it is meeting its obligation to creditors because of a new strategy through which it has categorised the debt owed. “One of the things we declared early since winning the February 19 general election was the need for debt restructuring and we began a process which now put some debts within…
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CARIBBEAN-HEALTH-WHO issues new HIV guidelines calling for earlier treatment
GENEVA, Switzerland, CMC- The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued new guidelines urging that people infected with the HIV virus that causes AIDS to receive antiretroviral therapy (ART) earlier. The new recommendations are presented in WHO’s “Consolidated Guidelines on the Use of Antiretroviral Drugs for Treating and Preventing HIV Infection” released here over the weekend. The recommendations point to recent…
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CARIBBEAN-LABOUR- Regional labour ministers meet in the midst of employment concerns
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Caribbean labour ministers meet here on Tuesday in the midst of regional concern that tentative economic growth is not being accompanied by increasing employment opportunities. The recently-released International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) Global Employment Trends report registers gloomy results for the wider Latin American and Caribbean region with slowdowns in economic growth, employment creation and…
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T&T in transport ‘hotspot’ at Caricom summit this week
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Guardian – T&T’s stalled southern Caribbean fast ferry proposal and the regional controversy over T&T’s fuel subsidy for Caribbean Airlines are to be discussed at the Caricom leaders’ 34th summit starting Wednesday in Port-of-Spain. “Those issues (above) are current, so those as well as Caricom’s future will be examined,” Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Dookeran added yesterday.…
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TRINIDAD-POPULATION- Human bones found under Parliament building date back to 430 AD
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago Parliament says the human bones unearthed under the “Red House” building during initial excavation work undertaken as part of the restoration of the building date back to between 430 AD and 1390 AD. In a statement, the Parliament said that a full-time archaeological team has been assigned to the dig…
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Dominica, St Lucia to make CCJ their final appeal court
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Guardian, Secretary General of Caricom, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, has announced that Dominica and St Lucia are expected to join other countries in making the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) their final court of appeal. While others—including T&T—have not signed on to make the CCJ their final court for all matters, Foreign Affairs Minister Winston…
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