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An IMF lead in Jamaica: Will other Caribbean countries have to follow?
KINGSTON, Jamaica – JAMAICA'S harsh experience with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), to get a new $750 million loan, signals equally harsh conditions for many Caribbean countries in the not too distant future. The burden of the tough conditions placed on Jamaica by the IMF falls entirely on the Jamaican people and Jamaican businesses. Under a National Debt Exchange Offer…
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Dean: T&T energy export demand slashed
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – New discoveries in alternative sources of energy by developed countries such as the United States and Australia has slashed export demands from developing countries like T&T, which has this commodity in large supply. But Gordon Deane, chairman of energy company Atlantic says, however, that for the global energy business the future appears bright. He said…
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Will the Caribbean ever hold the OAS top post?
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The foreign minister of Suriname is reported in the press as stating that his Government will neither nominate nor support Mr. Albert Ramdin, a distinguished Surinamese, for the post of secretary-general of the Organisation of American States (OAS). The minister is also reported to have said Suriname will support the Guyanese nominee for assistant secretary-general, the post…
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Guyana nominates Ambassador Karran for OAS Asst. Secretary General
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana has nominated its Ambassador to Washington, Bayney Karran to become the next Assistant Secretary General of the Organisation of American States (OAS), a top government official has confirmed. “Guyana has nominated the Guyanese Ambassador in Washington,” said Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon. Karran has been his country’s Ambassador to the United States since…
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Europe’s changing relationship with the Caribbean
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Last week, St Lucia's Prime Minister, Kenny Anthony, issued a warning about Europe's future relationship with the Caribbean. Speaking in his capacity as outgoing chair of CARICOM, he suggested the possibility of a reassessment as a result of the EU's changing development policy towards middle-ranking economies. Speaking to CARICOM Heads of Government in Haiti, Dr. Anthony suggested…
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No, no, Mr Bailey!
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Who is this special advisor from Britain, Shaun Bailey, and what is his real purpose here in Jamaica? Those of us who are of the pre-independence era, and who have emerged through the delivery of our country from colonialism to independence, must ask the above question with sadness. Indeed, some of our dead National Heroes (Sam Sharpe,…
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Magistrate summons former dictator to appear in court
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Magistrate Jean Joseph Lebrun Thursday ordered former dictator Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier to appear in court next week after rejecting an appeal filed by his defence team that sought to take his matter before the Supreme Court. Duvalier had earlier defied an order to attend a hearing to determine whether to reinstate charges of…
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Former PM collapses at constituency office
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Former prime minister Patrick Manning was rushed to hospital on Thursday after he collapsed at his constituency office. Manning, 66, who suffered a stroke in January last year, was “partly paralysed” from what his office said had been a “minor stroke”. He was flown to the United States for further medical treatment and has…
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Public servants restless
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC-Public servants are gearing up for some form of industrial action on the eve of Friday's 34th anniversary of independence, as they move to express their disappointment over Government's failure to resolve a pay dispute. Teachers, civil servants, and nurses were meeting at separate locations on Thursday, to discuss their next move as they claimed that time…
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