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CARIBBEAN-POLITICS-CARICOM SG to pay official visit to Bahamas
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General Irwin LaRocque will be paying a three-day official visit to The Bahamas, the Guyana-based CARICOM Secretariat has announced. It said that LaRocque will meet with Prime Minister Perry Christie on Thursday and will also pay courtesy call on Foreign Affairs and Immigration Minister Frederick Mitchell. He will hold talks with National Security…
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The importance of maintaining hope
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Observer – WHATEVER the prime minister and her finance minister tell the nation later today, we can be very certain that it will require even more sacrifice and hardship. We already know that an International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme — deemed by economic experts as absolutely necessary if Jamaica is to stabilise its economy and ultimately achieve sustainable…
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HIV Testing Should Be Voluntary, Employers Warned
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Gleaner – THE WHITE Paper for the national workplace policy on HIV/AIDS has been tabled in Parliament, further paving the way for the establishment of enforcement mechanisms to protect the rights of persons infected or affected by the illness. The paper, which was laid on the table of the Senate on Friday, is intended to give legislative expression…
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Top researchers win big at UWI
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Observer – THE University of the West Indies (UWI) on Friday awarded its researchers for making last week's 14th staging of the UWI Research Days a success. At least six researchers were awarded for their work that continues to promote the University as the research nucleus of the Caribbean. Among those awarded were Dr Andre Coy, whose book,…
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JLP warns Gov’t it must sacrifice too What’s good for the goose
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Observer – AS the Government prepares to update the nation tonight on the pending International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan agreement, Opposition Leader Andrew Holness has warned the Portia Simpson Miller-led Administration that it must prepare to sacrifice as much as it intends to ask of Jamaicans. “For 50 years we have been asked to sacrifice, and again the…
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IMF announcement tonight
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Observer – PRIME Minister Portia Simpson Miller and Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips will update the nation on the status of negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in a joint broadcast tonight. They are also expected to outline Jamaica's revised economic programme and reform measures. The joint broadcast comes in the wake of the visit last Tuesday…
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Snow Storm Forces Cancellation Of CAL Flights
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Gleaner – The Trinidad and Tobago-based Caribbean Airlines (CAL) Friday cancelled a number of flights to the United States because of a snowstorm that was making its way up the Atlantic coast affecting New York and other cities. The cancellation is expected to affect a number of nationals who were expected for the Carnival celebrations that climax with…
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US visa bribery probe deepens in Jamaica
(Jamaica Observer) A senior security official who worked in the US Embassy in Kingston is expected to be charged soon for his alleged role in helping the manager of a popular Jamaican entertainer obtain a US visa to leave the island in the face of legal troubles, according to highly placed law enforcement sources. The manager, law enforcement officials told…
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U.S. trains for mass migration in Caribbean security drill
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba, (Reuters) – A simulated wave of Caribbean migrants sailed to the Guantanamo naval base this week for a training drill designed to prepare U.S. troops and security agencies who might someday have to handle the real thing. The exercise is held every two years to prepare for a potential mass migration brought on by…
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GRENADA-POLITICS-Former foreign affairs minister endorses opposition party
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Former foreign affairs minister Karl Hood has publicly endorsed the main opposition New National Party (NNP) as Grenadians prepare to elect a new government on February 19. Hood, who resigned from the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) government of Prime Minister Tillman Thomas, last year, was the surprise guest speaker at a rally of the…
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