Jamaica
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Reparations debate needs to be settled
KINGSTON, Jamaica – SIR Hilary Beckles' recently published book, Britain's Black Debt, has returned to the spotlight the burning issue of reparations. Launched last Thursday at the Mona campus of the University of the West Indies, the book definitively establishes that there is a case to be answered by providing detailed historical evidence of slavery. The issue has been one…
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Gov’t to discuss Air J fallout with CAL team
KINGSTON, Jamaica – A high-level team from Trinidad and Tobago is to arrive in the island in a few weeks to hammer out an arrangement with the Jamaican Government over recent actions relating to Caribbean Airlines (CAL), including the carrier's plan to drastically reduce flights to Jamaica. “I have agreed with Minister Bharath, who has responsibility for CAL in the…
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Jamaica, T&T and Barbados placed on Intellectual Property Watch List
KINGSTON, Jamaica – JAMAICA is among 30 trading partners of the United States of America placed on a 2013 Intellectual Property Watch List, described as “meriting bilateral attention to address underlying Intellectual Property Rights problems”. It joins Barbados, Belarus, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, Greece, Guatemala, Israel, Italy, Kuwait, Lebanon, Mexico, Paraguay,…
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Complaining has no place in Caribbean tourism’s future – Stewart
KINGSTON, Jamaica – FOUNDER and Chairman of Sandals Resorts International, Gordon “Butch” Stewart says Caribbean governments can derive even more revenue if they would take a more strategic approach to their tourism products rather than front-load tax demands. Addressing Republic Bank's investor briefing conference in Grenada at the end of last month entitled, “Fast Forward Together — Reigning Growth,” Stewart…
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Jamaica to establish database of overseas professionals
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Portia Simpson Miller government says it will establish a comprehensive database of Jamaican professionals and investors abroad. “We will be embarking on a mapping of this later on in the year with the assistance from the International Organization on Migration,” said junior Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Arnaldo Brown. He said the database would…
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PetroCaribe Economic Zone established
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The group, Jamaicans United for Sustainable Development, is calling for the newly established International Monetary Fund Oversight Committee to ensure that the country takes immediate advantage of the new economic zone for investment, trade and development. The economic zone was among measures agreed on by PetroCaribe member states during the summit in Venezuela over the weekend. Convenor…
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PetroCaribe deal will continue
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Jamaican and Venezuelan governments are to work out a new payment deal under PetroCaribe, which could see Jamaican cement being sold in that market under a special arrangement. The Energy Minister, Phillip Pauwell says, the Venezuelan government gave its assurance the deal will continue during a PetroCaribe summit on the weekend. Paulwell says the Jamaican Government…
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The agony of Caribbean travel revisited
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Concerns surrounding State-owned airlines in Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries clearly exist amongst a wide cross section of the community. Evidence of this arose not only from the fact that fellow writer on Caribbean affairs, David Jessop, tackled this issue in the same week that I did, but also from the comments that have been sent to me.…
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When the CARICOM Heads of Gov’t meet in July…
KINGSTON, Jamaica – After a mere 20 months in the job, Mr Irwin LaRocque, the Caricom secretary general, must feel a bit dispirited. For, based on the information provided by eminent Caribbean journalist Mr Rickey Singh, and published in this week's Sunday Observer, Caricom now faces the danger of disintegration, instead of deepened economic integration and functional co-operation. According to…
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IMF Deal Gets Cautious Thumbs Up…Western Business Leaders Optimistic
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Observer – Key stakeholders in the business community in western Jamaica are cautiously optimistic about the deal struck between the Government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and have given the Richard Byles and Brian Wynter-led monitoring committee its vote of confidence. “The IMF agreement is certainly welcome news as it will restore some level of confidence to…
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