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St. Vincent to be recognised for reducing undernourishment among its population
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves is to travel to Rome to accept an award from the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) in recognition of St. Vincent and the Grenadines significantly reducing the number of people suffering from undernourishment. “The Food and Agricultural Organisation, they just sent a letter to us. St. Vincent and…
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Two-thirds of Haiti’s people face hunger and malnourishment as problems worsen in storms’ wake
BELLE ANSE, Haiti – The hardship of hunger abounds amid the stone homes and teepee-like huts in the mountains along Haiti's southern coast. The hair on broomstick-thin children has turned patchy and orangish, their stomachs have ballooned to the size of their heads and many look half their age — the tell-tale signs of malnutrition. Mabriole town official Geneus Lissage…
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IMF was wrong on Greece, what about us?
KINGSTON, Jamaica – It is generally accepted that for small developing countries, like Jamaica, who are in severe economic difficulties, there are few, if any, alternatives to the policy stipulations of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Even traditional political allies such as America, Britain and Canada will not provide certain critical financial assistance without the IMF's vaunted seal of approval.…
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CARICOM worried about OAS budget cuts
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries have told the Organisation of America States (OAS) that budget cuts are threatening the provision of scholarships and the activities of OAS national offices in the Caribbean. A Caricom Secretariat statement issued here last Friday said that Caricom foreign ministers, who attended the 43rd General Assembly of the OAS that ended in…
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Beyond The T&T Smokescreen
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Whatever it is A.J. Nicholson drank last Friday, we hope Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller will insist that he recommend it to Industry Minister Anthony Hylton. The foreign minister, speaking in the Senate, properly dressed down critics of Trinidad and Tobago's trade practices, saying that if there are genuine issues concerning the application of the Treaty of…
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AJ, Know Your Role – Private Sector Fires Back At Nicholson After ‘Trade Bickering’ Comments
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Calls from Foreign Trade Minister A.J. Nicholson for the parliamentary Opposition and other critics to end the bickering with Trinidad and Tobago over claims of unfair trade practices have not gone down well with members of the local manufacturing sector. Yesterday, Christopher Zacca, president of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), said he was “concerned by…
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CARICOM’s ‘survival’ challenges
KINGSTON, Jamaica – THE first in a series of planned consultations, across this region, for the introduction of a Five-Year Strategic Plan for CARICOM had a low-profile start in Barbados last Wednesday. First official news on the beginning of the consultative process came from the Georgetown-based Community Secretariat and, at best, media coverage was quite patchy or, worse, absent. No…
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Is CARICOM A Necessity?
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The relationship of Jamaica with its Caribbean neighbours in a regional organisation was first publicly discussed at a conference in Montego Bay in 1947, called by the British secretary of state, Arthur Creech Jones, to discuss the question of regional political integration. From this opening discussion, 11 years later, the West Indies Federation was born, comprising 10…
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CPL a bright idea
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Caribbean Premier League, which bowls off in Barbados on July 30, could bring many benefits to the sport and the region. For West Indies cricket, which has spent the better part of the last decade in the doldrums, there are great prospects for re-energising players and the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB). The WICB…
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