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Former president Aristide appears in court
PORTT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Former president Jean Bertrand Aristide is due to appear in court later on Wednesday to answer questions from an investigative judge into the unresolved case of a murdered radio journalist. Journalist Jean Dominique, once a close friend to Aristide, was gunned down along with his security guard in the courtyard of his radio station…
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Haiti still plagued by cholera
MIAMI — Five months after U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon promised to “use every opportunity” to push for funding to eliminate cholera from Haiti and the neighboring Dominican Republic, government officials in both nations are still waiting on donors to open their wallets. The feet-dragging comes as the rainy season begins and a new French study says the disease could quickly…
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Belize and Guatemala foreign ministers to meet in United States
BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC –Foreign Minister Wilfred “Sedi” Elrington is due to meet with his Guatemalan counterpart, Fernando Carreras, in the United States on Wednesday, less than a week after Belize confirmed that there will be no referendum in the two countries on October 6 in a bid to end the long standing border dispute between them. The meeting will also…
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Central Bank maintains 2.5 per cent economic growth for Trinidad
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Less than 24 hours after the Washington-base International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Caribbean countries would experience economic growth of just over one per cent this year, the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago (CBTT) is maintaining that the oil rich twin island republic will record economic growth of 2.5 per cent in 2013. The…
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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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IACHR wants Belize to guarantee rights of indigenous people
WASHINGTON, CMC – The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) Monday expressed concerns regarding the human rights situation of the Maya indigenous communities in the District of Toledo, in Belize. The IACHR said that it has received information that private companies have been carrying out oil exploration and exploitation and logging activities in the traditional lands of Maya communities under…
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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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Haiti hotelier: Aristide develops political party
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide is trying to rebuild his political party as the Caribbean nation prepares for legislative and local elections, a prominent hotelier said Sunday. In an interview with The Associated Press, Richard Morse, manager of the Hotel Oloffson, said he has met with Aristide three times in the past two weeks to discuss the…
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