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Haiti president seeks UN funds to rebuild country
GEORGETOWN, Guyana — Haiti President Michel Martelly has urged the United Nations to divert some of the billions of dollars it spends yearly on peacekeeping efforts to infrastructure projects, job creation and poverty alleviation. Officials need to think about sustainable development instead of security in the impoverished country that is still recovering from a devastating earthquake in 2010, Martelly said…
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Export-led growth? Who will lead in the Caribbean?
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – A huge burden is presently placed on the private sector in the Caribbean. In the midst of steady economic decline of many Caribbean countries, governments have turned to the private sector to continue to earn foreign exchange, to keep down prices for goods and services, to maintain and expand employment, and to pay taxes. It is in…
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CARICOM confidence must not fail now
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Below is an edited version of a public lecture by Ambassador Albert R. Ramdin, assistant secretary general of the OAS, at the UWI, Mona, on March 19. A few weeks ago, I read two separate headlines in the Caribbean press about CARICOM, which may have confused many. The headlines, which came within days of each other, were…
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Who is Miguel Díaz-Canel?
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The announcement of a changing of the guard in Havana – albeit not for another five years – has been somewhat overshadowed by all the fuss over the death of President Hugo Chávez and the election of Pope Francis. But the identification of a successor to Fidel and Raúl Castro in Cuba, although relatively lacking in drama,…
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Government minister to file lawsuits against journalists, media houses and politician
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Sports Minister Anil Roberts says he will take legal action against several journalists and media houses as well as the chair person of his Congress of the People (COP) political party amid allegations that he was being investigated by the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) in relation to a complaint of alleged misappropriation of…
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Opposition to fill three seats in Senate
ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada, CMC – Three former ministers of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NCD) will be appointed to the Senate to fill the three opposition seats in the Upper House of Parliament. According to media reports, former Finance Minister Nazim Burke, former Education Minister Franka Bernardine and former Tourism Minister, Dr. George Vincent are set to receive their instruments…
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St. Lucia PM wants greater role for WINFESH
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony says the Windward Islands Banana Production and Marketing Company (WINFRESH) has a “moral” obligation to ensure the survival of the banana industry in the St. Lucia, Dominica, Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Addressing the opening session of the Windward Islands Agriculture and Bananas Technical Management Symposium, Prime Minister…
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