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Global insurer to expand study on Caribbean coral
HAMILTON, Bermuda (CMC) – A global specialty property insurer has announced that it is expanding its study of coral reefs with a new campaign in the Caribbean and Bermuda. On Thursday, the Catlin Group Limited said based on the Catlin Seaview Survey, it will “significantly widen opportunities for ocean, coral and climate scientists to understand the changes occurring within the…
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100-strong T&T team for Suriname… Cabinet approves $3m for Carifesta 2013
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Guardian – Cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal to send a contingent of 100 people to Suriname for the Caribbean Festival of Arts (Carifesta) at a cost of $3 million. Deputy permanent secretary at the Ministry of Arts and Multiculturalism Vel Lewis confirmed that the details of this country’s participation had been finalised, and the contingent…
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Cultural orientation critical to China-Caribbean relations
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Observer- With most Caribbean countries experiencing high debt, unemployment and anaemic growth, offers by China of low-cost loans and investment projects are understandably viewed favourably by regional governments. There are many obstacles along the way to unleashing these investment possibilities, however, and it is important that both the Chinese authorities and regional governments actively address these gaps. Otherwise,…
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CARIBBEAN-TELECOMMUNICATIONS-Regional ICT Ministers to meet in Trinidad
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The state of information and communication technologies will be examined in the by regional officials at a forum to be held here August 7-8. The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in collaboration with the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) has organized the Caribbean ICT Ministers’ Forum on Leveraging ICT for Development in the Caribbean to be…
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‘Let us get on with it’ Jamaica’s farmers need Caricom, says JAS president
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Observer- JAMAICA'S agricultural sector will suffer greatly if the country withdraws from the Caribbean Community, President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) Senator Norman Grant has warned. Speaking at yesterday's opening of the three-day, 61st Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food show in Clarendon, Grant said the country must make its relationship with the regional community work to benefit…
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A double-edged sword
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Stabroek News – Jack Warner may have convincingly won the Chaguanas West by-election in Trinidad on Monday but there are arguably more losers than winners after this particularly nasty and game-changing political battle. Obviously, the United National Congress (UNC) candidate, Khadijah Ameen, was simply not up to the task of mounting a credible challenge to Mr Warner, who…
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Jack’s win draws foreign attention
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, Guardian – Parliamentarians are not immune from extradition. That was the comment given to the Miami Herald newspaper by Peter Carr, a spokesman for the United States Department of Justice, following former national security minister Jack Warner’s successful re-election as the MP for the Chaguanas West constituency on Monday. Carr gave the comment as the newspaper highlighted Warner’s…
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Unprecedented shake-up in T&T senate
(Trinidad Express) In a complete departure from practice, President Anthony Carmona has changed four of his senators in mid-term, a move that is unpre¬cedented in Trinidad and Tobago’s post-Republican history. Traditionally, presidents have changed independent senators at the end of the life of a Parliament, which comes with the calling of a general election. Yesterday, however, the President’s office announced…
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