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New Cuban Ambassador to Bahamas
December 9, 2011 | 1:37 pm | 0 Comment
By the Caribbean Journal staff Bahamian Governor General Sir Arthur Foulkes has accepted letters of credence from Ernesto Soberon Guzman, the new Cuban ambassador to the Bahamas. Guzman succeeds former Ambassador Jose Ponce Caraballo. "You should find that the service rendered by your distinguished predecessor will stand you in good stead as you carry out your more...
For OECS, a New Definition of “Rural”
December 9, 2011 | 10:51 am | 0 Comment
By the Caribbean Journal staff The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States is placing the challenges of the region's rural poor on the front burner, according to Darrel Montrope, head of the OECS' Social Policy Unit, partly as the meaning of what it means to be rural evolves. Montrope said a new definition of "rural" must be established given new patterns in more...
European Union Approves Grant for Financial Management in Antigua
December 9, 2011 | 1:17 am | 0 Comment
By the Caribbean Journal The European Union has approved a grant of just under $4 million for a project aimed at strengthening revenue administration and public financial management in Antigua. The project will be managed by the IMF's Fiscal Affairs Department, which will provide technical assistance. The plan should be executed in 30 months, with funds more...
Grenada’s Tillman Thomas Issues Challenge to Young Caribbean Scientists
December 9, 2011 | 12:30 am | 0 Comment
Above: Grenadian PM Tillman Thomas By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenadian Prime Minister Tillman Thomas is urging young scientists in the Caribbean to place greater effort on finding solutions to the region's pressing problems, from food security to climate adaptation. Thomas was speaking at the 10th Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Office of the more...
Jamaican’s Holness Admits United States Surveillance Help in Tivoli Gardens Raid
December 8, 2011 | 10:27 pm | 0 Comment
In a shift from earlier comments by National Security Minister Dwight Nelson, Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness admitted that the government had accepted an offer from the United States government for surveillance and imagery assistance during the May 2010 raid in Kingston's Tivoli Gardens. Earlier, Nelson had said that the Jamaican government had not made a more...
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Barbados Vows to Continue Lobby against British Air Passenger Duty
December 8, 2011 | 8:44 pm | 0 Comment
By the Caribbean Journal staff Barbados will continue to lobby against the existing Air Passenger Duty band system, Tourism Minister Richard Sealy said yesterday. The APD is charged at rates that vary according to the distance traveled from Britain. "I was encouraged, at the very least, that we would see something done about the bands," he said. Sealy said more...
Convergys to Open Jamaica Call Centre
December 8, 2011 | 12:02 pm | 0 Comment
Above: Investment Minister Dr Christopher Tufton (JIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Convergys, one of the largest agent-assisted customer service companies in the world, will open its first Convergys Jamaican centre in Montego Bay. The company said it would employ nearly 1,000 people when fully staffed next year. "We are very pleased to welcome more...
Japan Grants $15 Million for Green Energy in Small Island States
December 8, 2011 | 11:38 am | 0 Comment
Above: foreground, Naoko Ishii and Karl Hood By the Caribbean Journal staff The government of Japan has announced a $15 million grant to support clean energy efforts by Small Island States. The money targets the SIDS-DOCK partnership, an initiative launched last year at the UN Climate Conference in Cancun with a pledge of $14.5 million from the Danish more...
CARICOM Trade Council “Concerned” over Sarkozy Tax Comments
December 8, 2011 | 9:47 am | 0 Comment
Above: French President Nicolas Sarkozy (UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe) By the Caribbean Journal staff CARICOM's Council for Trade and Economic Development is "concerned" over the potential effect of remarks by French President Nicolas Sarkozy that three CARICOM states are "tax havens." In a statement, COTED said "the member states of the Caribbean Community, like more...
Grenadian Tourism Minister Calls for End to LIAT Standoff
December 8, 2011 | 12:20 am | 0 Comment
By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenadian Tourism Minister Peter David has called for an end to the impasse between airliner LIAT and the union representing the company's workers. The Minister issued a statement yesterday after LIAT pilots staged a sick-out in which none showed up for work, apparently in repines to LIAT's announcement that it had terminated its more...
