CARICOM-Canada Free Trade Agreement Unlikely before Next Year

By: - August 10th, 2011

Above: Canadian diplomat Francois Montour, left, and Guyanese Prime Minister Sam Hinds (GINA Photo)

The Free Trade Agreement currently in the process of being negotiated by Canada and CARICOM could see its completion by later this year, but may end up being finished in 2012. “It seems that it may extend into next year,” said Canadian diplomat Francois Montour. Montour is finishing his term as Canada’s High Commissioner to Guyana. “It’s hard to say — we have negotiating teams that are working hard.” [Starbroek News]

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Bahamas Uses New Tools in Crime Fight

Above: Minister of National Security Tommy Turnquest addressing the conference (BIS Photo/Patrick Hanna) The Bahamian government is implementing a series of new programmes aimed at addressing crime and criminality, according to Minister of National Security Tommy Turnquest. Yesterday, in similar news, the government announced it was expanding the number of reservists in the Royal Bahamas […]

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Martelly: Lack of Government "Killing Us"

Above: President Michel Martelly in 2010 (FP) Haitian President Michel Martelly said Haiti’s lack of a functioning government was “killing us.” Haitian lawmakers have now twice rejected choices Martelly has proposed to be the country’s Prime Minister, a political stalemate that the United Nations (and one US senator) has called concerning. Martelly, who was speaking […]

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The US Downgrade's Impact on Cayman

The recent downgrading of the United States’ federal debt rating by Standard and Poor’s may not impact Cayman in the near future, but US developments will continue to have a significant impact on the island chain. “Cayman will largely be a prisoner of events in Europe and the US, unless it comes up with innovative […]

Jamaica Begins Wind Mapping Study

 Above: the wind farm at Wigton In a bid to improve its renewable energy strategy, the Jamaican government is commissioning a Wind Mapping study undertaken by Wigton Wind Farm Limited, which controls the country’s only wind farm. Wigton Wind Farm is an agency of the Ministry of Energy and Mining. “We expect that that wind […]

Bahamas to Add Police Reservists

 Police and National Security officials in the Bahamas are expected to increase the ranks of the Police reserves in the next year, according to Minister of National Security Tommy Turnquest. The decision is the result of what Turnquest called the “significant role” the reservists have been playing in the Bahamas’ war on crime. “The involvement […]

Barbados Links Office Safety, Environment

 Above: the wind farm at Wigton In a bid to improve its renewable energy strategy, the Jamaican government is commissioning a Wind Mapping study undertaken by Wigton Wind Farm Limited, which controls the country’s only wind farm. Wigton Wind Farm is an agency of the Ministry of Energy and Mining. “We expect that that wind […]

Interview with Tim Hoffman, Owner of Nevis’ Montpelier Plantation and Beach

 By Alexander Britell Tim Hoffman is the owner of the historic Montpelier Plantation and Beach in Nevis. Originally a sugar plantation when Nevis’ crop ruled the Caribbean, the property has hosted everyone from Horatio Nelson to Princess Diana. Hoffman, whose family has owned the plantation, a Relais and Chateaux hotel, since 2002, talked about the […]