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Jagdeo: Action Needed on Food Prices
Above: President Bharrat Jagdeo (Photo: Columbia University) By the Caribbean Journal staff Guyana’s President Bharrat Jagdeo called for bold action to counter the rising prices of food in the Caribbean. In an editorial in the single market’s CARICOM View magazine, […]
Bahamas Giving Pineapples a Boost
Above: Arnold Dorsett, Edison Key, Lucayan Tropical Manager Tim Hauber and BAIC GM Benjamin Rahming (BIS Photo/Derek Smith) By Gladstone Thurston In an effort to boost its pineapple industry, the Bahamas Agricultural and Industrial Corporation has begun distributing 5,000 tissue-cultured […]
UN, Police Crack Down on Haitian Crime
Above: peacekeepers in Port-au-Prince (UN Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The United Nations and the Haitian National Police have begun a joint operation, “Operation Phoenix,” to tackle criminal activity in Port-au-Prince. The initiative was launched in the Bel Air, […]
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In China, Registering a Bahamian Ship
Above: the ship’s registry ceremony (BIS Photo: Peter Ramsay) Former Bahamian Governor-General Sir Orville Turnquest launched the latest vessel to be registered on the Bahamian ship registry last week, the CS Calvina. The ship, which will join the fleet of […]
Bahamas Expands Telemedicine Initiative
Above: Minister of Health, Dr Hubert Minnis, Dr Akos Tatar of the Fresh Creek District, Dr Colin Bullard, Director of Emergency Services at Princess Margaret Hospital and South Andros MP Picewell Forbes (BIS Photo: Patrick Hanna) As part of an […]
Haiti's Cholera Up, Aid Falling
Above: UN Photo The cholera problem on the island of Hispaniola has only been getting worse since being introduced to Haiti, reportedly by Nepalese UN workers, in October. But the surge in cholera has not been met with corresponding aid, […]
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ECLAC: Caribbean Economies to Grow 1.9 Percent This Year
Above: Osvaldo Kacef, director of ECLAC’s Economic Development Division (Photo: ECLAC) By the Caribbean Journal staff Caribbean economies will grow at a rate of 1.9 percent, according to a report by the United Nations’ Economic Commission for Latin America and […]
New Speaker of the House in Jamaica
Above: Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert at her first sitting in Parliament (JIS Photo) The Jamaican House of Representatives welcomed new Speaker Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert, along with Deputy Speaker Tarn Peralto, at their first sitting since Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding appointed new ministers […]
Trinidad, Serbia Foreign Ministers Meet
By the Caribbean Journal staff Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vuk Jeremic paid a courtesy call on Trinidad’s Housing Minister Dr Roodal Moonilal, who was acting Foreign Affairs minister yesterday. Moonilal was in the news last week after calling the […]