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IMF Begins Article IV Review in Jamaica

Above: Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips By the Caribbean Journal staff The International Monetary Fund is now undertaking an Article IV review, which could signal the beginning of negotiations for a new programme with the IMF. The IMF Mission’s review […]

OAS: Belize Party Activists Produce “Less Than Conducive” Voting Environment

Above: OAS Head of Mission Ambassador Frank Almaguer (OAS Photo/Juan Manuel Herrera) By the Caribbean Journal staff The active role played by party activists during Belize’s general elections Wednesday produced a “less than conducive” voting environment, according to the Organization […]

China and Guyana Strengthen Ties With $6.5 Million in New Agreements

Above: Chinese Vice Commerce Minister Zhong Shan and Guyanese President Donald Ramotar By the Caribbean Journal staff Guyana and China signed a pair of agreements totaling $6.5 million today during visit by Chinese Vice Commerce Minister Zhong Shan to the […]

Jamaica “Has to Do Much to Restore Its Credibility” With Multilaterals

Above: Jamaica’s Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips (FP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica has to do much to restore its credibility with multilateral organizations like the IMF and World Bank and in the marketplace, according to Jamaican Finance Minister […]

Haiti Plans Response After Fire Destroys Public Market in Tabarre

Above, from left: Interior Minister Thierry Mayard-Paul and President Michel Martelly (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Haitian government is planning a response to a fire that destroyed the public market in Tabarre, according to the National Palace. […]

Haiti’s Martelly Opens New Housing Community in Zoranje

Above: the new community in Zoranje (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haitian President inaugurated a new community of 400 homes in the city of Zoranje on Monday. The project, which was financed with $30 million from the Inter-American […]

IMF’s Christine Lagarde: World Economy “Not Out of the Danger Zone”

Above: IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde (IMF Photo/Dirk Enters) By the Caribbean Journal staff The world economy is “still not out of the danger zone,” International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said following the conclusion of the G20 Finance […]

Antigua Holding Discussions With China on $11.9 Million School Project

Above: Antiguan and Chinese officials at a press conference earlier this month (Photo: ABG) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Antiguan government is in discussions with the Chinese government on the construction of the proposed Five Islands Secondary School. According […]

Dominican Republic Unveils Multi-Year Public Sector Planning Programme

Above: Economy Minister Temistocles Montas (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Dominican Republic’s Ministry of Economy, Planning and Development unveil today its multi-year public sector planning programme through 2014. The plan contains the programmes and projects with budget […]

Taiwan-Grenada Loan Dispute Threatens Payments to Airports Authority

Above: Grenada (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Grenadian Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation is working to find a solution to current financial issues at the Grenada Airports Authority relating to a lawsuit by the Taiwanese government. […]

Haiti Signs Contract with French Firm Alstom to Refurbish Hydro Plant

Above: the Peligre hydroelectric plant (Photo: IDB) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s government today signed a contract with French firm Alstom-Comelex to refurbish the country’s Peligre hydroelectric plant, its principal source of renewable energy. The three-year, $48.8 million contract […]

Jamaica Readies Emergency Jobs Plan

Above: Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips (JIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica’s government is set to roll out its Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP) before the end of the current financial year on March 31, according to Finance […]

Interview with Benjamin Krause, Haiti Director for Sean Penn’s J/P Charity

Above: a street in the town of Delmas 32 in the days after the earthquake. Since 2010, J/P Haitian Relief Organization has cleared 200,000 cubic metres of rubble — and is still doing so. (UN Photo/Marco Dormino) By Alexander Britell […]

Antigua Names Indian Native Its New Comptroller of Customs

Above: Antigua’s Parliament By the Caribbean Journal staff Raju Boddu, a native of India who has been on loan from the Indian government in Antigua for the last 10 years, has been named the country’s new comptroller of customs, according […]

Jamaica Concludes Cabinet Retreat

Above: Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips (JIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller’s Cabinet completed its two-day retreat this weekend, finishing with presentations from the Financial Secretary and a team from the Bank of […]

Interview with John Ashton, UK Special Representative for Climate Change

By Alexander Britell “It was the voice of the Caribbean that changed the world at Durban,” says John Ashton, the UK Foreign Secretary’s Special Representative for Climate Change. The Caribbean, perhaps more than any region in the world, faces an […]

Jamaica: “Nothing Off the Table” with IMF

Above, from left: IMF Caribbean Regional Director, Luis Breuer; IMF Resident Representative, Dr Gene Leon, Financial Secretary Dr Wesley Hughes and Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips (JIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Following the International Monetary Fund’s visit to […]

EU to Fund Hydropower in Guyana

Above: the Chiung waterfall in Guyana (Photo: GINA) By the Caribbean Journal staff The European Union has approved the development of a Micro-Hydropower system near Guyana’s Chiung River. The EU Delegation to Guyana has dispatched the project to Guyanese Finance […]

IMF Concludes Jamaica Visit, Talks to Resume in February

From left: IMF Caribbean Regional Director Luis Breuer, Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips, Bank of Jamaica Governor Brian Wynter; and Dr Gladstone Hutchinson, PIOJ Director General. (JIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The International Monetary Fund concluded its visit […]

Japan to Help Bahamas on Fiscal Policy

Above: State Minister Zhivargo Laing, IDB representative Astrid Wynter. From left, Honorary Consul-General of Japan Robert Sands and Ambassador Hiroshi Yamaguchi. (BIS Photo/Kristaan Ingraham) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Bahamas and Japan have signed a $612,000 technical cooperation agreement […]

Jamaica Begins Talks with IMF

Above: Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips (right) is welcomed to the Mayberry Investment Forum Wednesday by Mayberry Investments CEO Gary Peart (JIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Jamaican government has begun preliminary talks with the International Monetary Fund, […]

Interview with Turks and Caicos Chief Executive Officer Patrick Boyle

By Alexander Britell Turks and Caicos’ government has been moving forward on a plan to restore the territory to stability, most recently announcing the appointment of five new permanent secretaries who will develop five new government ministries: Border Control and […]

Canada to Help Resettle 5,000 Families in Haiti’s Port-au-Prince

Above: a girl walks across a former basketball court, now a camp for displaced persons in Haiti, earlier this year (UN Photo/Logan Abassi) By the Caribbean Journal staff The government of Canada has committed to resettling 5,000 families from the […]

IMF Delegation Heading to Jamaica

By the Caribbean Journal staff A delegation from the International Monetary Fund will visit Jamaica beginning Tuesday, Jan. 17, according to a release from the Ministry of Finance, Planning and the Public Service. The delegation will meet with Finance Minister […]

China, Jamaica Talk Infrastructure Project

Above: Chinese Ambassador to Jamaica Zheng Qingdian and Jamaican PM Portia Simpson Miller By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller met today with Chinese Ambassador to Jamaica Zheng Qingdian to discuss her government’s desire to make […]

Interview with Dr Peter Phillips

By Alexander Britell Dr Peter Phillips is the former Minister of National Security, Minister of Transport and Works and Minister of Health in Jamaica, having also served in two other ministerial posts. He is now the campaign director for the […]

How Caribbean Health Impacts Caribbean Economies: Interview with the World Bank

Above: the American University of Antigua School of Nursing By Alexander Britell Last month, the World Bank released a report about the way the growing problem of non-communicable diseases in the Caribbean is affecting the region’s economies. Chronic illnesses like […]

Interview with Jamaican Parliamentary Candidate Julian Jay Robinson

By Alexander Britell Julian Jay Robinson is the People’s National Party candidate for South East St Andrew in the upcoming Jamaican election. Robinson, currently the deputy general secretary of the PNP, studied management and economics at the University of the […]

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