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A Bright Future for Jamaican Mining?
Above: ALCOA’s operations in Jamaica By the Caribbean Journal staff The Jamaican mining sector could add 2,000 new jobs in the next decade, according to projections by the Ministry of Energy and Mining. The projection is based on activities resulting […]
Op-Ed: Jamaica at a Crossroads
By Kent Gammon Op-Ed Contributor The Jamaican people will decide their fate on the Dec. 29 in the country’s 16th general election. They face a major crossroads: go with the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) which will mean austerity measures due […]
Op-Ed: Canadian Sen. Don Meredith on the Canada-CARICOM Free Trade Deal
By Hon. Dr Don Meredith, Senator Op-Ed Contributor Canada and CARICOM are on the verge of forging new economic ties through a timely and well-needed free trade agreement. As a Jamaican who immigrated to Canada and is now serving in […]
IDB Grants Suriname $40 Million Loan to Strengthen Financial Sector
Above: Paramaribo (UNESCO Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Inter-American Development Bank has approved a $40 million loan that supports the government of Suriname’s financial sector reform programme. “Suriname has enjoyed robust and macro-economically balanced growth for the past […]
Holness: Jamaica to Focus on Creativity
By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica’s Education Ministry will focus on helping Jamaican students leverage their natural creativity in culture and the development of technology, Prime Minister Andrew Holness said yesterday. Holness was speaking at the awards ceremony of the […]
Integrated Economic Zones Could Help Haiti Add Jobs: IFC Report
Above: an industrial park in Haiti (UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe) By the Caribbean Journal staff The implementation of integrated economic zones could create as many as 380,000 jobs and 100,000 home sites in Haiti in the next two decades, according to […]
China Helps Grenada on Climate Change
By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada will receive more than $2 million in technology assistance from a Chinese project aimed at helping the country adapt to climate change. The AOSIS-China Climate Change Adaptation Pilot Programme, Grenada will receive the funding […]
Jamaica Must Increase Investment in Technology, Skill Sectors: UWI’s Clayton
Above: UWI Professor Anthony Clayton By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica must increase investment in technology and highly-skilled areas to ensure the employability of the country’s future generations, according to University of the West Indies Professor Anthony Clayton. “To a […]
Bahamas’ Atlantis, Ocean Club Resorts Change Hands after Restructuring Deal
By the Caribbean Journal staff Brookfield Asset Management will assume Kerzner International’s ownership interests in the Atlantis Paradise Island resort, along with the interest in the One&Only Ocean Club resort, which is also on the country’s Paradise Island. Kerzner has […]
Barbados Launching Energy Smart Fund
Above: the government-built Solar House By the Caribbean Journal staff Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart announced that the government will launch a so-called Sustainable Energy Investment Programme tomorrow at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre. The programme, which is aimed at […]
Guyana Positioning Tourism Sector for International Market
Above: the Surama Eco-Lodge By the Caribbean Journal staff Guyanese tourism is no longer about attracting tourists from the US, Canada and the Caribbean, according to Tourism Minister Manniram Prashad — and the country is trying to position its market […]
Linkin Park, United Nations to Help Haiti on Renewable Energy
Above: UNSG Ban Ki-moon and Grammy-winning rock band Linkin Park (UN Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The United Nations and American rock band Linkin Park are teaming up on an effort to bring renewable energy, particularly in Haiti, as […]
Grenada’s Thomas, in Paris, Calls on UNESCO for Educational Support
By the Caribbean Journal The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation needs to “deepen the partnership” with member states to help transform education, according to Grenadian Prime Minister Denzil Douglas. Thomas, who was speaking at the Leaders Forum of […]
Op-Ed: Ilio Durandis: Is Haiti Really Open for Business?
Above: UN Humanitarian Chief Valerie Amos and Haitian President Michel Martelly (UN Photo/Marco Dormino) By Ilio Durandis At least since 2009, Haitian politicians have taken deep pride in saying that Haiti is open for business. I remember back in the […]
CARICOM’s LaRocque, in Dominica, Calls for Action on Food Security
Above: SG Irwin LaRocque (UN Photo/JC McIlwaine) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Caribbean is at an opportune moment to demonstrate that it is serious about achieving food and nutrition security, CARICOM Secretary General and Dominican native Irwin LaRocque said […]
Can Trinidad Build a Tourism Economy?
By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago has the potential to be a sustainable tourism economy that can stand side by side with its energy economy, High Commissioner to the UK Gavin Nicholas said at his office in London’s […]
Trinidad’s Dookeran Presents Budget
Above: Finance Minister Winston Dookeran (Photo: TGISL) By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad Finance Minister Winston Dookeran presented a $7.4 billion ($47 Billion in TTD) budget for 2011/2012 in an announcement at the House of Representatives, which is currently meeting […]
Sylvan Jolibois: Haiti’s Second Revolution
Above: a man climbs the steps at the 200-year-old palace of King Henri-Christophe of Haiti, near Cap-Haitien (UN Photo: Victoria Hazou) By Sylvan Jolibois, Jr Op-Ed Contributor Having recently celebrated its second century as an independent nation, the republic of […]
Interview with Clinton Bush Haiti Fund CEO Gary Edson
Above: Employees at an atelier in Port-au-Prince (Photo: CBHF) By Alexander Britell Soon after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, former US Presidents Bill Clinton and George W Bush, at the behest of President Barack Obama, founded a fund aimed at […]
UN: Haiti Humanitarian Crisis “Not Over”
Above: UN Under-secretary-general for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos (UN Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Humanitarian assistance must continue in Haiti, alongside development and reconstruction work, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos said today. “The humanitarian crisis in Haiti […]
Report: Science Key for Haiti’s Future
Above: Haitian students commemorating International Environment Day in June (UN Photo: Logan Abassi) By the Caribbean Journal staff Building a robust science sector would go a long way toward helping Haiti recover from the devastation of the 2010 earthquake and […]
St Kitts and Nevis Project Positive Growth
Above: Charlestown, Nevis (Photo: Caribbean Journal) By the Caribbean Journal staff The economy of St Kitts and Nevis is projected to grow at a rate of 1.5 percent his year, with a slightly higher rate in 2012, according to the […]
Economist Dr Michael Witter on Debt, Globalisation and the Jamaican Economy
By Alexander Britell Dr Michael Witter is an economist and senior lecturer at the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies at the University of the West Indies Mona. He is also one of the Caribbean’s experts on […]
Clinton Bush Haiti Fund Grants $1.4 Million for Construction, Green Energy
By the Caribbean Journal staff Above: construction in Haiti (Photo: Clinton Bush Haiti Fund) The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund is granting $1.4 million in new funds for three projects in Haiti, including a housing programme, a vocational training programme and […]
Greentech’s James Whittaker on Green Building in Grand Cayman
By Alexander Britell The first residential home certified as part of the US Green Buildings Council’s International LEED programme is in Grand Cayman, the initiative of Greentech Managing Director James Whittaker, who is spearheading the green building movement in Cayman. […]
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, […]
Garfield Barnwell: Region Needs to Improve Green Development
Solar panels in Andros, Bahamas By the Caribbean Journal Staff Greater levels of investment are vital if the Caribbean is serious about sustainable development, CARICOM Director of Sustainable Development Garfield Barnwell said last week in Suriname at the opening of […]
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