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Haiti-Dominican Republic Border Region to Get EU Funding for Development
Above: EU Development Commissioner Andris Piebalgs (Photo: Joanna Legeurre) By the Caribbean Journal staff The European Union will spend $95.8 million for projects and programmes in the Dominican Republic this year, primarily in the country’s border region with Haiti, according […]
Interview with Jamaican Minister of National Security Peter Bunting
By Alexander Britell GRENADA – The seventh UK-Caribbean Forum that met in Grenada earlier this month looked at a range of areas of cooperation as the Caribbean and the UK open up a “new and more modern relationship” going forward. […]
St Lucia Works to Save Banana Industry
By the Caribbean Journal staff St Lucia’s government is taking a “proactive” approach in trying to prevent a widespread destruction of its banana sector by Black Sigatoka disease. The government has sought help from a team of experts at the […]
Joint IMF-EU Mission in Antigua
By the Caribbean Journal staff A joint delegation from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund is in Antigua examining its public sector financial management needs. In December, the EU approved a grant of just under $4 million which […]
In St Kitts, Help for Homebuilders
Above: a home constructed under the NHC and Civl Service Home Mortgage Development Bank in St Kitts (Photo: CUOPM) By the Caribbean Journal staff A new plan to promote home construction in St Kitts and Nevis has already approved 100 […]
Antigua Seizes Cash in Airport Operation
Above: VC Bird International Airport By the Caribbean Journal staff Antigua’s Immigration Department, Customs Enforcement Department and Office of National Drug and Money Laundering Control Policy conducted a joint operation resulting in the seizure of $60,000 in cash at VC […]
In BVI, Business Development a Priority
Above: the Government Administration Building, Road Town (Photo: Carol A. Vanterpool) By the Caribbean Journal staff The promotion of business development is one of the highest priorities of BVI Premier Dr Orlando Smith’s government, he said yesterday in a statement. […]
Jamaica Signs $198 Million Loan Agreements with IDB
Above: Finance Minister Audley Shaw (JIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica has signed loan agreements for a total of $198 million with the Inter-American Development Bank aimed at providing funding for fiscal reform and water projects. The loans […]
European Union Approves Grant for Financial Management in Antigua
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 […]
Jamaica Gets $65 Million IDB Loan for Fiscal Administration
By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica will modernize its fiscal administration in a programme funded by a $65 million Inter-American Development Bank. The programme aims to improve customs and tax revenue collections, along with better management of the government’s debt […]
Durandis: Haiti’s Aid-Industrial Complex
Above: a home in Leogane By Ilio Durandis Even before the disastrous earthquake that rocked Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010, the country suffered immensely from the symptoms of its Aid Industrial Complex (AIC). The term Republic of NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations) […]
Interview with Jamaican MP and Former Foreign Minister Anthony Hylton
Over the summer, Jamaica approved a ban on the sale and trade of scrap metal in the country, with Commerce Minister Dr Christopher Tufton citing a “correlation between increased demand, high metal prices and the rise in metal theft.” An […]
Grenada Seeks Private Sector Backing for Tourism Industry
By the Caribbean Journal staff The banking industry and other members of the private sector in Grenada are being urged to provide more financial support in the development of tourism in Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique. The support is especially […]
Ilio Durandis: Volunteering in Leogane
Above: forests in Haiti (UN Photo/Logan Abassi) By Ilio Durandis CJ Contributor On Sunday, Nov. 6, more than 400 volunteers boarded two Delta Airlines charter flights en route to Haiti to take part in a Habitat for Humanity (HFH) construction […]
Douglas: Zero Tolerance on Crime
Above: Prime Minister Denzil Douglas (UN Photo: Marco Castro) By the Caribbean Journal staff Zero tolerance on crime and violence is paramount for St Kitts and Nevis, according to Prime Minister Denzil Douglas. Douglas, who was speaking at a ceremony […]
Private Sector Aids in St Kitts Crime Fight
St Kitts and Nevis’ newly-formed Delta Squad crime-fighting force is getting a boost from the federation’s Customs and Excise Department, along with the private TDC Group. TDC and the Customs Department are splitting a new bus for the force, along […]
Anguilla Chamber of Commerce President Keithley Lake Talks Business
Above: the Viceroy Anguilla By Alexander Britell While Anguilla saw a wave of luxury resort development during the economic boom in the middle of the decade, like the rest of the Caribbean it was hurt by the economic downturn. Some […]
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 […]
Designing the Jacmel, Haiti of the Future
Jacmel, Haiti has seen some progress since the earthquake in 2010 that ravaged the city and much of the island, especially as a potential tourism center. Over the last 18 months, trans_city_architecture and urbanism’s Christian Aulinger, Mark Gilbert and Georg […]
Miami Prosecutor Plans Caribbean Basin Initiative to Fight Drug Trafficking
Above: US Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Wifredo Ferrer (FP) By the Caribbean Journal staff US Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Wifredo Ferrer announced Thursday the creation of a Florida Caribbean Basin Initiative aimed at combating […]
Jamaica Complains to CARICOM on Alleged Barbados Immigration Incident
The Jamaican Government will raise the issue of an alleged mistreatment of a Jamaican woman by Barbados customs officials, Foreign Affairs Minister Ken Baugh announced. Jamaican national Shanique Myrie claims she was subjected to two demeaning cavity searches, along with […]
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