The water along Eagle Beach has a luminous blue that seems to go on forever. In Montego Bay, the hills rise behind a sweep of resorts, beaches and old sugar-estate country. On St. Thomas, ferries leave the harbor for St. John, sailboats cross Pillsbury Sound and Magens Bay curves around one of the Caribbean’s most […]
Above: Kingston (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The International Monetary Fund’s Executive Board has approved a $30.6 million disbursement to Jamaica. The move follows the completion of its first review of the country’s performance under an economic programme supported by a four-year, $944 million Extended Fund Facility Arrangement. Total disbursements have now reached […]
Above: Port-au-Prince (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The International Monetary Fund’s Executive Board has approved a $2.5 million disbursement to Haiti. The move comes after the board completed its sixth review of Haiti’s performance under its IMF programme supported by an Extended Credit Facility arrangement. The IMF said the board had also approved […]
Above: Basseterre, St Kitts (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff St Kitts and Nevis will be receiving a $4.76 million disbursement from the International Monetary Fund following approval by the fund’s Executive Board. The Stand-by arrangement was originally approved in July 2011 for an amount equivalent to $79.15 million. “While the outlook for the […]
