The group that restructured more than US$118 million of the government’s debt says the country is going in the right direction as far as paying its debts is concerned.
June, 2011
USVI to tap into Caribbean tourism market
The Virgin Islands is on a mission to attract more Caribbean nationals.
Catastrophe: What went wrong in Zimbabwe?
According to Sir Ronald Sanders Zimbabwe has the highest ratio of debt to GDP in the world, its talented people have fled the country and so too have hundreds of thousands of its unskilled workers.
Jamaica provides special funding for entrepreneurship
Working-age beneficiaries of the country’s conditional cash transfer programme, PATH, have been given access to millions of dollars to start up their own businesses.
CAL, Air Jamaica to operate under one code
The two move to further integrate operations following last month’s signing of the agreement finalizing Caribbean Airlines’ acquisition of Air Jamaica.
Entrepreneur gets top award for leadership
The Barbados-based businessman gets recognition in the premier business awards programme in the United States.
Draft banking code ready
If accepted by the bankers association, the code will make Jamaica the first CARICOM nation to have its banking sector guided by such a policy.
LIAT strike ends, issues remain unresolved
Workers went back on the job after a second day of striking but the matters that led to the industrial action are still be to be worked out by Antigua and Barbuda’s Labour Commissioner.
NYC teachers from Caribbean seek immigration help
Wall Street Journal, USA: New York City teachers recruited from Jamaica, Trinidad and other Caribbean countries a decade ago said Wednesday that the city needs to do more to help them and their families obtain permanent U.S. residency.
Illegal wiring kills infant
Kaieteur News, Guyana: The scale, gravity and danger of persons stealing electricity came forcibly home in a grave way on Wednesday when a two-year-old child in the depressed squatting community of Angoy's Avenue (Cow Dam) came into contact with a live electric wire.
Duprey blanked
Newsday, Trinidad: Chairman of the Clico Commission of Inquiry Sir Anthony Coleman yesterday refused an application by lawyers acting on behalf of former CL Financial chairman Lawrence Duprey to remain silent at the proceedings.
Our shrimp safe! – Shrimp scare causes decline in sales
Observer, Jamaica: Shrimp vendors in the tiny village of Middle Quarters, just outside of Black River, say they have been losing income since hundreds of dead shrimp were discovered in sctions of the Elim river in St Elizabeth nearly three weeks ago.
Mullany honeymoon murders: Accused 'bugged' in cells
BBC, UK: Two men accused of murdering a honeymoon couple at a Caribbean resort were bugged in their cells in a police operation, a court heard.
Study suggests UN force brought cholera to Haiti
AP, Haiti: Evidence "strongly suggests" that a United Nations peacekeeping mission brought a cholera strain to Haiti that has killed thousands of people, a study by a team of epidemiologists and physicians says.