Less than two months after returning to Miami, Florida, Air Jamaica is pulling out of that gateway again. Today is the airline’s last day in that...
(from left) CEO of LIAT, Brian Challenger; Chairman of LIAT, Dr. Jean Holder; Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves; and Prime...
(CMC) – Nearly two months after Captain Michael Blackburn resigned as Chairman of the Leeward Islands Airline Pilots Association (LIALPA), the association says it will meet...
REDjet, the first and only Caribbean low-cost carrier, is aiming to pursue dramatic expansion in 2012 with up to eight new destinations. The ambitious and pioneering...
The Central Bank of Barbados said government must strictly adhere to the targets of its Medium Term Fiscal Strategy to maintain the economic stability achieved in...
(Jamaica Observer) – LIME Jamaica yesterday strongly denied a news report that British parent company Cable & Wireless (C&W) PLC., has decided it will shut down...
The cash-strapped regional airline, Leeward Islands Air Transport (LIAT), is likely to get two more shareholders this year, the Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the...
Digicel Jamaica has announced that it will shut down Claro’s cellular network on 1 March 2012, following the removal of conditions on its acquisition of the...
Low-cost Caribbean airline REDjet denied recent reports that it planned to cut flights. An internal memo quoted by one regional paper claimed REDjet was experiencing financial...
Barbados Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs Christopher Sinckler. PHOTO/File Christopher Sinckler, the Barbados Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, has assured Barbadians that the Four...
Jamaica’s new government is restarting talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). A statement from the finance ministry said an IMF delegation will visit Jamaica starting...
There were further signs of financial trouble Tuesday at the Caribbean first low cost carrier REDjet, mere weeks after officials said it needed an US$8 million...
(Jamaica Observer) – Digicel Jamaica says its acquisition of Claro in Jamaica will spur innovation and investment that will benefit consumers islandwide. The company in a...
Prime Minister Garry Conille announced a series of projects towards education, employment and the environment for the year 2012. His government still faces the challenge of...
REDjet, the Barbados-based low cost airline, is in the process of obtaining a license to include Suriname in its schedule. Winston Lackin, the Suriname Foreign Affairs...
Jamaica’s Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has filed a lawsuit with the High Court seeking to derail the planned merger of wireless operators Claro Jamaica, a subsidiary...
(Barbados Nation) – Barbados’ tourism industry could take a serious hit this year from two international events: the Olympic Games in London and the Presidential Elections...
Portia Simpson-Miller will be sworn in as prime minister of Jamaica on Thursday afternoon, a week to the day that her People’s National Party (PNP) crushed...
With many people expecting 2012 to be an election year in Barbados, one economist is warning that the country cannot afford the increased spending that usually...
The Caribbean travel industry is bracing for a fares war between State-owned, Trinidad and Tobago based Caribbean Airlines (CAL), new kid-on-the-block, Low Fares Airline, Barbados-based REDjet...
Grenada Prime Minister., Tillman Thomas. PHOTO/File The prime minister of Grenada says an agreement has been reached in a labor dispute that led to a strike...
For the first time since the terrorist attacks in the United States on September 11 2001, Leeward Islands Air Transport (LIAT) will be able to move...
(Share News) – Caribbean destinations that rely heavily on tourism as their primary industry are missing out on a huge opportunity to attract wealth by not...
Jamaica’s minority stake in Caribbean Airlines (CAL), the new parent airline of Air Jamaica, may come with the risk of having to assume more debt, which...
Press Release: Ministry of the Interior of Haiti (PRNewswire) – Haiti continues to send clear messages that the country is open, wide open, for business. Speaking...
Caribbean Airlines (CAL) is aiming to become the first regional national carrier to not need subsidised support from its main government shareholder. This was revealed recently...
(Caribbean360) – A new high school incubator programme launched recently by the lead investment promotion agency in Jamaica is hoping to encourage students to come up...
(Barbados Nation) – Stranded Leeward Islands Air Transport (LIAT) passengers got some relief yesterday when previously grounded aircraft took to the skies; and management expects normal...
(Barbados Nation) – After two days of sickout action, Leeward Islands Air Transport (LIAT) pilots were expected back in the cockpit today, but have served notice...
Regional airline – the Leeward Islands Air Transport‘s (LIAT) pilots all called in sick yesterday, disrupting the carrier’s flights across the Caribbean. “As a result of...
Thousands of regional travelers could be left stranded due to an apparent sick-out by pilots at regional carrier Leeward Islands Air Transport (LIAT). The action comes...
Barbados has given REDjet the green light to fly to St Lucia in time for the Christmas season, as Caribbean Airlines (CAL) complains that its St...
Digicel Group Limited has announced the completion of its acquisition of América Móvil’s (Claro’s parent company), business in Jamaica and the sale of its business in...
Haiti, where new economic activity is critical in the midst of the tremendous efforts to rebuild in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake in 2010, Marriott...
Jamaica is seeking to narrow her trade deficit with Japan while exporting more goods and services to the Asian marketplace. Jamaica’s trade deficit with Japan currently...
(Barbados Nation) – REDjet is at the crossroads in its operations. It needs an Bds$8 million (US$ 4 million) injection now to allow it to keep...
(Barbados Nation) – Digicel Barbados has appealed to Government to approve its application for a fixed line service in order to level the telecommunications playing field....
Jamaica Money Market Brokers (JMMB) has reported net profit of J$1.3 billion (US$ 15 million) for the first six months of its financial year up to...
(Barbados Nation) – The Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) will not be privatized and will remain a state-owned radio and television station despite its debt-ridden state, Prime...
Barbados is looking to reduce its oil import bill by 30 percent over the next two decades, and in the process, have cumulative savings of $US...
The vision of Barbados as a 24-hour work hub has moved closer to reality as the Barbados Entrepreneurship Foundation (BEF) reports that almost 60% of the...
Prime Minister Freundel Stuart (pictured), has hailed Andrew Bynoe as a major success story and said such champion entrepreneurs have exploded the myth that black businesses do...
Caribbean Airlines would soon begin replacing its aircraft fleet as it moves to add passenger capacity and develop new routes. The airline has received the first...
A proposed set of reforms could provide the Bank of Jamaica (BoJ), with more powers with respect to institutional responsibility for financial stability in Jamaica. The...
A first-of-its-kind data centre, a new manufacturing plant, and a bulk-ore transhipment facility are some of the projects set to bring close to a billion dollars...
Determined to make La Rosa Couture Inc. synonymous with leadership in the region’s garment manufacturing industry, Barbadian entrepreneur Rozana Moseley (pictured), is living her dream and...
Leeward Islands Air Transport‘s (LIAT) CEO Brian Challenger (pictured – inset), has rejected and allegations made by representatives of the unions – the Leeward Island Airline...
The Bermuda Supreme Court, late last week, ordered Jamaica based telecommunications company, Digicel to cease providing Bermudeans access to its internet-based long-distance service. This is as...
The Bank of Jamaica (BoJ) has reported an increase of cash remittances sent to Jamaica by Jamaicans abroad of 7.3 percent. Net remittances went up from...
Haitian based Gilbert Bigio (GB) Group, has finalized a deal to acquire the fuels marketing and aviation businesses of Chevron in Jamaica, which trades under its...
(Barbados Nation) – Lawyers for CLICO Holdings (Barbados) Limited are making a last-ditch effort to ensure that company executives are not hauled before the court. They...
U.S. regulators have fined Caribbean Airlines for allegedly wrongly limiting compensation that passengers received after their baggage was delayed, lost or damaged. The U.S. Transportation Department...
(Barbados Nation)- A total of 85,000 work permits were issued by Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states between 2000 and June 2010. 75 percent of these work...
The Jamaican Embassy in Washington and the Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) are in the stages of setting up a series of events and meetings to engage...
Mavis Bank Coffee Factory Mavis Bank Coffee Factory Limited., has been acquired by the Pan Jamaican Investment Trust (PanJam) and the Jamaica Producers Group. The acquisition...
(Reuters) – Haiti is wooing Asian manufacturers, and its own diaspora, to inject investments and funds into the economy and create jobs to drive a recovery...
Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones Portrait by Harry Borden Wilfred Emanuel-Jones is Britains’ first black farmer. He plans to come to the United States so as to further expand...
The CEO of REDjet, Ian Burns has re-iterated that the REDjet is a low fare airline and that it will not be abandoning its low fares...
(Barbados Nation) A two-year wage freeze in the Public Service and immediate cuts in Government spending form part of a new International Monetary Fund (IMF) prescription...
Leeward Islands Air Transport (LIAT) management remains hopeful that it will be able to break even this year. The company’s major share holders, have revealed that...
The Bahamas and Cuban governments on Oct. 3 signed an agreement delimiting the two nations’ maritime borders after nearly 40 years of negotiations. The move cleared...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) resident representative in Kingston, Dr. Gene Leon has revealed that Jamaica is not moving quickly enough to effect necessary reforms under...
The government of Antigua and Barbuda has indicated that it will introduce new competitors to the telecommunications market if the country’s four established telecommunications companies (telcos)...
The Trinidad and Tobago government plans to spend billions of dollars on new energy projects in an effort to boost the Caribbean nation’s economy. Finance Minister...
Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett revealed Wednesday that Jamaica is expecting 1.2 million visitors from North America alone this winter season. Bartlett made this disclosure as he...
The US-based Emera Inc. Tuesday announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Emera Caribbean Limited has agreed to sell its 19.1 percent interest in the St. Lucia Electricity...
Barbados-based low budget airline REDjet will fly the Grenada skies from December, according to the Grenada Tourism and Civil Aviation Minister Peter David. The local air...
Barbados based budget carrier, REDjet are on track to start a Jamaican Airline. This was revealed by the Chief Executive Officer, Ian Burns who indicated that...
The service will operate between Trinidad and Tobago and the Eastern Caribbean.
The Bahamas is reaping the benefits of a push by one US-based clean energy company to prove that the ocean can meet all of a country’s...
WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica's uptick in cruise-ship visitors has kept the country's tourist arrivals afloat, with a 13.6 per cent increase in the first eight months of...
Landline telephone subscribers in Barbados will pay more for the service from next month. LIME, the country’s only full service provider, announced there would be an...
The Chief Executive Officer of Redjet says open skies agreements restrict growth.
British Airways will stop flying into Montego Bay (Sir Donald Sangster Airport). This change takes effect in 2012. The airline has been operating two weekly flights...
Teachers, nurses, artisans and household workers will be included under amendments to the CARICOM Free Movement of Skilled Persons Act.
Tickets go on sale for flights starting in two months.
Regional securities regulators have come together to develop a takeover code for cross-border mergers and acquisitions within the Caribbean.
The Bahamas Governments’ blanket ban on the trade in scrap metal is financially hurting the ferry services that shipped the metal overseas.
The conference is expected to attract 300 Caribbean and international renewable energy stakeholders.
IT APPEARS that all may not be well at the state-owned oil refinery. A notation in the revised public bodies budget recently presented to Parliament indicates...
The two-day China Caribbean Economic and Trade Cooperation Forum opened here on today with China announcing that it would pump millions of dollars in assistance to...
The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) is presently undergoing an independent audit. The audit is being conducted by accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) who were conducted by...
Members of Citizens United to Reduce Electricity (CURE) along with attorney-at-law Hugh Wildman and Senator Dennis Meadows yesterday announced a three-pronged approach to break the monopoly...
The World Economic Forum is has flagged security, infrastructure, inefficient resource issues and innovation-lag as main hurdles to the region’s competitiveness.
The battle between state-owned I-Mobile, formerly Antigua Public Utilities Authority (APUA PCS), and Digicel is heating up, less than two months after the re-launch and re-branding...
The passage of the First Supplementary Estimates in Parliament will not guarantee a stamp of approval for the country’s economic programme by the International Monetary Fund...
WESTERN BUREAU: JAMAICA LABOUR Party (JLP) Senator Dennis Meadows says serious thought must be given to the appointee who will head the Jamaica Public Service Company...
A Denver-based medical investment company will open a hospital in Barbados in 2013 that it expects to be a center of medical tourism and an attractive...
The mid-year report says the economy grew 5.9 percent in the first half of 2011.
Minister of Tourism Richard Sealy (pictured), is adamant that the Government made the right decision in helping refinance the now stalled Four Seasons project, despite the...
Legal team looking into the matter after the airline was forced to lower ticket prices because of stiff competition from CAL.
New tourism products will be developed in the town over the next five years.
The good performance is good news since it signals high investor confidence.
Officials say services should return to normal by mid-week after several days of cancellations because of aircraft problems.
The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) continues to come under fire for saddling the country with high electricity costs which are begining to cripple many businesses....
Jamaicans United for Sustainable Development takes note of the most recent statements on the economy made by Minister Christopher Tufton and Dr Gladstone Hutchinson of the...
Jamaica’s Prime Minister Bruce Golding is to make a statement on the matter shortly.
The low-cost carrier gets a third aircraft after three months in the skies.
It’s the second quarter of positive economic growth for the Caribbean country.
The possibility of cutting unprofitable routes was one of the issues discussed further at the latest meeting of LIAT shareholders.
The Jamaica Money Market Brokers (JMMB) has revealed plans to make another play for securities business in Trinidad, a market it exited three years ago in...
“Landline, Internet, Mobile, Entertainment” (LIME), the Caribbean business of Cable and Wireless Communications, has begun a project to improve education across the Caribbean, creating a new...
Barbados Minister of Finance Christopher Sinckler (pictured), delivered no major surprises in his second budget presentation, coming only nine months since the first in November, 2010....
The Trinidad Cement Limited (TCL) Group has entered into a long-term agreement with the Win Group of Haiti for the establishment and operation of a cement...
Government has signed the divestment agreement with COMPLANT International Sugar Company, a wholly-owned company of the Chinese government.
But the increase in VAT and other measures from the 2010 Budget have not been rolled back either. Tourism and business are among the sectors that...
Well-placed Government sources have indicated that some US$82 million dollars is to be cut from the national budget. The Cabinet yesterday held discussions on the Supplementary...
If there is once certainty Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler (pictured), will pull from his Budget ‘black box’ it will be another round of Government belt-tightening...
Government has decided to bring the CARICOM/Costa Rica Free Trade Agreement into full force.
Digicel Guyana said that it welcomes the Government’s plans to imminently bring an end to what it called the outdated monopoly regime for international calls in...
The twin-island republic has been approached by several Caribbean countries to help them with a food card programme.
The Jamaica government has set aside more money to expand and modernize the sugar industry.
The agreement was negotiated within the context of a previously approved Open Skies Policy.
Trinidad and Tobago’s Finance Minister says government will keep its promise to roll back property tax legislation introduced by the previous administration.
The UK airline says routes to the Caribbean made a significant contribution to boosting revenues and profits.
West Indies Power will be drilling to explore the nature of geothermal energy reserves in the southwest of the island.
Low cost intraregional carrier REDjet has started discussions with an airline in Central America and several regional governments to create a new air service link with...
Leeward Islands Air Transport (LIAT) will be re-introducing a fuel surcharge on tickets from Monday. Announcing the decision today, Corporate Communications Manager Desmond Brown (pictured), said...
Tens of thousands of teachers across the country will get smartphones to improve communication and technology awareness.
The country has to reduce expenditure in order to meet targets under its IMF loan arrangement.
Now that the Barbados-carrier has permission to fly to two more countries from Trinidad, it has promised that the public will hear today what the schedules...
REDjet, the Barbados-based discount airline, is to begin flights into St Lucia from as early as October, Tourism and Civil Aviation Minister Senator Allen Chastanet announced...
But the dispute over overtime pay and meal allowances that workers claim is owed since 1983 has still not been settled.
Jamaica Ethanol Processing has shut down its ethanol plant and terminated 31 jobs after 26 years in the business. The move was completed last week after...
The court gives the nod for First Jamaica Investments Limited to merge with Pan Jamaican Investment Trust Limited.
The Finance Minister gives that assurance as two IMF reviews have been postponed pending the resolution of certain issues.
The seasonal service could become a permanent fixture for the twin-island federation if all goes well.
Guyana has unveiled a draft legal framework that is designed to help open, liberialise and make the telecommunications sector more competitive.
The Antigua-based airline has announced that it is moving towards the introduction of new pension plan arrangements for employees, but the pilots’ union say the proposal...
A UNIVERSITY of Technology lecturer has urged caution on any possible move to liberalise the distribution of energy. Darron Thomas, a specialist in competition in markets,...
THE JAMAICA Public Service Company (JPS) says it is moving with dispatch to regularise 106,000 households stealing electricity from its power lines. The utility company has...
THE BAHAMAS has banned the export of scrap metal for at least three months as copper theft cases continue to increase.The government said in a statement...
The ban follows widespread metal theft over the past three years.
The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) has taken over a second bank in Antigua and Barbuda to prevent it from collapse, after it failed to meet...
The Finance Minister says the offer was extended to the Asian country during a recent meeting with officials there.
Regional travellers will hear about new routes in a couple days.
DESPITE PROTESTING the doubling of the tourism enhancement-fee head tax, the parliamentary Opposition this week refused to vote against the measure in the House of Representatives.
One businessman and environmental enthusiast is urging the Barbados Light and Power Company(BL&P) to lead the way in importing solar panels for the use of its...
Cabinet approves an agreement for testing and research of a new solar technology.
CLICO and British American Insurance Company investors warn the Prime Minister and Finance Minister in Barbados that continued disrespect will lead to action, “the likes of...
Government has approved sale of the JPS shares to Korea East-West Power Company Limited.
There will be no summer flights as regional travellers were hoping.
Proposals are now to be put to Cabinet on the way forward for the industry.
WESTERN BUREAU: Air Jamaica is to resume service to Chicago from Montego Bay in November. The Lovebird will also be flying to Orlando, Florida, via Port-of-Spain,...
The Caribbean Association of Indigenous Bankers ( CAIB) is calling for the implementation of a centralised Caribbean credit bureau that in effect will be the main...
With gold prices at an all-time high and expected to rise further, isn’t it time you start profiting off the precious commodity? One way to do...
The new Transport Minister confirms that REDjet now has clearance to fly to Trinidad.
The leak at the site of an old gold mine in the south of the island has been contained and authorities say it poses no human...
A Parliamentary Committee has been set up to examine the proposals that are supposed to take effect next January.
Jamaican authorities will say within the next two weeks whether the takeover of Claro by Digicel will get the green light.
The airline’s management and unions have reached agreement on the month-end closure of the offices all across the region.
A Senate committee has been set up to look at breaking the monopoly held by the Jamaica Public Service Company.
The Barbados-based carrier has applied to Jamaica's Fair Trading Commission in another effort to get into that market.
It provides the framework for airlines to operate services between the two countries.
President Martelly calls on the region's businessmen to invest in Haiti.
Government intervenes after the St Lucia Banana Corporation goes into voluntary liquidation.
He points to four non-Eastern Caribbean countries within CARICOM as being the ones who must provide focused leadership on integration.
Custom made jewelry, handcrafted glow in the art pottery, authentic Jamaican footwear, clothing and accessories were just some of the numerous businesses on display that impressed...
Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Audrey Marks, has charged the membership of the American Chamber of Commerce of Jamaica (AmCham) to seize the window of...
The two move to further integrate operations following last month’s signing of the agreement finalizing Caribbean Airlines’ acquisition of Air Jamaica.
The Barbados-based businessman gets recognition in the premier business awards programme in the United States.
Motorists will get an ease on their pockets when they visit fuel pumps this week. The Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica has announced that the prices of...
The new Chinese Ambassador to Jamaica is to assist in establishing the air link between the two countries.
The United States’ newest big jet, low-cost carrier Vision Airlines will begin direct air service between Grand Bahama Island and at least five US cities in...
Economic recovery in the Caribbean from the global financial crisis is lagging, says Central Bank Governor Ewart Williams. This most recent slide, he observed, was part...
THE US Department of State yesterday announced the creation of the Caribbean IdEA Marketplace (CIM), partnering with Scotiabank, the bank with the largest commercial footprint in...
FirstCaribbean International Bank has announced that it will be branded under the CIBC banner by adopting the co-branding ‘CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank.’ FirstCaribbean’s parent company, CIBC,...
The Jamaica Promotions Corporation aim is to engage key business interests and present the island as a viable investment destination.
For the second time in a month, a senior Grenada government official has appealed to the region to “fully embrace” Information Communication Technology (ICT) as a...
