Nearly 15,000 pounds (6,800 kilograms) of marijuana have gone up in smoke in Jamaica. The bonfire of seized drugs follows raids on marijuana-growing and trafficking operations...
Latest job numbers from Barbados indicate that unemployment jumped to nearly 12 percent in the first quarter of 2012, pushing past the 10 percent mark recorded...
Digicel has recently entered into a financing deal that could see it well positioned to expand mobile banking technology through out the Caribbean. In an announcement...
Thirty years into the HIV and AIDS epidemic, Caribbean countries are slowly putting necessary legislation in place to ensure the rights of workers despite their HIV/AIDS...
(Reuters) – Jamaica is in advanced talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on a new lending agreement and another round of discussions aimed at hammering...
Haiti President Michel Martelly at ground breaking ceremony in Caracol. PHOTO/Haiti Libre The government of Haiti agreed Tuesday to allow a local painting manufacturing company become...
The death rate from the Haiti cholera epidemic that has killed more than 7,000 people over the past two years has finally ebbed, but the debate...
The World Economic and Financial Survey 2012 from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released earlier this week, indicates that global growth has increased to 3.6 percent...
The US-based international rating agency, Moody Investors Service, has given Barbados a negative rating outlook indicating that the islands fiscal deficits would remain high for the...
(Jamaica Gleaner) – FLOW is the latest telecommunications provider to announce a reduction in telephone rates resulting from the recent decision by the Office of Utilities...
Despite reservations among lawmakers about business readiness, operational costs and timing, the St. Lucia Senate has passed the Value Added Tax (VAT) Act, keeping the legislation...
The Civil Aviation Authority of Trinidad & Tobago (CAA) has instructed national carrier Caribbean Airlines (CAL) to drop its Air Jamaica brand from its aircraft. The...
The Government of Jamaica has introduced a special telephone tax on all calls originating in Jamaica, effective July 15, 2012. This will include a tax of...
Haiti’s infamous Cite Soleil, one of the world’s most violent and run-down slums, could boast a 15,000-seater stadium and sports complex if one philanthropist’s dreams are...
Haiti mobile operators Digicel Haiti and Voila have topped 5 million transactions under their mobile money services, thus reaching the target set by the Haiti Mobile...
(Jamaica Observer) – Telecommunications company Digicel Jamaica said today it was “disappointed” with the ruling by the Supreme Court to refuse the company’s application seeking leave...
An agreement was earlier this week between Range Developments, an affiliate of Hyatt Hotels Corporation, and Kiawah Partners to build and operate, contingent upon final financing,...
Barbados and its citizens do not want a devaluation of their currency and Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados, Dr DeLisle Worrell has delivered that...
Haiti might be “poorest country in the Americas,” but the tiny nation is also sitting on a gold mine. The new Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe says...
Jamaica together with its closest southern neighbor Colombia, has conducted a marine life survey that will help to prevent damage to the marine ecosystem when drilling...
A 5.1-magnitude earthquake shook the area of El Cachon in the Dominican Republic near the border with Haiti Saturday, according to the United States Geological Survey....
Rental Cottage at North Palmetto Point in the Bahamas. PHOTO/File With the government of Bahamas recent approval of a 2 percent reduction in the country’s stamp...
Swiftly following on the heels of the news that Prime Minister Freundel Stuart declared that Barbados would be moving to address the current trade imbalance that...
Michael Lee-Chin. PHOTO/Zuma Press/Newscom NCB Capital Markets announced plans to acquire over 96 percent of Michael Lee-Chin’s Advantage General Insurance (AGI) but declined to reveal the...
The government of Barbados will float 30 percent of its stakes in the Barbados National Oil Company, the Grantley Adams International Airport, and the Barbados Port...
(Jamaica Gleaner) – Fly Jamaica Airways, a new airline set to begin operations in Jamaica in August, has taken the owners and partners close to a...
Trinidad and Tobagos Point Fortin LNG terminal. PHOTO/File The energy sector in Trinidad & Tobago contracted in the first quarter of 2012, according to the mid-year...
Freelancer.com, one of the world’s larger outsourcing and crowdsourcing marketplace has launched in Jamaica with Freelancer.com.jm. This is set to create an optimistic atmosphere among entrepreneurs...
(Reuters) – Efforts are underway to move the last homeless quake survivors from camps in the city of Jacmel, Haiti, into rented accommodation over the next...
Barbados has announced numerous changes to the nation’s tax regime in the 2012-13 Budget. Some of the changes include revisions to the corporate and personal income...
Haiti is reportedly on the cusp of a gold rush, with exploration proceeding apace for an estimated US$20 billion worth of precious minerals buried beneath the...
St. Lucia Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony. PHOTO/File St. Lucia Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony has warned that his administration intends to take strong and brave...
Jamaica is planning to expand its health tourism offerings, according to Industry Minister Anthony Hylton. Improving the niche tourism market could help improve health care in...
(PRNewswire) – Solar streetlights are being installed throughout Haiti as part of an innovative program that aims to catalyze the decentralization of government services. The Minister...
The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) has opened applications for a new member dealer, which will grow the cohort of brokerages licensed to trade on the stock...
(Barbados Nation)The government of Barbados could soon be facing legal action from REDjet. Robbie Burns, founder and business development director of REDjet, revealed the airline had...
(Jamaica Gleaner) Digicel Jamaica has commissioned its new 4G mobile service and is marketing the service to subscribers as the ‘Surf, Stream and Share’ plan. Digicel...
Haiti is targeting up to US$600 million in foreign investment in the 2012/2013 financial year, and according to its trade ambassador, The Bahamas has a tremendous...
Montserrat Premier Reuben Meade. PHOTO/File Premier Reuben Meade of Montserrat has defeated a motion of no-confidence filed against him by the leader of the opposition Donaldson...
Barbados has not forgotten the potential of the African market for tourism, according to Tourism Minister Richard Sealy. Sealy, who was speaking recently at the launch...
Trinidad & Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar. PHOTO/File Trinidad & Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has reshuffled her cabinet, re-assigning the country’s Foreign Minister, Trade Minister,...
Trinidad & Tobago is moving to stave off a trade dispute with Barbados. Trinidad & Tobago has apologized for the actions of its food safety agency...
The Barbados Entrepreneurship Foundation Inc., (BEF) has recorded significant progress in the collaboration to ensure that Barbados is the ‘number 1 Entrepreneurial Hub in the World...
Jamaica is now the the latest jurisdiction to raise the possibility of concluding a bilateral agreement with the United States to implement the Foreign Account Tax...
A new constitution that takes effect Tuesday gives 2 million citizens of Haiti living abroad more rights in their homeland, including the ability to run for...
Montserrat Premier Reuben Meade. PHOTO/File Opposition Leader Donaldson Romeo has filed a motion of no confidence in the government of Premier Reuben Meade accusing him of...
A new report by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) has assessed The Bahamas platform as holding up to 4.3 billion barrels. The study, entitled “Assessment...
The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) “will spare no effort” to ensure that the way it does business will not put it in line for any more...
The Prime Minister of Haiti, Laurent Lamothe says his country is making headway two-and-a-half years after an earthquake claimed the lives of 300,000 people and left...
Regional banking institutions have expressed concern over the likely consequences for banking in the region over US legislation that could lead to capital flight, loss of...
An American investor has received approval from the Bahamas Ministry of Health to develop a cutting-edge clinic on Grand Bahama specializing in stem cell therapy. Okyanos...
Standard & Poor’s credit agency here has downgraded the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) from (AAA) Triple A, the firm’s highest rating, stating that its risk management...
Haitians protesting the presence of the United Nations peace keepers. PHOTO/File The accomplishments of the UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti have been overshadowed by scandals, from...
Grenada Prime Minister Tillman Thomas. PHOTO/File Grenada Prime Minister Tillman Thomas has announced a cabinet reshuffle. (More: Grenada Prime Minister Thomas to re-shuffle cabinet after surviving...
(Barbados Nation) – The last airplane belonging to REDjet left Barbados yesterday afternoon, hours after the court gave the company the all-clear to fly its aircraft...
Teofile Stevenson, earlier this year. PHOTO/Javier Galeano/AP Cuban boxer Teofilo Stevenson, the three-time Olympic heavyweight champion with a devastating right hand and a gentlemanly demeanor, has...
A boat packed with Haitian migrants headed for the United States sunk and 11 bodies have been recovered from the ocean, a Bahamas police spokeswoman said...
Getting money in Haiti can be a harrowing experience: Bank branches are few, most of them are in the capital and a simple transaction can take...
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt. PHOTO/File Usain Bolt was involved in a minor car crash shortly before dawn Sunday in his Caribbean homeland of Jamaica but was...
The new government of the Bahamas is making its financial services industry a priority. This was revealed by the new Financial Services Minister Ryan Pinder. Pinder...
Asafa Powell and Usain Bolt at a meet in Zurich. PHOTO/Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images There was less of a show in Usain Bolt’s arrival to the Diamond...
Grenada Prime Minister Tillman Thomas. PHOTO/File After surviving a vote of no confidence, Prime Minister Tillman Thomas is considering reshuffling his cabinet, informed government sources have...
Jamaica Prime Minister., Portia Simpson-Miller. PHOTO/File Jamaica Prime Minister, Portia Simpson-Miller, on Tuesday, announced a raft of measures designed to make more Jamaicans homeowners, ranging from...
(Barbados Nation) – After cutting about 10 percent of its staff in Jamaica through a voluntary separation package in 2009, Digicel is expanding its offer to...
Trinidad & Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar has announced a three-member team as part of her administration’s promises to grant internal self government to Tobago....
(Close-Up Media via COMTEX) — Leadcom announced it has won two contracts for cellular networks upgrade and expansion in the Caribbean Islands – Antigua & Barbuda...
There is very little difference between a resident of Jamaica and a non-resident purchasing or investing in stock in Jamaica. The same rules and processes apply...
(Jamaica Gleaner) Aircraft maintenance in Jamaica has been dealt a severe blow as Caribbean Airlines Limited (CAL) carried out another round of lay-offs, sending home 90...
By David Jessop Trinidad and Tobagos Point Fortin LNG terminal. PHOTO/File In March 1980 David Renwick, the Trinidadian journalist, and I wrote an extended feature for...
Cable & Wireless Jamaica (LIME) saw its revenues decline by 2 percent to JMD 20.43 billion (US$ 233 million) in the year ended 31 March 2012....
Despite an austerity budget and the initial stabs at tax reforms, Jamaica is unlikely to conclude an economic support agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF)...
The company hired by the Bahamas Petroleum Company (BPC) to plan and execute an exploratory well in Bahamian waters says it believes it will be drilling...
The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) has added Qatar and Jamaica as its 71st and 72nd member nations. The IIHF says Qatar will become a full...
By Ryan Elcock I recently stumbled upon an interesting article from the Jakarta Globe called, “China Extends its Economic Influence to the Caribbean Region” which got...
The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago has revised its projections and is now reporting that the country had entered a technical recession at the end...
Over 200 new jobs to be created for the people of Barbados and BBD$65 million (US$35.5 million) injected into the economy. (PR Newswire) – Karib Cable...
The Haiti government has launched a program that uses mobile phones to transfer cash credits to mothers who keep their children in school. The program is...
Jamaica sprinter Usain Bolt. PHOTO/Joe Klamar/AFP Usain Bolt won the 100 meters in 10.04 seconds in the wind at the Golden Spike meet Friday, his first...
The finance minister of Jamaica, Dr Peter Phillips yesterday dismissed calls for a stimulus budget saying it was enticing, but unrealistic. Making the opening presentation during...
The new government (the Perry Christie administration) in the Bahamas is planning to modernize the tax code to generate new revenue. The Progressive Liberal Party (PLP)...
The US based rating agency, Moody Investors Services (Moody’s) has downgraded the credit ratings of the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) by one notch from AAA...
(Dow Jones Newswires) – National Commercial Bank of Jamaica has filed plans to offer up to US$225 million in American depositary shares (ADS) as the Jamaican...
Incoming Governor General of Barbados., Justice Elliott Belgrave Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart has announced that Justice Elliott Belgrave will be conferred Knight of St Andrew...
Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister.,Kamla Persad-Bissessar. PHOTO/NewsDay (Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar was yesterday admitted to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Bridgetown, Barbados. Acting Prime...
Barbados and its Caribbean Community (CARICOM) neighbors will work with Mexico in the area of higher education and in assisting Haiti, still reeling from the ravages...
Opposition Leader Owen Arthur (l) and Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart. PHOTO/File A poll published in the Sunday Sun newspaper said Barbados citizens preferred the three-term...
The agreement that allowed Digicel to increase its stronghold in Jamaica could be undermined if the Jamaica Fair Trading Commission (FTC) determines that the transaction could...
Trinidad and Tobago’s Point Fortin LNG terminal. PHOTO/File Trinidad &Tobago energy minister Kevin Ramnarine revealed yesterday that Trinidad &Tobago has given Jamaica a commitment that Trinidad...
Deika Morrison, founder of Do Good Jamaica Early childhood education project plans to tap Overseas Jamaicans via crowdfunding. (PRWEB) – Do Good Jamaica’s latest project, Crayons...
Haiti Prime Minister.,Laurent Lamothe The government of Haiti is drafting legislation for the newly emerging mining industry to help this impoverished Caribbean nation reap benefits, the...
New Minister of State of Finance of the Bahamas., Michael Halkitis The incoming minister of state of finance, Michael Halkitis has revealed that the people of...
(Trinidad Express) – Energy giants BP and BG Trinidad and Tobago yesterday signed three production sharing contracts (PSCs) for oil and gas exploration as a culmination...
(Barbados Nation) While Barbados businesses gripe about how bad the economy is performing, Trinidadians are investing heavily in the country and positioning themselves for an economic...
Grenada Prime Minister Tillman Thomas. PHOTO/File Grenada’s Prime Minister Tillman Thomas has said that he is not worried about the no-confidence motion filed against him by...
Haiti President Michel Martelly. PHOTO/File In a country where the news is typically bad, if not catastrophic, many people in Haiti look at the past year...
Chris Gayle. PHOTO/Michael Mayhew/Sportsphoto The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) yesterday broke its silence on Chris Gayle’s pending return to the regional team – the “West...
Jamaicans could bid farewell to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council by the end of the parliamentary year. Governor General Sir Patrick Allen said an...
Bahamas Prime Minister., Perry Christie New Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie has announced eight new cabinet appointments, following the decision to name Philip Brave Davis as...
Jamaican sprinter.,Yohan Blake. PHOTO/File World 100 metre champions Yohan Blake, of Jamaica, and Carmelita Jeter, of the USA, won their respective events at the inaugural Cayman...
Perry Christie sworn in as Bahamas Prime Minister. PHOTO/Edward Russell III/TNG The leader of the Bahamas’ former main opposition party has been sworn in as prime...
First Citizens has signed an agreement to acquire Butterfield Bank Barbados Limited, a subsidiary of Bank of NT Butterfield and Son Limited. The acquisition, pending regulatory...
Haiti police and U.N. peacekeepers have begun cracking down on bands of armed men lobbying for the country to restore its armed forces, a U.N. spokesman...
Shivnarine Chanderpaul. PHOTO/File West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul has regained the top batsman spot in the ICC Test rankings. Chanderpaul hit 68 and 69 in the...
Barbados narrowly edged-out Puerto Rico for the highest position among Caribbean countries in the 2012 Global Information Technology Report (GITP). Placing 35th out of 142 in...
St. Kitts and Nevis’ Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Sen. the Hon. Richard Skerritt, wants Caribbean governments to reach out to grounded low-cost airline REDjet...
The tourist brochure shows pictures of lovely white sandy beaches, tall coconut trees and rolling mountains. Welcome to the Caribbean. But the picture has been changing...
Caribbean economies are expected to grow in 2012 and 2013, according to the Washington-based International Monetary Fund (IMF). It says the Caribbean is “on a glide...
(Jamaica Observer) Thousands of Jamaicans will have their personal financial information released to American authorities if local banks sign on to a new tax compliance agreement...
Leeward Islands Air Transport (LIAT) will be outsourcing its Cargo and Quikpak operations at some stations across the Caribbean. Director of Cargo and Quikpak Wilbur Edwards...
China’s economic might has rolled up to America’s doorstep in the Caribbean, with a flurry of loans from state banks, investments by companies and outright gifts...
REDjet grounded The government of Trinidad and Tobago has revoked the license of the Caribbean’s first discount airline (REDjet) as it struggles to survive. Transport Minister...
China and Europe remain the biggest threats to the Caribbean’s economy, that is, Chinese deceleration and European debt. But how vulnerable is the Caribbean to those...
Keeping in line with the economic elements of the Caribbean Community [CARICOM], its remarkable how theirs and those of many African countries are almost a mirror...
The Ministry of Health yesterday gave an assurance that the vaccination programme in public facilities was safe for young children, even as investigations continued into the...
The President of the South American nation says he wants to give special importance and priority to the needs of the Caribbean.
Caribbean journalists meeting here last weekend celebrated the news that not a single colleague was killed during the first six months of this year.
The new Chinese Ambassador to Jamaica is to assist in establishing the air link between the two countries.
The Government is trying to decide whether to join some of its Eastern Caribbean neighbours in offering Antiguan citizenship to those who can afford it.
