July 15, 2011
PNP criticizes government on IMF delay
The People’s National Party is criticising the Jamaican government’s management of its programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after the government announced yesterday that the review of the programme has been delayed. The review…
July 14, 2011
New Nevis cabinet sworn in
At a ceremony attended by the prime minister of St Kitts-Nevis, Dr Denzil Douglas, the five ministers of the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) were officially sworn in on Tuesday. Joseph Parry remains Premier and Minister of Finance, Statistics…
July 11, 2011
Latin America & the Caribbean makes MDG Strides
LATIN America and the Caribbean has made strides towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), but there is still much work to be done before the 2015 target date. The MDGs are a list of eight development objectives to which the…
July 11, 2011
Governor and Minister of Finance signs country 2011 budget into law.
His Excellency Governor Eugene Holiday and Minister of Finance Honourable Hiro Shigemoto signed into law the countries 2011 budget on July 7, 2011. The Naf.420.916.597 million budget is Naf.23.526.328 million less than the one that was approved by…
July 11, 2011
Jagdeo calls Piarco worst airport in the Caribbean
President Bharrat Jagdeo has described the Piraco International Airport in Trinidad and Tobago as the worst airport in the Caribbean when it comes to organization He said that it is a hassle for Guyanese passengers who have to intransit there.…
July 11, 2011
Jamaican-born US marine killed in Afghanistan buried with full honours
A Jamaican-born, United States (US) marine sergeant, who was killed in Afghanistan last month, has been laid to rest with full military honours at a US veterans cemetery. After a funeral service on Friday, family members and other mourners bid…
July 9, 2011
$300m in VAT owed
MORE THAN $300 million in Value Added Tax (VAT) was owed to the Barbados government as of last May 21. And according to Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs Chris Sinckler, there were vast insufficiencies in the current VAT legislation…
July 9, 2011
Over 700 Haitian Physicians Graduated from Cuba’s Caribbean School of Medicine
With the graduation this week of 115 new Haitian physicians, the number of young doctors from that country who have graduated from the Santiago de Cuba-based Caribbean School of Medicine rises to 731. This cooperation project, conceived by Fidel…
July 9, 2011
Grenada PM looking for greater Caribbean/Latin American ties
Grenada’s Prime Minister Tillman Thomas is interested is further cementing ties with Venezuela and other South American countries, which can help Grenada develop its energy resource sector.“We really want to see that community of Latin America and…
July 9, 2011
Hundreds of patients exposed to radiation overdose in T&T
More than 200 patients have been exposed to overdoses of radiation treatment due to malfunctioning equipment at the Brian Lara Cancer Treatment Centre, Health Minister Dr Fuad Khan has said. Dr Khan and Chief Medical Officer Dr Anton Cumberbatch…