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No politics in e-mail probe

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - The man leading the probe into “emailgate” said yesterday there was no prejudice in the investigation and he will not let politics tarnish his work. Deputy Commissioner of Police Mervyn Richardson, in a brief telephone interview with the Express, said the police did not leak any information to the media, following an interview with Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley on Tuesday. On Wednesday, the Express received a report that Rowley had refused to hand over his computer, but Rowley, in an immediate response, described the reports as “completely untrue and totally false

GraceKennedy eyes Haitian market

KINGSTON, Jamaica - GRACEKENNEDY has its sights set on entering the Haitian market, as the Jamaica-based conglomerate continues on its mission to grow its international footprint. "Haiti is on our radar. In fact I have gone into Haiti to look at opportunies," GK Foods CEO Michael Ranglin told shareholders on Wednesday at the company's annual general meeting in Kingston.

Barbados to establish Revenue Authority

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados will establish a revenue authority this year because of a number of issues including inconsistencies in revenue collection, particularly at the Customs. Finance and Economic Affairs Minister Chris Sinckler recalled an instance last year, when Barbados was asked to explain to the World Customs Organisations, the discrepancies in revenue collected for goods imported from Japan. “… last year 2012, Japan reported exporting in value US$68 million in reconditioned or used vehicles to Barbados.

Government announces new fiscal measures to help boost local economy

NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – The Bahamas government has announced a series of fiscal measures it hopes will turn around an economy that recorded slight growth last year but below the nearly three per cent figure that had been projected. Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Perry Christie, presenting the 2013/14 “Budget Communication” to Parliament late Wednesday, said the prospects for the Bahamian economy in both 2013 and 2014 “remain unchanged from the projections presented in both last year’s Budget Communication and the Mid-Year Budget Statement.

Many injured as fire destroys government building

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – At least 31 people were injured when a fire, believed to have been started through a combustible combination of Clorox and fertilizer, destroyed a government building in the capital. Police said the blaze on Thursday also destroyed other businesses, including a market that sold used clothes, as well as destroying several vehicles that were parked outside. The municipal co-ordinator for Haiti's Civil Protection Department, Gue Verlien, said while there were no deaths, those hurt were taken to two government-run hospitals and a medical centre run by the international

Region against guns: Caribbean committed to fight against weapons and crime

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - THIS island’s top cop has revealed steps are being taken – not only on the local front, but regionally – to arrest the problem of gun crimes. Speaking during the hand-over of a hydraulic shears at the Central Police Station from the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC), Commissioner Darwin Dottin noted that there were countries in this region where more than 80 per cent of all homicides were committed with the aid of a firearm. “There are several reports from International agencies that have

Regional fisheries ministers meeting in Barbados

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Caribbean fisheries ministers are meeting in Barbados on Friday to discuss the work of the Belize-based Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM). “This is a very important meeting in terms of forging a new strategic direction for the fisheries sector,” said CRFM Executive Director, Milton Haughton. He said the seventh meeting of the CRFM Ministerial Council will consider a number of coordinated initiatives aimed at progressively improving “the standard of living of our fisherfolk, particularly those in the small-scale fisheries sector (as well as) the region’s

Guyana: Prospects for sustained development

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Describing for a friend my impressions of the Guyanese economy after a brief visit, I simply exclaimed: the economy is bubbling. The observant traveller needs no recourse to gross domestic product numbers, growth rates, bauxite, rice, rum production or foreign-exchange rates.
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