KINGSTON, Jamaica - HAITI has unearthed real potential for Jamaica Broilers as the local-based company expands its reach in the Caribbean market.
A year after setting up shop in that eastern Caribbean island, Donald Patterson, vice-president of accounting and information system at the Jamaica Broilers Group, said he expects "great things" from the earthquake-ravaged country.
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves says the local economy has shown slight improvement during the first three months of this year , but that preliminary figures show a “deterioration” in April.
“On the face of it, for the first three months, we have an improvement in the fiscal situation. But, I have seen the preliminary numbers, which have not been confirmed to me yet in relation to April and I see a deterioration in April.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad- Next Monday’s debate on the Opposition’s no-confidence motion against the Prime Minister will be a marathon one, lasting into Tuesday, Communication Minister Jamal Mohammed said yesterday.
Speaking at yesterday’s post-Cabinet media briefing, Mohammed said all Government MPs would speak and were prepared to debate into Wednesday if necessary.
PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC - Suriname’s Government has announced that it will be investing in solar energy to bring electricity to remote communities across the country
Gunzi, a Maroon village in the upper Suriname River region will serve as test subject for the project that was announced last Tuesday at the Cabinet of the President.
Alternative energy company WTEC from the United States was contracted to execute the project, in close cooperation with the Ministry of Natural Resources, national electricity company EBS and the Anton de Kom University of Suriname.
KINGSTON, Jamaica - In a bid to safeguard biodiversity and the Caribbean's tourism-based economy, regional political leaders and corporate executives will gather Friday on billionaire Richard Branson's private island with the aim of protecting 20 per cent of the region's coastal resources by 2020.
CASTRIES, St.Lucia , May 16, CMC-Specialists from the OECS Secretariat are meeting in Basseterre, St Kitts Nevis, this week for a consultation on national and regional measures to better facilitate trade in keeping with the emerging commitments being negotiated on Trade Facilitation in the World Trade Organisation.
This will be the final in the current series of national consultations which began in February 2013.
NEW YORK, CMC - The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), has placed Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago on a watch list of countries that have failed to make the adequate copyright payments for U.S. musical compositions aired in the broadcast media.
The USTR also decided to retain Jamaica although the country has taken steps to enforce regulations related to copyright payments.
ST.JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC-Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Baldwin Spencer says he is backing new West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) President Dave Cameron to advance the sport in the region.
Prime Minister Spencer underlined his confidence in the new WICB president after wide-ranging talks between the two leaders in the Antiguan Capital.
Spencer, who is also the chairman of Caricom’s Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee on Cricket, says cricket will benefit from Cameron’s track record in management and his years of experience with the WICB.
ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC) – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit Saturday married Melissa Poponne, “his sweetheart for many years” according to an official statement.
The statement from the Office of the Prime Minister said that Skerrit, 40, and Melissa were married at the Bourne Roman Catholic Chapel, followed by a private reception at the Prime Minister’s private residence in Vieille Case.
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – The Bahamas says it will spend an estimated US$200 million acquiring nine medium-to-long range vessels to augment the Royal Bahamas Defence Force’s (RBDF) fleet.
National Security Minister Dr. Bernard J. Nottage says he has signed a Letter of Intent with the Netherlands-based DAMEN Shipyards that also includes improvements to the RBDF’s existing bases and harbours and a 70 per cent increase in human capital.
“This $200 million venture will represent the single largest investment to date in the Defence Force’s history,” Nottage said.