Government pumping millions into ICT sector

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica government is pumping an estimated US$20 million in the development of the information communication technology (ICT) sector, Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Minister Phillip Paulwell has said. “Jamaica is on a growth trajectory once more. W...
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Prime Minister to outline budget measures on Tuesday

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC - Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony will Tuesday provide details of his administration’s fiscal policy for the next 12 months when he presents the national budget to Parliament. The government is expected to table an EC$1.3 billion (One EC dollar = US$0.37 cents) fiscal...
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Dr. Brathwaite: Country has no control

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Barbados should be conscious of its food supply, as the ability to withstand external shocks such as a nuclear accident, major terrorist attack, natural disaster or any international event that disrupts the movement of food to Barbados or leads to international food price incr...
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Climate adaptation measures not expensive, says UWI lecturer

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Barbados may have few excuses as to why it is falling behind in implementing certain climate adaptation measures, but money cannot be one of them. Speaking at a seminar last Thursday which examined “Water Management, Health and Climate Change Adaptation”, presenter...
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Rowley: Air Jamaica bleeding T&T ‘like a chop neck’

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley said yesterday Air Jamaica was bleeding Trinidad and Tobago “like a chop neck”. “Right now nobody knows what the Minister of Finance is doing by bankrolling CAL. All he is doing is giving them permission to go and borrow m...
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DON’T BLAME ME

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Former controversial Caribbean Airlines (CAL) chairman George Nicholas says he’s not to blame for the company’s present financial state. The six-year-old airline, of which Nicholas was the chairman for 16 months, has been in the red for the past three years and...
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Chairman defends board, blames ex-workers

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - CAL chairman Rabindra Moonan yesterday defended his board’s decisions in the midst of financial challenges. The six-year-old state company has found itself managing a billion-dollar debt and having to write off millions in losses owing to mismanagement of the company&...
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CARICOM HEADS VEX OVER CAL

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Shareholder governments of the regional airline LIAT say the T&T Government’s subsidy to State-owned Caribbean Airlines (CAL) is a violation of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas that governs CARICOM. Dr Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenad...
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Government to disclose financial position of Caribbean Airlines

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Finance Minister Larry Howai is expected to detail the financial position of the state-owned Caribbean Airlines (CAL) on Tuesday amid media reports that the airline has had to write off millions of dollars in losses owing to mismanagement and credit card fraud. H...
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