St. Lucia PM wants greater role for WINFESH

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC - Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony says the Windward Islands Banana Production and Marketing Company (WINFRESH) has a “moral” obligation to ensure the survival of the banana industry in the St. Lucia, Dominica, Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Addressi...
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Chamber of Commerce says no IMF deal before April

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC - President of the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC), Francis Kennedy says it is highly unlikely that the country will seal a deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) before the end of next month. On Tuesday Finance Minister, Dr. Peter Phillips said he was still hopefu...
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Aristide’s party to run in next election

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti's most prominent political party said yesterday it will try again to run candidates in upcoming legislative elections after being banned in the two most recent votes. Maryse Narcisse, a spokeswoman for the political party of former President Jean-Bertran...
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Haitian president calls for investments in his country

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Haiti’s President and CARICOM Chairman Michel Martelly says his country is open for business. His declaration came on Thursday at a news briefing at the CARICOM Secretariat at Lilliendaal, East Coast Demerara. Martelly said they were looking to bring jobs into the ...
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Clearance cancelled

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Shanique Myrie was actually cleared to enter Barbados when she first arrived in the country two years ago. But that clearance was cancelled moments later, after it was determined by Immigration Department officials at the Grantley Adams International Airport that the Jamaican...
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PM underscores need for sustainable energy programme

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer Wednesday underscored the need for Antigua and Barbuda to develop a sustainable energy programme in light of ever increasing oil prices on the global market and the need to deal with the impact of climate change. Addressing the na...
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Cabinet retreats again!

KINGSTON, Jamaica - FOR THE fifth time since forming the Government in January 2012, the Portia Simpson Miller-chaired Cabinet is to go into retreat. Sandrea Falconer, minister with responsibility for information, said the Cabinet retreat will take place this Sunday. "Cabinet ministers will discus...
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IMF programme held up

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica government says “contingency discussions” involving various international financial institutions have held up its programme for approval by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips told legislators that the discu...
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Jamaica pointed to cheap solutions to internal trade barriers

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Jamaica faces external non-tariff barriers to trade mainly from the United States, followed by Barbados and Antigua and Barbuda. But a new report also cites Jamaica for throwing up its own internal blockades to trade flows, which hamper exports. The new International Trade Centre...
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Urgent meeting to discuss new threat to banana industry

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC-Agriculture Ministers from the Windward Islands will be meeting here on Thursday to prepare for another major threat to the still vital regional banana industry. The industry is grappling with the Asian banana disease, described as a new and formidable enemy, which authorit...
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