Jamaica & U.S. co-host public-private dialogue on Correspondent Banking
In recognition of the significant financial ties between the United States and the countries of the Caribbean, the Bank of Jamaica and the United States Department of the Treasury hosted a public-private roundtable on correspondent banking that took place on…
JAMPRO demands retraction from Caribbean News Now
Diane Edwards (centre), president of JAMPRO, addresses journalists during a press conference at the JAMPRO offices in Kingston on Thursday. Looking on are Robert Scott (left), vice-president of export and marketing development, JAMPRO, and Claude Duncan (right), vice-president of investments…
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Caribbean moves to strengthen management of radioactive sources
From CARIBFLAME The Caribbean is moving to improve the regulatory framework for the management of radioactive sources used in medicine, industry, agriculture and for other beneficial purposes. Through support from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the region has designed…
UN special envoy on AIDS and UNAIDS regional director visit to Jamaica
From Caribbean News Now KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United Nations secretary general’s special envoy for AIDS in the Caribbean, Dr John Edward Greene, and Latin America and Caribbean director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Dr César…
New skills for government statisticians in Cayman Islands, Jamaica, and Saint Kitts and Nevis
From ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN (ECLAC) SUBREGIONAL HEADQUARTERS FOR THE CARIBBEAN The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) are jointly hosting a…
Will Cuba’s rise obscure other Caribbean destinations?
By Brian Major From Travel Pulse Word on the street is some Caribbean travel stakeholders are looking over their shoulders following President Obama’s recent measures to ease travel and commerce between the U.S. and Cuba, all highlighted by his recent…
DB: To grow, Caribbean must lower its high energy costs
From Herald Tribune Latin America WASHINGTON – The Caribbean has “the world’s highest energy costs,” which hinder its productivity, and so it is vital to develop new sources of power generation, as Jamaica and Dominica are doing, the Inter-American Development…
Why Trinidad denied entry to 12 Jamaicans
From Caribbean News Service PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, Apr 02 2016 – The Trinidad and Tobago government says it had prevented 12 Jamaican nationals from entering the island late last month because they were “deemed likely to become charges on public funds”….
Economist magazine suggests Britain give Ja prison gift to other Caribbean countries
By Andre Poyser From Jamaica Gleaner The Economist magazine has suggested that British Prime Minister David Cameron offer the £25 million offered to Jamaica for the construction of a new prison to other Caribbean countries in need of new penal…
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Jamaican woman becomes queen in Nigeria
A Jamaican woman became the queen in a Yoruba kingdom, and her people are so excited, they made a story out of it. The Imperial ruler of Iwo kingdom, Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Rasheed Adewale Akanbi, met and married his…
