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Cracks opening in new T&T Coalition government
Trinidad and Tobago: Signs of widening cracks in Trinidad’s governing multiparty coalition government emerged in clear terms Sunday with the deputy leader of one of the major groups saying the time has come for his party to leave after only eight months in the halls of power. Comment.
New St.Vincent consul general in New York
St Vincent: After 15 months without a consul general in New York, the Ralph Gonsalves administration in St. Vincent and the Grenadines has finally filled the position. Comment.
Almost 1,000 Jamaicans deported from the U.S. last year
Jamaica: The number of Jamaicans deported from the United States continue to decrease, with 1, 268 sent back last year, according to a published report. Comment.
Dying manufacturing sector seeks govt cure
Jamaica: SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Jan. 19 - For close to 10 years, Patrick Marzouca has just managed to keep his tiny car factory afloat in a rapidly declining productive sector. Comment.
Jagdeo would leave “tattered legacy” -- COHA
Guyana: A leading Washington-based think tank says that Guyana’s President Bharrat Jagdeo will leave a “tattered legacy” after not seeking a third term in August’s presidential elections. Comment.
Guyana opposition highlights government double standards
Guyana: Current rules forbid a person from selling a state-issued house lot until after owning it for 10 years, but Guyana opposition parties have taken no less a person to task than President Bharrat Jagdeo for disposing of his original allocation and obtaining another at a preferential rate way before the stipulated time period ended. Comment.
BBC Caribbean fades to black
Caribbean: The BBC World Service announced recently that it is going to close its Caribbean service on March 31. The news was released in a press release with the BBC issuing details of its response to a cut to its Grant-in-Aid funding from the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Comment.
Joint efforts to fight regional crime
Caribbean: Two CARICOM agencies have come together to fight crime and provide a quicker response to natural disasters in the region. Comment.
Caribbean Round-Up
Trinidad and Tobago: Antigua and Barbuda has become the first state in the sub-region to sign the Instrument of Ratification for the Revised Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Treaty of Basseterre establishing OECS economic union. Comment.
‘Leaks’ on U.S. Carib fears
Guyana: Two documents released in the past week about the WikiLeaks exposure of U.S. intelligence overseas deal with key issues regarding the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) headquarters: one having to do with American and Brazilian fears about Venezuela invading Guyana and the other about alleged close relations between a leading former drug baron and current president of neighboring Suriname, Desi Bouterse. Comment.
Thompson’s widow thrashes opposition candidate
Barbados: The widow of the late Barbados Prime Minister David Thompson resoundingly thrashed her Barbados Labor Party (BLP) rival in the Jan. 20 by-election to fill the St. John seat vacated by Thompson’s death last October from pancreatic cancer. Comment.
OECS Economic Treaty goes into effect
Caribbean: A revised treaty establishing an economic union among countries of the sub-regional Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) came into effect on Jan. 21. Comment.
Protracted recovery for ECCU from global crisis
Caribbean: ,The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Jan. 21 that the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) region faces a protracted recovery after being hit hard by the global economic downturn. Comment.
Baby Doc breaks his silence
Haiti: In breaking his silence since his unexpected return home on Jan. 16, former Haitian dictator Jean Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier told nationals on Jan. 21 that he decided to end his near 25-year exile in France to help in the reconstruction of the impoverished, French-speaking Caribbean country. Comment.
Jamaicans protest ‘James Bond’ airport
Jamaica: Not all Jamaicans are pleased with the naming of the island’s third international airport. Comments (2).
Grenada PM Independence Day Message
Grenada: On Feb. 7, 1974, Grenada began a journey that has been characterized by periods of success, triumph, challenges and at times, conflict. These attributes are synonymous with the pain of delivery, the glory of birth and the rewards of growth. Comment.
Reflection on a nation
Grenada: On Feb. 7, 2011 Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique will celebrate its 37th Anniversary of Independence from British colonial rule. Each year, around this time we take the opportunity to pay homage to all the pioneers of our independence. Those pioneers include Sir Eric Matthew Gairy, the Father of Independence, as well as all the other freedom fighters that walked before and after him. Comment.
Modest growth in the region expected
Haiti: The Caribbean region (excluding Haiti) should experience a modest growth of 2.2 percent in economic activity this year, according to the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). Comment.
Caribbean Round-up
Trinidad and Tobago: U.K. Minister for the Caribbean Jeremy Browne MP recently visited three Caribbean islands - Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados and Jamaica - to reinforce Britain’s ties and advance key British government priorities in the promotion of trade, security, sustainable development and environmental protection. Comment.
Caribbean Round-Up
Caribbean: Cuban officials say cruiser tourism has returned to the Spanish-speaking Caribbean country with the arrival on Jan. 5 of the nine-deck British cruise ship Thomson Dream. Comments (1).
US may throw out results of Haiti vote
Caribbean: The United States said on Jan. 7 that it could support the tossing of the disputed results of Haiti’s first-round presidential elections if that step is proposed by a panel of experts examining the vote. Comment.
11th-hour sweeping powers for Venezuelan president
Caribbean: CARACAS, Jan. 5, 2011 - Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez began the new year with special powers to implement his “21st century socialism”, while the opposition returned to the legislature Wednesday after a five-year absence. Comment.
Cuba announces changes to its cabinet
Caribbean: HAVANA (AP) — Cuba announced a reshuffle of its cabinet on Thursday, relieving the minister in charge of construction for undisclosed “errors” and stripping a powerful vice president of a secondary role he held as head of the Telecommunications Ministry. Comment.
Rigjhts groups condemn sexual violence in Haiti camps
Caribbean: Issuing unprecedented recommendations to the Haitian government, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has granted a legal request submitted in October by a group of advocates and attorneys for displaced Haitian women including MADRE, the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti (IJDH), the Bureau des Avocats Internationaux (BAI), the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and CUNY School of Law. The IACHR’s groundbreaking recommendations request that the Haitian government take immediate measures to prevent sexual violence against Comments (1).
Florida releases jailed Haitian prisoner to hospice
Caribbean: The Florida Parole Commission voted 2-1 on Jan. 5 in approving the release of an HIV-positive Haitian woman from a Tallahassee jail, who has been diagnosed with late stage cancer. Comment.
Longtime veep is new president of Guyana cultural group
Arts & Theater: Long-time vice president of the Guyana Cultural Association (GCA), Vibert Cambridge, is the new president of the group, which sponsors the annual folk festival in Brooklyn. Comments (1).
British defense leaves jittery Belize
Caribbean: Severe budget cutbacks by the David Cameron-led administration in London will force the long serving British military regiment to pack up and leave the Caribbean trade bloc member state of Belize in the coming weeks sparking fears that the country will be left to the mercy of neighboring Guatemala which has maintained a decades-old claim to a large chunk of Belizean territory. Comment.
Preval hints at staying on in Haiti
Caribbean: Since the November presidential and legislative elections, Haitian President René Préval gave the biggest hint that he will like to stay at the helm until the disputed polls is resolved. Comment.
More woes for CARICOM’s largest sugar producer
Caribbean: Several major strikes in the past year, including one that crippled the entire agricultural sector this month will force Guyana to buy harvesting machines from the U.S. to replace rebellious workers unwilling to cut sugar cane plants and on the ready to strike for a plethora of reasons, authorities have said. Comment.
CARICOM chairman attacks western countries
Caribbean: Grenada’s Prime Minister Tillman Thomas, the new chairman of the Caribbean Community, Sunday wasted no time in criticizing the international community for failing to meet financial pledges to earthquake-ravaged Haiti saying the region will continue pressing developed nations to honor obligations on behalf of the region’s most populous member state. Comment.
Caribbean Round-Up
Caribbean: American Airlines and American Eagle have announced that they will be making more cuts to the company’s San Juan operations with additional five-route cancellations from April 2011, including Trinidad and Tobago. Comment.
U.S. doctor teaches Haitians healing
National: Dr. James Gordon, founder of the Center for Mind-Body Medicine returned from Haiti after a five-day trip to teach healing modalities to 120 volunteers from 34 of Port au Prince’s health, mental health and religious communities. Comment.
Cruising to the breathtakingly beautiful Carib isles
Caribbean: Enjoy the excitement of different colorful Caribbean islands. Explore them on land and in their unique, incomparable underwater vistas. A cruise ship is more than a means of seeing these islands – it’s a floating island itself. Comment.
