Kingston, Jamaica – Jamaica’s long-anticipated logistics hub dream seems to be one step closer to becoming a reality. Designated Free Zone administrator and operator Masada Jamaica Limited has entered a concessionary agreement with lubricant blender Gulfray America’s Manufacturing Limited for development and management of the Spanish Town Free Zone to the tune of US$350 million. […]
WILLEMSTAD, Curacao – The participation of Curacao, for the first time, in the Havana International Fair (FIHAV) 2015 will be a bright opportunity to strengthen links with Cuba, said Curacao Minister of Economy Stanley Palm. Shortly before leaving for Havana with a business delegation to show goods and services from Curacao at FIHAV, Palm referred […]
BELMOPAN, Belize – In a historic ruling, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) ordered the Belize government to pay members of the Maya community compensation for breaching their constitutional rights. A fund of BZ$300,000 (US$150,375) is to be set up as a result of the order. The CCJ ruling was in favour of 25 members […]
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Barbados government is looking to further invest in sports tourism. This indication came recently from Minister of Sports Stephen Lashley at the official opening of the 15th Caribbean Cycling Championships Elite Road Race. He added that hosting events such as the road race or offering facilities where athletes from all over […]
SMITHS FALLS, Ontario – Tweed Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Canopy Growth Corporation, will sponsor the High Times 2015 Jamaican and World Cannabis Cups taking place in Negril, Jamaica. Tweed is a Canadian company licensed under the marijuana for medical purposes regulations to produce and sell marijuana to authorized customers. Tweed strives to supply […]
“Diversity is a source of strength and not weakness. The cabinet looks like Canada,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told the nation yesterday in introducing his history-making 30-member cabinet based on diversity. The cabinet is equally balanced between women and men, while new ministries were introduced and responsibility for refugees was added for the immigration and […]
Harvard professor Sven Beckert’s book Empire of Cotton: A Global History is a fulcrum for the constant global struggle between slaves and planters, merchants and statesmen, workers and factory owners, Penguin Random House said in its preview of the Cundill Prize finalist. The book went on to win the Bancroft Award, the Philip Taft Award […]
By Gerald V. Paul His Holiness Swami Vidyanandaji Maharaj, a recipient of the national award of Guyana, the Arrow of Achievement, has died. He was 79. Thousands from various parts of the world converged at the Cove and John Ashram, East Coast Demerara in Guyana to pay tribute to Swamiji, the first ordained Hindu monk […]
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The World Bank has named Jamaica one of the most improved economies in which to do business globally in the newly released Doing Business Report 2016 (DBR 2016). The report, which looks at countries’ performance in 11 areas of business regulation, has also ranked Jamaica 64 out of 189 countries in the […]
Suriname Trust Bank majority shareholder Jim Rassam, left, and Mohamed Maher Mannai, manager of Islamic Financial Institutions Program, are developing Islamic banking in Suriname. PARAMARIBO, Suriname – In an effort to expand its economic partners, Suriname has forged strong ties with the Islamic world by accelerating its engagement with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) […]
