Opposition Spokesman on Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Edmund Bartlett is urging the Government to address concerns by some Jamaicans that a heavy Chinese economic infusion into Jamaica could negatively affect the country’s sovereignty. Bartlett described the prevailing suspicion of the Chinese as an age-old discussion on how international aid and investment influence the sovereignty […]
In 2010, a secret “core group” of foreign dignitaries sought to force the president of Haiti out of office in a coup. They also engineered an intervention in Haiti’s presidential elections that year that ensured that the governing party’s candidate would not proceed to a runoff. These are the revelations being made by the Organization […]
After months of speculation, the Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ) confirmed that Goat Islands will be the site of a Chinese seaport. The port, which will form a part of the much-touted logistics hub, will provide 10,000 permanent jobs. The area to be developed will total 600 acres, he said. Goat Islands are cays situated […]
Paramaribo – Defence ministers of South American states have spoken out against intervention in Venezuela. The ministers said at the close of the annual Defence Council meeting of the Union of South American States Unasur in Suriname that the “social and political unrest” in Venezuela should be viewed as an internal matter. “Venezuela is a […]
New York – International credit rating agency Fitch has upgraded Jamaica’s credit rating after the country completed its debt exchange last week. The agency lifted Jamaica’s long-term foreign currency issuer default ratings to triple-C, seven notches into junk territory, from restricted default. According to the Wall Street Journal, the upgrade concludes Fitch’s assessment of the […]
DEAR EDITOR, Financial Advisor from the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF), Roger Hernandez, stressed that passing the new Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) (Amendment) Bill is not good enough. It must be implemented! Laws passed without implementation and enforcement are useless, toothless and an exercise in wasted time. Guyana already […]
The Trinidad & Tobago Government is preparing a contingency plan involving Caribbean Airlines to evacuate any T&T nationals and staff of the country’s Caracas Embassy out of strife-torn Venezuela if the situation there deteriorates further, according to acting Foreign Affairs Minister Roodal Moonilal. Clashes have been taking place since February 12 between students and state […]
Museveni says homosexuals are “mercenaries” and “prostitutes” as he signs law setting harsh penalties for gay practices Uganda’s president has signed a controversial anti-gay bill that allows harsh penalties for “homosexual offences”, calling them “mercenaries” and “prostitutes”. Yoweri Museveni on Monday signed the bill, which holds that homosexuals be jailed for long terms, outlaws the […]
MARIJUANA advocates in Jamaica are on a high after Leader of Government Business in the House of Representatives Phillip Paulwell signalled that the use of marijuana in specific quantities is on the Parliamentary agenda for decriminalisation in the upcoming legislative year. However, in casting aside any notion of an impending legalisation of the weed, Paulwell, […]
Two University of Toronto (U of T) graduates from the Caribbean have been named 2014 Rhodes Scholars to pursue studies at Oxford University next year. Aliyyah Ahad and Chloe Walker attended the U of T’s Innis College are from Bermuda and Barbados respectively. The Rhodes Scholarships are among the world’s most prestigious postgraduate awards, with […]
