jamarchGOVERNMENT IN BARBADOS CONTINUES TO RESTRICT IMMIGRATION—02/21/15 Lawmakers in Barbados are defending the nation’s immigration policy in spite of a ruling from the Caribbean Court of Justice that awarded considerable financial remedies to a...
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE WANTS INCREASED BANANA PRODUCTION—02/23/15 Derrick Kellier, Jamaican Minister of Labor and Social Security, said that the island’s banana industry is poised to increase production. According to Kellier, developments...
Staff WriterFIRST NEXUS CARIBBEAN YOUTH SUMMIT HELD—02/14/15Jamaica was the site of the first Nexus Caribbean Youth Summit. The event features speeches from philanthropists like the CEO and chairman of Sandals Resorts Adam Stewart and the CEO of Geneva Global...
AVON TO END OPERATIONS IN 16 CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES—02/14/15Avon Product Incorporated has decided to end its operations in 16 Caribbean nations. According to a company spokesperson, the firm will not accept orders from Jamaica, Haiti, the Bahamas, and...
USE OF CONTRACEPTIVES RISING IN JAMAICA—02/14/15According to the National Family Planning Board (NFPB), there has been an increase in the use of contraceptives among Jamaican women. Eighty-five percent of women reported using a contraceptive method...
RATE DETERMINATION TO BE APPEALED—02/07/15The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) plans to appeal a rate determination made by the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) in January 2015. JPS will appeal several issues linked to losses in the areas of...
CARIBBEAN TRAVELERS SICKENED BY MOSQUITO VIRUS—02/07/15Many visitors to the Caribbean region return home with a mosquito-borne virus that has recently appeared there. The chikungunya virus causes very severe joint pains, but few physicians in the...
PRIME MINISTER LAUDS BOB MARLEY ON HIS BIRTHDAY—02/07/15Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller marked the 70th anniversary of Bob Marley’s birth by offering a message that emphasized the reggae star’s legacy to Jamaica and the...
HYLTON WELCOMES INVESTMENT BY TOYOTA JAMAICA—01/31/15Anthony Hylton, Jamaica’s Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, participated in a ground-breaking at the site of a new branch of Toyota Jamaica Ltd. Hylton welcomed the firm’s...
PUERTO RICO TO HOST BIGGEST BASEBALL EVENT IN CARIBBEAN—01/31/15Puerto Rico will host the Caribbean Series, the largest baseball event in the region. The games will be played at the Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan. This is the first series in...