Guyana to celebrate Amerindian Heritage Month
August 26th 2011 8:21 PMThe spotlight will be on Guyana’s indigenous people, the Amerindians, throughout September, designated Amerindian Heritage Month. The Ministry of Amerindian Affairs has planned a series of activities to celebrate this month including an interfaith service. The activities will be observed under the theme, “Our culture, our heritage, our life: a read more…

Lightning strikes Virgin boss’s house
August 26th 2011 5:46 PMKate Winslet among guests forced to flee Branson’s home OSCAR-winning actress Kate winslet was among guests forced to flee after a fire sparked by a lightning strike swept through Richard Branson’s opulent home on the tycoon’s private Caribbean island. Sir Richard said about 20 people were staying in the eight-bedroom read more…

JA to honour trade pact with Costa Rica
August 19th 2011 1:57 PMJAMAICA has promised to implement its free trade agreement with Costa Rica. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade in Jamaica said that Costa Rica’s Minister of Foreign Trade, Anabel Gonzalez, met with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Dr Kenneth Baugh, “to discuss the read more…

Jamaica proposes school for ‘disruptive’ boys
August 19th 2011 7:06 AMEDUCATION Minister Andrew Holness is hoping that by the end of October a rehabilitative residential school for “disruptive students” will be completed. “We expect to be ready by the end of October. We already have the programme established, the curriculum established and we have started to recruit teachers already,” Holness read more…

No new taxes, says St. Kitts-Nevis PM
August 5th 2011 8:44 PMST. KITTS and Nevis Prime Minister Dr. Denzil Douglas has reiterated that the home-grown US$84 million or EC$226m stand-by arrangement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) do not include any tax increases. “This programme is not associated in any way with any taxes whatsoever,” said Douglas to Chamber President Michael read more…

Jamaican minister urges CARICOM to do more
August 5th 2011 8:37 PMJAMAICA’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Dr. Kenneth Baugh, has emphasised the need for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to do more to demonstrate the positives that are happening in the region. This, he said, is in response to the public perception that the Community is failing and that read more…



