Guyana to celebrate Amerindian Heritage Month

August 26th 2011 8:21 PM

The 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…

Necker Island

Lightning strikes Virgin boss’s house

August 26th 2011 5:46 PM

Kate 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…

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Dr. Kenneth Baugh

JA to honour trade pact with Costa Rica

August 19th 2011 1:57 PM

JAMAICA 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's Education Minister Andrew Holness

Jamaica proposes school for ‘disruptive’ boys

August 19th 2011 7:06 AM

EDUCATION 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

No new taxes, says St. Kitts-Nevis PM

August 5th 2011 8:44 PM

ST. 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

Jamaican minister urges CARICOM to do more

August 5th 2011 8:37 PM

JAMAICA’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…

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