By Gerald V. Paul Clarissa Riehl, Guyana’s recently appointed High Commissioner to Canada, called on Guyanese ” in the Diaspora” to promote their native land ” as a place to do business, to generate industries and to relax.” She was speaking at Guyana’s 50th Independence Anniversary Awards Gala on Saturday at the Brighton Convention and […]
By Lincoln Depradine Grenadians living in Canada no longer are required to purchase American currency to obtain a passport at the Toronto-based Consulate General, which is headed by Derrick James. James made the announcement at a recent town hall meeting in Toronto. Previously, Grenadians were required to pay US$125 for a new passport and US$250 […]
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica – Jamaica is trying to cash in on the multi-billion-dollar health and wellness tourism sector that several Caribbean countries are turning to in order to boost visitor numbers, but it won’t be traditional medicine it plans to use to reach a high in tourist arrivals. Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett said Jamaica’s lush […]
Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett arrived in Toronto on Monday for discussions this week with industry stakeholders on strategies to boost visitor arrivals from Canada. Accompanying the minister is a three-member delegation from the Jamaica Tourist Board -John Lynch, chairman, Paul Pennicook, director of tourism and Marcia McLaughlin, deputy director of tourism, marketing. Bartlett […]
Violence in vulnerable neighborhoods in Toronto and the problems which his own grand-daughter faced in finding work moved retired physics professor Allan Carswell to provide funding through a charitable foundation that will create more jobs this summer for youth at risk. The funding will come from the Carswell Family Foundation which Professor Carswell established several […]
NEW YORK CITY – The UN Security Council has expressed deep disappointment that Haitian officials failed to meet election and inauguration deadlines agreed upon in the February political accord, calling on all concerned to ensure the prompt return to constitutional order. In a statement, the council welcomed, however, the reconstitution of the Provisional Electoral […]
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Expedia group, a leading travel company, reports that travel demand to Jamaica on all Expedia sites grew nearly 20% in 2015 compared to 2014. Package bookings, transactions that combine components like flights and hotel, continue to increase in Jamaica year over year. Destinations that experienced a noteworthy increase in package bookings in […]
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – As two more indigenous banks in the region go under, the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) is concerned about the status of the financial stability of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU). In recent days, the National Bank of Anguilla Ltd (NBA) and the Caribbean Commercial Bank (CCB) were closed and […]
BOSTON, Massachusetts – Following his indictment and arrest on charges of running a $10 million Jamaica “bridge loan” Ponzi scheme, Mark Jones, part owner and former director of a business-process outsourcing entity in Jamaica, is reportedly negotiating with U.S. authorities, possibly in an attempted plea bargain. Meanwhile, Caroline Hay, the attorney for the business, Global […]
CASTRIES, St Lucia — Saint Lucia is on target to begin geothermal exploratory drilling. The recently completed surface exploration studies, designed to better understand the geothermal resource conditions, suggest that the resource exists outside of the Sulphur Springs area and outside of the Piton Management Area (PMA). This is good news, as earlier concerns about […]
