VICTORIA, Seychelles – A report by the London-based Commonwealth Secretariat is warning Caribbean countries if they continue on their current development path, by 2050 they will face unmanageable debt, poor growth and greater socio-economic problems. The report, launched at the Fourth Global Biennial Conference on Small States in Seychelles, looks at the current policies and […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Trinidad and Tobago government is considering decriminalizing marijuana and is reviewing existing legislation as well as planning wide consultation before adopting any position, Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi has said. Al-Rawi told media there has been “a full exercise of analyzing the types of crime in our prisons and the […]
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 […]
WASHINGTON, United States – Approximately US$1.8 billion would be needed to end poor housing conditions currently endured by 1 million residents in The Bahamas, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago, according to a new Inter-American Development Bank report, The State of Housing in Six Caribbean Countries. The report, which analyzed the implementation of […]
In June of this year], significantly larger ships will be able to pass via an enlarged Panama Canal between the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. Together with other infrastructural developments this is leading some Caribbean governments to hope that with the support of investors from outside the region, Panama’s development as a hub for […]
MIAMI, Florida – The U.S. government and the Securities Exchange Commission on March 15 indicted Mark A. Jones, former chairman and VP of Global Gateway Solutions Inc., with defrauding retirees in a “bridge loan fund” Ponzi scheme. Jones was arrested in Miami on March 13 and on March 15 was bound over to Judge […]
With Zika confirmed in three pregnant women in Barbados and Caribbean Canadians in Toronto worried about relatives back home, The Camera is doing all it can to help, including a GoFundMe drive to help public health authorities there pay to fight the mosquito-borne disease. To donate, please use gofundme.com/xtmy5drn. We are also expecting to hear […]
A “crisis” looms over policing in Toronto unless radical changes are made, including harnessing social media technology, says Deputy Police Chief Peter Sloly. Sloly, currently on leave and who was passed over last year for chief in favour of Mark Saunders, who is also Black, has expertise in social media and issued his warning at […]
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – A Grenadian has been chosen as the new governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) to replace the retired Sir Dwight Venner who spent 26 years at the helm of the bank. Timothy Antoine, Grenada’s Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance for 14 years, will officially assume office on […]
Recently, The Camera caught up with Jo Campbell to find out what he’s been up to since he closed his popular JoJo’s Caribbean Bakery in 2000. This is what he told us: These days, it is unusual for me to go anywhere in the city without bumping into a former customer. The discussion almost always […]
