Archive for March, 2011

Jamaica is sending a five-member team to Barbados today to meet with officials to discuss the treatment of Shanique Myrie’s allegations of abuse while entering the territory.

The visit coincides with the public outrage over the reported maltreatment of a Jamaican woman by Barbados immigration officials on March 14.

Shanique Myrie reported, earlier this month, she was subjected to two demeaning cavity searches by a female immigration officer in Barbados and was detained for hours for interrogation.

Myrie, who has since retained legal ...

Not everyone is happy with the increasing number of local businessmen who own Jamaican businesses, but Jamaican Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce Karl Samuda is encouraging more locals to invest in that country.

Samuda extended an invitation to local businesses while addressing members of the Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers’ Association (TTMA) at the group’s annual general meeting at the Hilton Trinidad, St Ann’s, yesterday.

He said, “Many have expressed, at times, disappointment that a number of our businesses have had to ...

HAVANA (Reuters) – Former US President Jimmy Carter will meet with Cuban President Raul Castro, the leader of Cuba’s Catholic Church and the island’s Jewish community during a Havana visit starting  tmorrow amid speculation he will seek the release of a jailed American aid contractor.

His public schedule was issued yesterday by the Cuban government, which invited him for his second visit to the country, the first coming in 2002.

He is the only US president, in or out of power, to ...

Jamaica Information Service) The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) proposed Maggotty hydroelectric power plant in St Elizabeth is projected to employ some 200 persons during the construction phase, according to the company’s President, Damian Obiglio.

Obiglio, who addressed a community meeting held at Maggotty High School in the parish on March 24, outlined that the 6.3 megawatt plant to be constructed at a cost of US$26 million, will employ between 150 to 200 workers over two years, commencing in early 2012.

“We have ...

With a view to ensuring that Guyana improves its access to the Jamaica market, and at the same time reduce the delays and other related issues of the rice trade, Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud on Friday led a delegation from Guyana to meet with Jamaican Minister of Investment, Industry and Commerce, Carl Samuda, and other key stakeholders of Jamaica. This is according to a press release from the Ministry of Agriculture yesterday. The first meeting was held among the two ministers, ...

-but yields are higher and target could still be met, Seeraj
General Secretary of the Guyana Rice Producers Association (RPA), Dharamkumar Seeraj, told the Guyana Chronicle in an invited comment, that the situation with regard to rice is critical in Regions Two (Pomeroon/ Supenaam), Three (Essequibo Islands/ West Demerara) and Four (Demerara/ Mahaica). Regions Five (Mahaica/ Berbice) and Six (East Berbice/ Corentyne) are affected to a lesser extent, since farmers there planted their fields later than the other regions and these ...

An earthquake registering 3.5 on the Richter Scale occurred in north Trinidad yesterday.

The quake with a magnitude of 3.5 occurred along the Northern Range of Trinidad just before 1 p.m. It was reported to have been felt in Port of Spain, San Juan, Diego Martin and Curepe.

The event was located at 10.72°N and 61.61°W at a depth of 57 kilometres, the Seismic Research Unit of the University of the West Indies, St Augustine said on its website yesterday. No damage or ...

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said yesterday that Grenada should experience economic growth of nearly 1.5 per cent this year, noting that Gross Domestic Product (GDP) had declined for a second year last year.

An IMF delegation, headed by Nita Thacker ended a one week visit on Tuesday to conduct discussions on the second review of the government’s economic programme supported by the IMF’s Extended Credit Facility (ECF) that was approved on April 2, last year.

The mission ...

Fighting between rebels and forces loyal to Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi has been continuing in key cities after a fifth consecutive night of air strikes by international forces.

Overnight, several loud explosions were heard in the capital, Tripoli. In the rebel-held city of Misrata, east of Tripoli, government tanks have been shelling the area near the hospital.

There have also been reports of fierce fighting between rebels and pro-Gaddafi forces in strategic Ajdabiya.

Residents fleeing the town described shelling, gunfire and ...