Kingstown is dirty, dangerous and unfit as a cruise ship destination
By Peter Binose The Unity Labour Party government is in yet another crisis situation as cruise ships cancel Saint Vincent as a cruise destination. According to my Ministry of Tourism informant the following are some but not all the reasons…
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OUR CARIBBEAN: Pope, Cuba, US and Caricom
By Rickey Singh, From Barbados Nation News When the first Latin American pope holds his first meeting today at the White House with the first African-American president of sole superpower United States, the quartet of visionary leaders of the Caribbean…
The View from Europe: Investing in tourism
By David Jessop From Caribbean News Now A few days ago in London, the Bahamas prime minister, Perry Christie, told a meeting organised by Caribbean Export that the region needed a new formula to maximise investment. Caribbean Export’s message was…
Caribbean hotels enjoy fourth consecutive year of double-digit NOI growth
By Vicky Karantzavelou From Travel Daily News Rooms revenue (57.6 percent of total revenue in 2014) continues to be the greatest source of revenue for Caribbean properties. Last year, hotels in the Trends survey sample saw rooms revenue increase by…
CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship Semifinals kickoff times changed
Key Matches for Tickets to Rio Olympic Games Shifted One Hour Forward MIAMI (Monday, August 31, 2015) – The Confederation of North Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) today announced that the two October 10 semifinal matches of the…
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Community Events Grand Court Jurors Report Date Changed The Grand Court jury report date has been changed. Grand Court Jurors who are in the 1 July – 6 October 2015 session, the report date of Monday, 31 August, 2015 has…
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Tighter banking regulations and the Caribbean
By David Jessop, From Dominican Today A few days ago the London Financial Times carried an interesting commentary on the growing problem that financial institutions in smaller nations such as those in the Caribbean are having in establishing or maintaining…
Revealing pledge by Cuba’s president
By Rickey Singh, From Barbados Nation News Guided by varied experiences of national, regional and international developments, readers of this column may have long come to accept the adage that in politics all things are possible – at times quite…
Warm people, breathtaking scenery in Cuba
By John Schneider, For the Lansing State Journal Tell someone you’re going to Cuba and two subjects are likely to arise within the first 20 seconds of that conversation: cars and cigars. That’s no surprise. The iconic image of Havana…
New bill to create financial rogues’ register makes perfect sense US Outlook
By Andrew Dewson from the Independent UK Some might say that American justice is a little skewed in favour of white-collar criminals. Compare the fate of your average rogue Wall Street trader with that of Junior Allen, a North Carolina…
