S Coward
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U.S.V.I. unemployment rate at 8 percent
- By S Coward
- Published Yesterday
- Financial Crisis/ Recession
- Unrated
March 16, 2010 -- The V.I. Labor Department released its latest unemployment figures Monday.The bad news: 8 percent of the territory's workers are looking for jobs.
March 16, 2010 -- West
Indies bowlers Darren Sammy, Dwayne Bravo and Kemar Roach have all
achieved career-best rankings in the Reliance Mobile International
Cricket Council ODI Player Rankings.
The Twenty-First Inter-Sessional
Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of
the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held in
Roseau, Dominica, on 11-12 March 2010. The
Honourable Roosevelt Skerrit, Prime Minister of the
Commonwealth of Dominica, presided.
Trinidad: Bottled water trade in jeopardy
- By S Coward
- Published Yesterday
- Environment/Energy
- Unrated
Port-of-Spain -- March 16, 2010 -- Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) is considering suspending the
licences of the six major water bottling companies in T&T,
according to a source at the utility.
Barbados: Prime Minister's Statement in House on Estimate
- By S Coward
- Published Yesterday
- Economy, Trade & Investment
- Unrated
Bridgetown -- March 16, 2010 -- Even more important, the obsession with GDP and other financial indices as determinants of our success has led us to neglect the underlying social fundamentals that have been dragging us down: deteriorating values, low productivity, surliness in our service industries, family disintegration and a general social disconnect.
Bahamas Meets Internationally Agreed Tax Standards
- By S Coward
- Published Yesterday
- Banking/ Finance
- Unrated
March 16, 2010 -- Seven Tax Information Exchange Agreements signed between the Government of The Bahamas and the Governments of the Nordic countries of Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Greenland and
the Faroes.
Cayman Islands: Remarks by the Premier, Honourable McKeeva Bush, on Meetings with the FCO
- By S Coward
- Published Yesterday
- Financial Crisis/ Recession
- Unrated
Georgetown, Cayman Islands -- March 16, 2010 -- Last year the Cayman Islands Government,
in agreement with the United Kingdom, commissioned an independent study
to determine the feasibility of implementing revenue sources for the
Government. This study also entailed examining the Government
expenditures as well as its debt sustainability.
Miller Commission Says No to Direct Taxes in Cayman Islands
- By S Coward
- Published Yesterday
- Economy, Trade & Investment
- Unrated
Georgetown, Cayman Islands -- March 16, 2010 -- Direct taxation
has been ruled out for The Cayman Islands, according to a report from
an independent economic commission published this week.
Anguilla: Statement on Fiscal Position
- By S Coward
- Published Yesterday
- Economy, Trade & Investment
- Unrated
March 16, 2010 -- Given the situation with respect to the recurrent and capital accounts Government’s overall balance for 2009 was a deficit of EC$69.10 million.
Air Canada to Double Weekly Flights to Jamaica
- By S Coward
- Published Yesterday
- Airlines/Cruiselines
- Unrated
Montreal -- March 16, 2010 -- Air Canada announced that beginning this May it will significantly increase its service from Toronto to the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston by doubling the number of weekly flights to the Jamaican capital and deploying larger aircraft on certain days of the week.