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Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Nov 1, 2009

  Latin America/The Caribbean: Hunger still prevalent

Only Brazil, Chile and Cuba have advanced in the fight against hunger. The population suffering from hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean is on the rise again, said the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Oct. 16, World Food Day. Jacques Diouf, the body´s...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Oct 5, 2009

  Bahamian Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham on Bank Secrecy and The Bahamas' Financial Services Sector

Banking secrecy is one of the pillars of The Bahamas' financial services sector and there's no plan to change that. This point was made by Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham during an interview with Reuters at the recent Americas Conference, held in Florida. He did stress, however, that The...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Sep 7, 2009

  China pledges support to Bahamas in tax haven fight

By CANDIA DAMES ~ Guardian News Editor ~ candia@nasguard.com: A high-ranking official of the People's Republic of China has pledged his nation's support to The Bahamas as this country and other offshore financial jurisdictions face increasing pressures from powerful countries. Wu Bangguo,...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Jul 8, 2009

  Bahamas: Loss provisioning loses more ground to non-accruals

By VERNON CLEMENT JONES ~ Guardian Business Editor ~ vernon@nasguard.com: Loan loss provisioning at the country's commercial banks continues to lose ground against growing arrears, says the latest Central Bank report. It's a phenomenon only expected to worsen. "Banks augmented loan loss...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Jul 4, 2009

  Regional integration is the last best hope for the Caribbean, says Barbados PM

GEORGETOWN, Guyana — David Thompson, Prime Minister of Barbados, said this week that the Caribbean was faced with global economic convulsions of unprecedented proportions, which had reinforced convictions that regional integration “is the last best hope” for the Caribbean Community...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  May 27, 2009

  The shameful history of the OAS (II)

• The OAS against Cuba • Inter-American complicity in and legitimization of U.S. aggression against the Cuban people • Raúl Roa’s battle for dignity ON March 18, 1959, just two and a half months after the popular victory of January 1st, Raúl Roa García, the new Cuban...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  May 20, 2009

  The world needs peace, social justice and health in the face of the crisis

GENEVA, May 19.— Cuba stated today at the World Health Assembly that the crises currently affecting the world require a system of peace based on social justice and the guarantee of access to health as a fundamental right for all. Speaking in this Swiss city at the 62nd session of the annual...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Apr 17, 2009

  Caribbean cannot base tourism on US embargo against Cuba

By Sir Ronald Sanders: US President Barack Obama has fulfilled a promise made to Cuban-Americans during last year’s Presidential campaign to ease travel restrictions allowing them to visit Cuba as they wish, and to send money back home to their dependents. This decision has caused more...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Apr 13, 2009

  Cuba readies for possible influx of US tourists

By Jeff Franks: VARADERO, Cuba (Reuters): Behind the mangroves that skirt the blue waters of Cuba's Bay of Cardenas, a 1,500-slip marina is taking shape as the island's tourism industry braces for what could be its biggest challenge yet. The Americans are coming -- or they may be, soon....... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Apr 6, 2009

  UK's Brown to call in banks on imposing G20 rules on tax havens

LONDON, England (Reuters): Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Sunday he would be calling in the heads of British banks to discuss how new international rules on supervision of tax havens agreed at the G20 will be implemented. He said this process would start on Monday with an initial meeting...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Apr 5, 2009

  Guyana government to bear cost if efforts to recover Bahamas investments fail, says president

GEORGETOWN, Guyana: President Bharrat Jagdeo says the Guyana government may phase an allocation of US$34 million over a ten-year period to be borne by the treasury should the monies invested by CLICO Guyana in CLICO Bahamas not be recovered, further bolstering the guarantee he made to...... [view]

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