Caribbean Business News

CaribWorldNews, NEW YORK, NY, Thurs. Aug. 13, 2009: Former New York City`s Commissioner of Immigrant Affairs, Dr. Guillermo Linares, may have lost his bid to get on the ballot for a council seat, but he was yesterday named to a top post in the Mike Bloomberg mayoral re-election campaign. The […]

CaribWorldNews, NEW YORK, NY, Thurs. Aug. 13, 2009: United Nations Special Envoy to Haiti, Former President Bill Clinton, has named a physician and Harvard University professor as his deputy. Clinton this week named Paul Farmer as his United Nations Deputy Special Envoy to Haiti to assist in advancing the economic […]

CaribPR Wire, ST. CROIX, USVI, Tues. Aug. 12, 2009: CIGA Promotions will ensure that partygoers in the US Virgin Islands usher in 2010 well entertained, while supporting a worthy cause, with a massive concert slated for December 31, 2009 at the Randall `Doc` James Racetrack on St. Croix, U.S. Virgin […]

CaribWorldNews, HOUSTON, TX, Weds. Aug. 12, 2009: The accounts of some customers of accused Ponzi schemer, Sir R. Allen Stanford, will remain frozen, a Dallas Court ruled Tuesday. The U.S. Appeals Court in Texas ruled that the assets will remain frozen while the court decides whether the customers principal and […]

CaribWorldNews, MIAMI, FL, Weds. Aug. 12, 2009: Advocates are pressing the Department of Homeland Security to release two Haitian parents, held in detention since May this year, to bury their  8-month-old daughter. FANM, Inc., a leading social-advocacy agency serving South Florida since 1991, want Chandeline Leonard, 32, and Lucsene Augustin, […]

CaribWorldNews, KINGSTON, Jamaica, Weds. Aug. 12, 2009: The Standard & Poor`s rating agency has been criticized by Jamaica Prime Minister Bruce Golding. The criticism comes just days after Standard & Poor`s cut Jamaica`s debt rating from B- to CCC+. But speaking on Tuesday, Prime Minister Golding said the rating agency`s […]

CaribWorldNews, NEW YORK, NY, Weds. Aug. 12, 2009: Trinidad & Tobago Petroleum Co. Ltd. has raised millions from its first dollar-denominated debt sale in two years. Petrotrin sold $850 million of 10-year dollar bonds, according to Bloomberg News. The money may be used to fund capital requirements and refinance debt, […]

CaribWorldNews, NEW YORK, NY, Weds. Aug. 12, 2009: Eight Jamaican New Yorkers along with a top Jamaican-owned business will be honored today at City Hall.  The New York City Council, under the leadership of Speaker Christine Quinn, will host its annual Jamaican Independence Day Celebration at City Hall today, Wednesday, […]