The government of The Bahamas and the Inter-American Development Bank signed a letter of intent yesterday securing up to $450,000 to improve the planning capacity of the Office of the Prime Minister.
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Pictured: (left to right seated) Linda Turnquest, IT, GB Shipyard; Mick Holding, CFO, GB Shipyard; Carl Rotkirch, president and CEO, GB Shipyard; Fred Mitchell; Michael Darville; Picewell Forbes: Reuben Boyd, VP GB Shipyard; and Graham Couser, VP Sales, GB Shipyard. The 26 trainees are pictured standing. Click here to see enlarged photo. (BIS Photo/Vandyke Hepburn)

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Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) celebrates its 45th anniversary of uninterrupted service in The Bahamas this year, highlighting the key role the islands play in the continued growth and development of the company’s network between the US and Latin America.

“Delta is part of the Bahamas’ history, as we have provided services to the country for 45 years,” says Nicolas Ferri, Delta´s vice president, Latin America and the Caribbean.

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MONTREAL, June 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – Air Canada today said that growth of its leisure carrier subsidiary, Air Canada rouge, is on track to expand to a total of 23 holiday destinations in the Caribbean, Mexico, Florida and Las Vegas for its 2013-2014 winter season.

“We are delighted with the response to Air Canada rouge’s inaugural summer season as it prepares for take-off July 1st,” said Calin Rovinescu, President and Chief Executive Officer, in Toronto for a pre-inaugural event with employees and media.  “Our plans for growing the Air Canada rouge fleet are on track to serve more holiday destination markets where we can now compete on a more cost effective basis operating our new leisure carrier, while leveraging the strength of Air Canada Vacations. Once Air Canada rouge completes its inaugural summer season to Edinburgh, Venice, Athens and a number of Caribbean destinations, its flying will expand southward for the winter to an additional 13 destinations in the Caribbean, Mexico and select U.S. holiday markets. I would like to commend Michael Friisdahl and his team at Air Canada rouge for overcoming the complexity and challenges of launching a new carrier in record time with professionalism and an impressive sense of purpose. I also congratulate the first Air Canada rouge inflight graduating class who we expect will set an excellent customer service standard for vacation travel.”

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Pictured: Errol McLoed (left), of Labour and Small and Micro Enterprise Development, Trinidad and Tobago, and Edison Sumner, chief executive officer of the Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers Confederation. (Photo/BCCEC)

Representatives of The Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers Confederation (BCCEC) attended the International Labour Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, earlier this month.

The BCCEC delegates were there to ensure compliance with international labour standards and discuss important issues of concern to the world of work such as job provision for growing and aging populations, sustainable development, social dialogue and recession recovery.

The broad policies of the International Labour Organization (ILO) are set at the International Labour Conference, which meets once a year in June in Geneva.

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Addressing the Caribbean Growth Forum (CGF) regional workshop being held at Atlantis Paradise Island, June 24-25, Prime Minister Perry Christie said during the opening session that the region was facing declining foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows, as countries fought to emerge from the global recession.

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In the next installment of ZNS Network’s “Countdown to Independence” series, chief executive officer of Bahamas Realty Ltd Larry Roberts gives his thoughts on the historic event.
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The operator of telecommunications provider BTC, Cable and Wireless, has proposed that the government extends the exclusivity period, which is currently ten years, in exchange for a 2 per cent additional share in the company.
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International commercial banks with a presence in the Caribbean have been urged to be true partners to the government and people of the islands in which they operate.

Prime Minister of The Bahamas, Perry Christie, made this appeal as he addressed the first CIBC FirstCaribbean Infrastructure Conference on Thursday at The Atlantis Resort in The Bahamas. The event brought together representatives from government and government agencies, multilateral institutions, financial advisors, developers and investors to discuss strategies in pursuing private-public partnerships.

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This is an excerpt from The Barbados Advocate as it appeared on June 24, 2013. For updates or to read the current version of this post in its entirety, please click here.

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The Bahamian port of Freeport led the Caribbean in container port throughput in 2012, according to a report from the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America.

Freeport saw 1,202,000 TEU in activity in 2012, followed by Kingston, which saw 1,139,418 TEU in activity. Freeport was ranked 11th in the Latin American and Caribbean region, which was led by Panama’s Colón.

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This is an excerpt from Caribbean Journal as it appeared on June 21, 2013. For updates or to read the current version of this post in its entirety, please click here.

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