Caribbean Islands

Approved only nine months ago, the new film tax-incentive law (Law 27) has quickly turned a bright spotlight on the island's film industry, reports Caribbean Business (Dec. 22, 2011): As a result, the...

Puerto Rico stands to lose millions of dollars in rum excise tax rebate revenue after the US Congress failed to extend an increase in the program that expired on Dec. 31, reports Caribbean...

PUERTO RICO'S POLICING CRISIS is the title of a lengthy article in the Dec. 26, 2011 issue of The Nation magazine, written by Ed Morales, a New York-based freelance writer, who also teaches...

With the end of 2011, Puerto Rico should complete its sixth-consecutive year of negative growth with a smaller contraction or, in a best-case scenario, with no (zero) or flat growth, according to local...

STRIP. A region along Puerto Rico's north coast will be off-limits to developers untila lawsuit filed by conservationists is resolved, an appeals court ruled, reports AP (Jan. 4, 2012): The ruling temporarily bars...

New offices at Metro Office Park reflect Volt Workforce Solutions 35% increase in sales despite sluggish economy, reports Caribbean Business (Dec. 22, 2011). In Feb. 2012 it will open another branch in the...

Local paint company Lanco Corp. has five warehouses, four manufacturing plants throughout Central America and a fifth in the pipeline, and its products sold all over the Western Hemisphere, from Canada to Chile,...

The Puerto Rico Supreme Court blocked construction of a primate-breeding facility in Guaynabo in a 6-3 ruling, reports Caribbean Business (Dec. 15, 2011). Bioculture Puerto Rico Inc. had turned to the court seeking...

Construction on several projects, including a private jet terminal, a mega-yacht marina and a resort, is to begin and continue in 2012, said Prime Minister & Minister of Finance, Dr Denzil Douglas, reports...

Dancing masquerades and a watery christening from the Airport Fire Services, greeted the captain, crew and passengers when Air Canada's inaugural non-stop flight from Toronto touched down at the Robert L. Bradshaw Intl...

The Grenada Board of Tourism (GBT) and the Grenada Hotel & Tourism Association (GHTA) launched Regetta, a new, improved, booking engine on their websites which, it is expected, will bolster the island's tourism...

The Bible is, for the first time, being translated into Jamaican patois, reports Caribbean News Now (Dec. 26, 2011). It's a move welcomed by those Jamaicans who want their mother tongue enshrined as...

St Vincent & the Grenadines has been ranked number five in the "World's Top Destinations for 2012" by Cable News Network (CNN), reports Caribbean News Now (Dec. 29, 2011). SVG is the only...

The government of Suriname and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) on Jan. 16 agreed upon a new strategy to lend a record amount of around US$300 million in the period 2011-2015. The Bank...

Trinidad & Tobago's National Gas Co. and National Energy Corp., Severstal North America, Complejo Metalurgico Dominicano (Metaldom) and Neal & Massy Holdings Ltd signed a Memorandum of Understanding for a feasibility study to...

Two reliable sources within the interim government have independently leaked a so far unannounced consideration of a move of the capital from Grand Turk to Providenciales (Provo), reports Caribbean News Now (Dec. 28,...

The largest single employer in the US Virgin Islands is government, and now even it is being forced to lay off staff as the territory's fiscal crisis deepens, reports Caribbean360 (Dec. 29, 2011)....

JetBlue Airways this winter begins non-stop service from Boston to St Thomas, and connecting service to St Thomas and St Croix via San Juan, Puerto Rico, reports Caribbean News Now (Dec. 23, 2011)....

(millions of US$) U.S. export U.S. imports (F.A.S.) (c.i.f.) 2010 2011 2010 2011 Anguilla 29.0 24.7 1.9 4.4 Antigua & Barbuda 120.9 144.2 4.8 4.8 Aruba 413.8 594.1 16.7 2909.0 Bahamas 2666.0 2807.2...