Costa Rica to allow cell phone competition

After 40 years, Costa Rica will allow competitors in cell phone coverage
The Costa Rica Electricity Institue (ICE) has been the only government run provider for the last 40 years, but this will all change starting in February 2010.
According to the Financial Times, the five leading Latin American and Caribbean cell phone providers are interested; America [...]

Haiti earthquake

Haiti is recovering from a 7.0 Earthquake that hit Jan 12 just before 5pm

A Tsunami warning was issued for parts of the Caribbean, but later dismissed. “I think it is really a catastrophe of major proportions,” Haiti Ambassador Raymond Joseph told CNN. Houses fell into a ravine and the full extent of the damage has [...]

Caribbean Latin America lost 2.2 million jobs in 2009

Latin America and the Caribbean lost 2.2 million jobs in 2009 amid the global economic crisis, according to a Business Week article.
The unemployment rate is 8.4% and the total number of unemployed is 18.1 million. Does this mean there are no jobs available for us Caribbean job seekers?
I don’t believe so. A review of the [...]

Comfort Inn opening Hotel in Haiti

Hotel will open in Jacmel Haiti May 2010
According to Business Week, Comfort Inn has announced it will open it’s first Hotel in Haiti in more than a decade. It will be a small hotel, only 32 rooms, but there is also plans to build a 120 room Hotel at nearby Belle Rive.
Here’s their careers page, [...]