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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 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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

Airtran now offers weekly service from Atlanta to Aruba and has said it will will be introducting flights from Orlando to Aruba on Jan 9.
AP article

Hard Rock International will be opening an all-inclusive resort and casino in the Dominican Republic.
The Hard Rock chain is well known for its music memorabilia collection and also runs hotels and casinos in Tampa and Hollywood.
The new resort lies on 121 acres in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (see map below). There will 1800 rooms, 457 [...]

Canadian carrier Westjet started new seasonal non-stop flights to the Caribbean.
Westjet now flies to:

Barbados
Mexico
Cuba
Bahamas
Dominican Republic
Jamaica
St Maarten
Turks and Caicos.

They have a new non-stop flight to Turks and Caicos, leaving Toronto three times a week at 10am and arriving at 1:50pm. See all their destinations.
I’ve flown Westjet a few times domestically, but never internationally. What’s your [...]

Construction has begun on widening and deepening the Panama Canal.
Panama is spending $5.25 billion to upgrade the canal allowing a new breed of container vessels to pass through. The project will be finished in 2014.
Jobs are currently being posted, in Spanish, at Panama Canal Authority.
The Panama Guide has some interesting articles about jobs and working [...]

Opportunities in Health Care, Business Services, and ICT

A recent article in the Caribbean360 has good news for upcoming jobs in Jamaica:
“The employment forecast for Jamaica shows opportunities in education, health care and social assistance, and professional and business services, including Information Communication Technology (ICT). Hospitality, financial, scientific and technical services, construction, and creative and cultural [...]

An FCCA study shows cruise spending is up despite this down economy.
The Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) report analyzed spending by passengers, crew, and the cruise lines for the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America, and South America. Spending for the May 2008 to April 2009 season generated  US$2.2 billion in expenditures, 56,000 jobs, and US$720 million in [...]