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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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The Caribbean region is going through a tough time If you’re following Caribbean news, there’s not a lot that’s cheery right now. Governments are scaling back, resorts are cutting back, unemployment is up. Don’t despair! They are going through the same forced restructuring that other countries have had to do. They will need help and [...]
Here’s a short interesting article from The Gazette that provides a quick brief overview to some of the Caribbean islands. Of particular interest is the links at the bottom to some of the islands tourism websites, reproduced here. Barbados — www.visitbarbados.org Jamaica — www.visitjamaica.com St. Lucia — www.stlucia.org Cayman Islands — www.caymanislands.ky/canada Dominican Republic — [...]
The Caribbean still has a long way to go to unite the counties. This article from the Jamaica Gleaner highlights some of the inconsistencies that still exist within the Caribbean region. Although it is not an overly positive article it is a good read to understand some of the problems your may encounter when traveling [...]
Today is the last day for US citizens to voluntarily disclose previously undisclosed offshore accounts. According to Caribworldnews.com, “Taxpayers wanting to participate in the IRS voluntary disclosure process should call the phone number associated with the state in which they reside. Taxpayers who do not submit a voluntary disclosure run the risk of detection by [...]
If you live in England and looking for a vacation home – maybe you should be looking at the Caribbean. According to the Telegraph (full story here), “the relative strength of sterling against the dollar versus the euro means that Caribbean property prices “are currently considerably cheaper than their counterparts in coastal Mediterranean Europe” Sales [...]
Dominica is preparing to be the tourist destination in 2010, with the construction and opening of hotels and resorts. This has now prompted British Airways to schedule five flights a week starting this month. Punta Cana boasts 10,000 properties, six golf courses, and five hotels and is already attracting celebrities such as Jennifer Lopez, Brad [...]