May 2015

UN agencies predict rising unemployment in region in 2015

May 15, 2015 in Regional

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Thursday May 14, 2015 – The uninspiring economic outlook for this year will likely prompt a slight increase in the region’s unemployment rate, according to estimates released yesterday by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the International Labour...

New Office to Ensure Fair Share for Former Sugar Workers

May 14, 2015 in National

[caption id="attachment_5439" align="alignleft" width="300"] Clecton Phillip, Press Secretary to the Prime Minister and head of the SWRF Public Relations Committee[/caption] Basseterre, St. Kitts, May 13, 2015 (SKNIS): The Sugar Workers’ Restoration Fund (SWRF) office will be launched on Monday, May 18, to process claims and guarantee...