Labour minister calls halt to job losses
Labour and social security minister Pearnel Charles yesterday called for a moratorium on redundancies and layoffs and proposed a number of options, including a reduction in working days and hours for employees.

Cuba still awaits its oil boom
Cuba is still waiting for its offshore oil rush. It has been four years since US experts said the island may sit atop nearly 10 billion barrels of deep-sea oil, revealing for Cuba an enormous economic Catch-22.