Kejan Haynes, Author at Caribbean Investigative Journalism Network

Kejan Haynes

Kejan Haynes has been so entrenched in local media, he responds to, "the news man" when he's called out in the streets. He began his journalism career in 2007 studying Communications in Madrid, Spain and St Louis, MO, USA. He pursued his Master's Degree in Journalism in 2013 at the The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. From 2009 to present, Kejan has worked at the now defunct Caribbean New Media Group, and TV6 where he rose through the ranks to become Deputy Head of News. He's also worked at NY1 in New York and TeleSUR English in Quito Ecuador. Kejan has created and hosted shows like In Conclusion, a political satire show and more recently Long Story Short. He loves political reporting, and is an avid Twitter user. He also responds to "the Newsman from Twitter."

Caribbean CBIs

Antigua & Barbuda

CBI: Controversial...but Critical to the Future

By

Theresa Gordon,

Kejan Haynes and

Larisa Pugsley | May 20, 2022

Established in 2013 through an act of parliament, the Antigua and Barbuda Citizenship by Investment Program (CIP) was intended to increase foreign direct investment. It was envisioned as a way to promote development without imposing any new taxes on the country’s 100-thousand citizens.

Today, the program makes up about 10% of the country’s overall budget revenue. Prime Minister Gaston Browne told CIJN this kind of non-tax revenue helped the country “create fiscal space, [to] continue to fund government operations.”

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