Representatives of the 41 member territories of CONCACAF, the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football met in Saint Lucia over the weekend. The FIFA President Gianni Infantino was expected to be among the delegates, numbering around 250. They were here for the 40th CONCACAF Congress – the annual general meeting for the […]
By Caribbean Business Report Mr. Lyndon Cooper, President of the St. Lucia Football Association (SLFA), was elected president of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) when the organization held its 48th Ordinary Congress at Royalton Hotel in Cap Estate, St. Lucia, on Sunday. Mr. Copper, who has served as vice president of the CFU Executive Committee […]
The OECS stands at a pivotal moment, with evolving global markets, rising in vestor confidence, and a renewed push toward economic transformation and competitiveness. To position the region for long-term success, the BOSL Fund Management Company is hosting the inaugural OECS Investment Summit (OGIS) from May 28th – 30th, 2025 at Royalton Saint Lucia. BOSL […]
By Caribbean Business Report The United Kingdom has announced nearly $1 million in new funding to extend the decade long “Accelerate trade facilitation” programme for another year. Established in 2015, the programme is a collaborative initiative led by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) of the United Kingdom, and the […]
By Caribbean Business Report Small and Medium Enterprises are the backbone of economies across the Caribbean, Africa, and beyond, but access to finance and export opportunities remains a challenge. Mindful of this constraint, Republic Bank and the Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export), with cofounding from the European Union via the 3rd Regional Private Sector […]
By Caribbean Business Report The Caribbean Development Bank and the Caribbean Tourism Organization are collaborating on a new initiative to modernize tourism education and workforce development across the Caribbean – strengthening the region’s competitiveness in an industry vital to its economic stability. The Tourism Human Capital Development Project, funded through CDB’s Caribbean Technological Consultancy Services […]
By Katherine A. Foss, THE CONVERSATION | Editorial credit: Tada Images / shutterstock.com Five years ago, on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of COVID-19 a global pandemic. The novel coronavirus, dubbed SARS-CoV-2, began as a “cluster of severe pneumonia cases of unknown cause” reported in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. It had […]
By Erica Frankenberg, THE CONVERSATION | Editorial credit: NLM Photo / shutterstock.com The U.S. Department of Education cut its workforce by nearly 50% on March 11, 2025, when it laid off about 1,315 employees. The move follows several recent directives targeting the Cabinet-level agency. Within the department, the Office for Civil Rights – which already experienced layoffs in February – was […]
By Haidee Chu,THE CITY | Editorial credit: Little Vignettes Photo / shutterstock.com The Howard Hughes Medical Institute is terminating a $505,000 STEM grant that was supposed to support an “Inclusive Excellence initiative” running through 2028. The CITY partners with Open Campus on coverage of the City University of New York. The country’s largest private funder of biomedical […]
By Katie Honan, Gwynne Hogan and Samantha Maldonado, THE CITY | Editorial credit: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY New York City Mayor Eric Adams was denied city-funded matching funds on Monday in the latest blow to his flagging reelection bid. Other candidates were able to boast about their recent fundraising efforts. Former Governor Andrew Cuomo raised what he said was […]