CARICOM has Significant Role in Multi-Destination Tourism Plan

Jamaica Tourism Minister explained CARICOM will need to play an integral role in making multi-destination travel to the region feasible.

CARICOM has Significant Role in Multi-Destination Tourism Plan

By Linda Hohnholz, eTN editor, eTurboNews.com Mr. Bartlett was reiterating his stance that multi-destination vacation was the answer to sustaining tourism in the Caribbean and the need for a regional airline to support it. “We have to look at harmonizing the protocols in relation to the use of our airspace so that on entering the […]

Vision Zero: On Citywide “Day of Awareness,” NYC DOT Reminds New Yorkers that Speed Cameras Go 24/7 Next Monday

As the culmination of a month-long public-awareness campaign, agency teams are at major traffic and transit hubs today, reminding drivers that speed cameras will operate around-the-clock starting August 1st --following historic expansion of the state law.

Vision Zero: On Citywide “Day of Awareness,” NYC DOT Reminds New Yorkers that Speed Cameras Go 24/7 Next Monday

New York, NY – 12.4.2018 : NYS Assembly Wage Theft Hearing at City Hall Assembly Room. Press conference hearing was held with NYC Transit President Andy Byford, Ruben Diaz, Ydanis Rodrigez etc. (Shutterstock) NEW YORK –New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez announced that today is a Citywide multi-agency “Day of Awareness” to promote […]

Applications Now Open for $2M in Grants from NYC Women’s Fund for Media, Music and Theatre

The grants are awarded by The Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment and the New York Foundation for the Arts.

Applications Now Open for $2M in Grants from NYC Women’s Fund for Media, Music and Theatre

By Team BWW, Broadway World The Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) and the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) have just announced that applications are open for the fourth round of grants for the NYC Women’s Fund for Media, Music and Theatre. Qualified applicants can apply for $2 million in finishing grants […]

SLUNCF to Announce a New Private Sector Partnership

SLUNCF to Announce a New Private Sector Partnership

The Saint Lucia National Conservation Fund will be officially launching a major new private sector partnership at a brief ceremony on 28th July 2022. This new partnership is intended to generate more funding support for some of Saint Lucia’s national conservation priorities including the creation of sustainable livelihoods and climate change mitigation and adaptation. Through […]

A Conversation with H.E. Irfaan Ali, President of the Co-Operative Republic of Guyana

A conversation on the future of the US-Guyana relationship.

A Conversation with H.E. Irfaan Ali, President of the Co-Operative Republic of Guyana

By Atlantic Council Guyana’s economy is on track to grow by almost 60 percent this year with oil reserves that rank the second highest in Latin America and the Caribbean. The country is at the forefront of leading new Caribbean Community (CARICOM) initiatives to address the region’s almost $6 billion food import bill and high […]

Govt Ministers Call for a More ‘Resilient, Inclusive and Sustainable’ Tourism Industry as a ‘Significant Economic Driver’ in the Region

Govt Ministers Call for a More ‘Resilient, Inclusive and Sustainable’ Tourism Industry as a ‘Significant Economic Driver’ in the Region

By Dominica News Online Minister for Trade, Commerce, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Business and Export Development , Ian Douglas, has proposed that in an effort to dramatically transform tourism sectors in the region, its leaders must aspire to a more resilient, inclusive and sustainable tourism industry. His statement came during the opening ceremony of the 7th meeting […]

WIRSPA Welcomes New Members, Calls for Festival Restraint

WIRSPA Welcomes New Members, Calls for Festival Restraint

By Barbados Today Traffic The West Indies Rum Producers Association (WIRSPA) – the grouping of Caribbean rum producers, last week welcomed several new members into the WIRSPA ‘family’ at their annual general meeting (AGM). The association, which celebrated its 50th anniversary last year, welcomed St. Vincent Distillers representing St. Vincent and the Grenadines as a […]

PM Skerrit Touts Benefits of Future Housing Program

PM Skerrit Touts Benefits of Future Housing Program

By Dominica News Online Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit says the Future Housing Program is a product of his government’s housing policy which seeks to provide for the more vulnerable in society. The Prime Minister said at the official launch of the program recently, that this program which is is expected to benefit young Dominicans employed […]

Remove the Red Card

Remove the Red Card

By Dashan Hendricks, Jamaica Observer TWENTY years after the European Union banned fish exports from St Vincent and the Grenadines, the country says it is actively seeking “the removal of the red card” to get exports going again to that market. Saboto Caesar, the minister of agriculture and fisheries in St Vincent, gave the indication […]