The Standing Finance Committee of Parliament has scrutinized the 2024 Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure as presented by the Minister for Finance and Prime Minister Philip J Pierre. The Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure for the Financial Year 2024/2025 stands at One Billion, Eight Hundred and Ninety-Four Million, One Hundred and Ten Thousand, Eight Hundred […]
The OECS Tourism Policy Regional Task Force, comprising Regional Permanent Secretaries and Senior Technical Officers from the Ministries of Tourism across OECS Member States, convened for a two-day Regional Consultation in Antigua and Barbuda. This gathering aimed to establish new guiding principles and articulate a mission and vision for the development of a new OECS […]
By eTurboNews Jamaica Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett was a featured speaker and thought leader at the Eco-Canada’s Sustainable Blue Economy Summit 2024 in Halifax, Canada, highlighting the critical importance of the blue economy to building tourism resilience and sustainability, on Tuesday, March 19, 2024. In his speech Minister Bartlett highlighted the critical issues facing the ocean economy […]
The Ministerial Council of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) has approved the protocol on AQUATIC FOODS AS A STRATEGIC RESOURCE FOR FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY. This high-level policy directive was a major development for the Caribbean region, since CARICOM’s “large ocean States” are dependent on fish and other aquatic foods for livelihoods, social welfare, […]
Mr. Anton E. Edmunds, the General Manager of Caribbean Country Department and Country Representative in Jamaica (IADB) spoke recently at the EmpowerJA seminar, which focused on how small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can build their climate resilience. Mr. Edmunds posted on his LinkedIn account that “ Mr. Anton E. Edmunds, the General Manager of Caribbean […]
The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is now actively mobilizing financing to continue its Special Development Fund (SDF), an integral element of the Bank’s poverty reduction and sustainable development efforts. Currently near the end of its 10th four-year cycle, the SDF, has disbursed over $2.1 billion in development financing during its current phase, driving significant progress […]
Guyana and IICA are developing the first biofortified rice in the Caribbean region, which provides a high nutritional value and will be a key contribution to food security in the country and the rest of the Caribbean. During Dr. Manuel Otero’s visit to Georgetown, both Minister Mustapha and President Ali congratulated IICA for its contribution […]
Editorial credit: arindambanerjee / Shutterstock.com Reprinted with permission By Jason Marczak and Wazim Mowla | Atlantic Council Haiti’s recent turmoil proves true the saying that “each time history repeats itself, the price goes up.” That is the unfortunate history of the first independent Caribbean state, forced from its 1804 birth to pay for its survival at a high cost, […]
By Leo Gilling On Thursday, March 14, the Privy Council quashed the Adidja Palmer (VK: Vybz Kartel) case. The London-based court ruled that attempts to bribe the trial jury in the original murder case of Clive “Lizard” Williams made the conviction unsafe. The results of the original conviction we can put aside for now. The […]
Photo courtesy: Caribbean Business Report The Caribbean Exports Joellen Laryea has met with the Swedish Ambassador Anders Bengtcén, to explore potential trade bridges between the Caribbean and Sweden. Sweden presents an interesting opportunity for some Caribbean businesses seeking new trade and investment opportunities. Trade between CARIFORUM and Sweden is governed by the Economic Partnership Agreement […]