Jamaica Tourism Minister explained CARICOM will need to play an integral role in making multi-destination travel to the region feasible.
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 […]
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 on the future of the US-Guyana relationship.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Kingston, Jamaica – February 05 2019: Digicel Jamaica Corporate Headquarters Office Building in downtown Kingston Jamaica. (Shutterstock) By Laura Dowrich-Phillips, Caribbean Loop News Denis O’Brien, founder and chairman of Digicel Group, today announced a plan to deliver reparations for slavery to Caribbean countries. O’ Brien made the announcement while delivering the keynote address at CANTO […]
Port-au-Prince, Haiti – 11.01.2015: View of Port au Prince and the Jalousie, an extremely poor district of Pétionville suburb of Port-au-Prince. (Shutterstock) In addition to being hit hard by the global food and fuel crisis caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in recent decades, Haitians have been subjected to devastating earthquakes, tropical storms, landslides and […]
Barbados is facing a new difficult situation: Homicide rates are now higher than ever in 2019 and 2020. The question is, will it be able to curb the violence down or will it catch up with some of its Caribbean neighbors? According to an article last month by Chris Dalby, Insight Crime, the numbers can […]
