Photo courtesy: OECS By OECS Monday, May 27, 2024 — Themed “Advancing Together: Embracing Innovation for Sustainable Growth and Regional Integration”, the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States’ 43rd anniversary celebration will span the month of June. The official anniversary date is commemorated on June 18 every year. This year’s calendar of events aims to engage […]
Photo courtesy: GIS By Fabian Belgrave Minister of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment, Charles Griffith, has reiterated that Government is committed to ensuring that young people succeed. Mr. Griffith was delivering remarks at the launch of the Youth Entrepreneurship Scheme’s (YES) Entrepreneurial Development Training Program for 50 young entrepreneurs at Sky Mall, Haggatt Hall, St. Michael, […]
By Department of Public Information Guyana is among several Caribbean countries that will benefit from a new initiative, which seeks to enhance resilience against climate change and contribute to regional economic growth and food security. The opportunity is provided by a CA$10 million Regional Gender-Responsive Climate-Smart Agriculture and Food Systems in the Caribbean project, at […]
Photo courtesy: PAHO By PAHO Washington, DC, June 5, 2024 – Under the umbrella of the Alliance for Primary Health Care (A4PHC), the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the World Bank, and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) convened a two-day interactive event, the Caribbean Health Financing Forum, this week to explore avenues for strengthening health financing in the Caribbean. […]
By Sir Ronald Sanders | Barbados Today On May 21, 2024, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) delivered its Advisory Opinion on climate change and international law, in a case led by two courageous leaders of Small Island States, Prime Minister Gaston Browne of Antigua and Barbuda and former Prime Minister […]
Editorial credit: Sandor Szmutko / Shutterstock.com By Amalendu Misra | The Conversation An advance team of Kenyan special forces police have arrived in the troubled Caribbean nation of Haiti. They are part of a larger UN-backed “support” mission tasked with establishing order, pushing back the advances of criminal gangs and allowing the freshly appointed interim […]
Barely two months after opening its newest resort in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sandals Resorts hosted some 361 travel advisors there for its annual Sandals Travel Advisor Recognition or STAR Awards function. This is a staple event where Sandals awards the top performing travel advisors from all over the world. It also allowed these […]
It is one of the most ambitious projects that the Caribbean Development Bank’s (CDB) Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSME) Unit has supported, and its success is expected to dramatically alter how MSMEs are perceived in the marketplace. The government of Barbados, through the Ministry of Energy and Business is partnering with the Barbados Stock […]
Editorial credit: Debbie Ann Powell / Shutterstock.com By Harry Johnson | eturbonews Jamaica’s hosting of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association’s (CHTA) flagship sales event, Caribbean Travel Marketplace 42, from May 20- 23, has been hailed as “a resounding success” by Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett. With some 1,200 delegates from more than 45 countries […]
Editorial credit: Kathy Hutchins / Shutterstock.com By Pearl Phillip Grace Jones is an extraordinary figure in the entertainment world, known for her bold and androgynous style, innovative music, and commanding presence in film. Born on May 19, 1948, in Spanish Town, Jamaica, Jones moved to Syracuse, New York, with her family at a young age. Her unique […]