Barbados
Caribbean tourism has been showing signs of recovery in 2011, following two of the toughest years on record. But while international arrivals have been improving and returning to 2008 levels, visitors have been spending less in a market leading to worries about the sector’s diminishing profits in a still unpredictable global environment.
Tourism in the Caribbean is the region's...
A five-year EU-funded programme is helping to prevent blindness in some of the poorer countries of the Caribbean region; Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica and St. Lucia. It is being coordinated by the United Kingdom based Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Sightsavers International, with its partners in the Caribbean.
The multi-faceted project is funding a range of measures from the training of...
Brussels was the location picked for the annual summit of the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO), 13-15 March. The intention was to draw attention of the EU to the “critically important role of tourism in the region to livelihood and poverty alleviation,” said Hugh Riley Chief Executive Officer of the Barbados-based CTO which represents 33 member countries and many private sector...
Most visitors to the Caribbean are shocked that it costs just as much to travel by air between the tropical islands as it would to North America. Is there any choice?
More than ever before Caribbean nationals have been calling for improved connections between the islands, reduced taxes on travel and an informed policy on regional travel from Governments of the CARICOM[i] trading bloc....
The Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the 15 member states of the Caribbean Forum for African, Caribbean and Pacific states (CARIFORUM) is to date the only ‘full’ EPA signed with the European Union (EU). This is the reason why other ACP regions are examining its bottlenecks and benefits two years after coming on stream.
Branford Isaacs, Head of the Guyana-based...
Surge to promote renewable energy in Eastern Caribbean
The small island states of the Eastern Caribbean are seeking to increase the use of renewable energies such as geothermal energy and wind power to boost the economy and tackle climate change.
Ministers and representatives from the Eastern Caribbean (Antigua, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, St.Lucia, St.Kitts and...
Caribbean’s private sector gets a boost
Some leading International Financial Institutions have come together to set up a $US850M (€696M) action plan to boost private sector investment across the Caribbean region. The European Investment Bank (EIB), the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), the Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO), the International Finance Corporation (IFC)...
3Canal is a three-member Trinbagonian ‘Rapso’ group combining “powerful lyrics with a strong rhythm” says one of its members, Roger Roberts. Its music embodies the vibrancy, spirit and rich cultural mix of the twin-island Caribbean nation, Trinidad and Tobago (T&T).
We meet in their office in Ariapita Avenue, one of the liveliest areas of downtown Port of Spain....
Sportsman, businessman and beach culture promoter. A day in the life of Brian ‘Action Man’ Talma
For more than 15 years on the professional windsurfing circuit, Brian 'Action Man’ Talma rode a wave of popularity while cementing his place among the world’s best water sports competitors. Up to 2005, when the Barbadian officially retired from the professional circuit...
The number of women students enrolled in higher universities and colleges of the Caribbean archipelago has risen dramatically since the early 1980s. In 2000, two thirds of students were women. This is the official figure of the University of the West Indies (UWI), which encompasses three main campuses - in Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago - with a total number of 24,000 students,...
Caribbean tourism has been showing signs of recovery in 2011, following two of the toughest years on record. But while international arrivals have been improving and returning to 2008 levels, visitors have been spending less in a market leading to worries about the sector’s diminishing profits in a still unpredictable global environment.
Tourism in the Caribbean is the region's...
A five-year EU-funded programme is helping to prevent blindness in some of the poorer countries of the Caribbean region; Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica and St. Lucia. It is being coordinated by the United Kingdom based Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Sightsavers International, with its partners in the Caribbean.
The multi-faceted project is funding a range of measures from the training of...
Brussels was the location picked for the annual summit of the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO), 13-15 March. The intention was to draw attention of the EU to the “critically important role of tourism in the region to livelihood and poverty alleviation,” said Hugh Riley Chief Executive Officer of the Barbados-based CTO which represents 33 member countries and many private sector...
Most visitors to the Caribbean are shocked that it costs just as much to travel by air between the tropical islands as it would to North America. Is there any choice?
More than ever before Caribbean nationals have been calling for improved connections between the islands, reduced taxes on travel and an informed policy on regional travel from Governments of the CARICOM[i] trading bloc....
The Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the 15 member states of the Caribbean Forum for African, Caribbean and Pacific states (CARIFORUM) is to date the only ‘full’ EPA signed with the European Union (EU). This is the reason why other ACP regions are examining its bottlenecks and benefits two years after coming on stream.
Branford Isaacs, Head of the Guyana-based...
Surge to promote renewable energy in Eastern Caribbean
The small island states of the Eastern Caribbean are seeking to increase the use of renewable energies such as geothermal energy and wind power to boost the economy and tackle climate change.
Ministers and representatives from the Eastern Caribbean (Antigua, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, St.Lucia, St.Kitts and...
Caribbean’s private sector gets a boost
Some leading International Financial Institutions have come together to set up a $US850M (€696M) action plan to boost private sector investment across the Caribbean region. The European Investment Bank (EIB), the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), the Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO), the International Finance Corporation (IFC)...
3Canal is a three-member Trinbagonian ‘Rapso’ group combining “powerful lyrics with a strong rhythm” says one of its members, Roger Roberts. Its music embodies the vibrancy, spirit and rich cultural mix of the twin-island Caribbean nation, Trinidad and Tobago (T&T).
We meet in their office in Ariapita Avenue, one of the liveliest areas of downtown Port of Spain....
Sportsman, businessman and beach culture promoter. A day in the life of Brian ‘Action Man’ Talma
For more than 15 years on the professional windsurfing circuit, Brian 'Action Man’ Talma rode a wave of popularity while cementing his place among the world’s best water sports competitors. Up to 2005, when the Barbadian officially retired from the professional circuit...
The number of women students enrolled in higher universities and colleges of the Caribbean archipelago has risen dramatically since the early 1980s. In 2000, two thirds of students were women. This is the official figure of the University of the West Indies (UWI), which encompasses three main campuses - in Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago - with a total number of 24,000 students,...
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