Year: 2013
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Caribbean will dominate global saving and investment says World Bank
WASHINGTON, CMC – A new World Bank report predicts that in less than a generation, the Caribbean will be among developing countries dominating global saving and investment. The World Bank’s Global Development Horizons (GDH) report says that by 2030, half the global stock of capital, totaling US$158 trillion (in 2010 dollars), will reside in the developing world, compared to less…
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PANCAP HOLDS THIRD CAPACITY-BUILDING WORKSHOP FOR PLH
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Approximately fifty persons living with HIV (PLH) from 16 Caribbean countries will be trained at a capacity-building workshop hosted by the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS Coordinating Unit (PANCAP) and the Caribbean Network for People Living with HIV and AIDS. With funding support from the Global Fund Round 9 Grant, the workshop…
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Statisticians zone in on distinction between travel, tourism
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Travel is not equivalent to Tourism. This was a key message that was impressed upon participants at a Regional Workshop on Travel and International Tourism Consumption, hosted by the Central Statistics Office, Roseau, Dominica, 14–17 May, 2013. Workshop participants were advised that while travel and tourism were strongly related, they were not totally overlapping.…
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Statisticians zone in on distribution between travel, tourism
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Travel is not equivalent to Tourism. This was a key message that was impressed upon participants at a Regional Workshop on Travel and International Tourism Consumption, hosted by the Central Statistics Office, Roseau, Dominica, 14–17 May, 2013. Workshop participants were advised that while travel and tourism were strongly related, they were not totally overlapping.…
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Contractor apologises for destruction of Maya archaeological site
BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC – The man at the center of the destruction of a Maya archaeological site in northern Belize, Denny Grijalva, has expressed regret at the razing of the Noh Mul monument and has launched an internal investigation into the incident. In a statement issued on Wednesday, Grijalva said he is “committed to fully cooperate with the authorities in…
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US television and film star partners with CTO for Caribbean Week in New York
NEW YORK, CMC – The Barbados-based Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) says a leading United States television and film star has partnered as the celebrity spokesperson for its 40th celebration of Caribbean Week in New York. Perhaps best known as the “Medical Examiner, Melinda Warner” on NBC’s long-running top-rated series, “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” and more recently in Paramount…
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US lobbies Caribbean for position on IACHR
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The United States candidate for the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), Professor James L. Cavallaro, has held talks with Caribbean Community (CARICOM) seeking support for his candidacy. CARICOM foreign ministers met here earlier this week under the chairmanship of Trinidad and Tobago’s foreign minister Winston Dookeran. A statement issued by the US Embassy…
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CAL VP Jaikaran treated in NY for heart problems
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Vice-chairman of Caribbean Airlines (CAL) and WinTV executive chairman Mohan Jaikaran was hospitalised in New York, USA, following “heart complications.” Sunil Ramdeen, WinTV’s general manger, confirmed that Jaikaran had complications relating to his heart but he is now at his New York-based home. Ramdeen explained that Jaikaran had heart issues for some time—he suffered a…
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CAL board’s wings clipped
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The wings of Caribbean Airlines’ board have been “clipped” and a new board is on the horizon, expected to be announced shortly, government officials said yesterday. The development is now in the works after yesterday’s weekly Cabinet meeting, they added. The new board is tipped to include certain business and professional people. However, former BWIA…
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