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Food safety – Everyone’s responsibility
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, April 7, 2015: “Food safety: from farm to plate, make food safe” is the theme of World Health Day 2015. On 7 April 2015, the Caribbean and the rest of the world will focus on the challenges and opportunities for food safety along the whole length of the food chain from production and transport, to preparation…
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Sustainable tourism key to Caribbean
Minister of Tourism Richard Sealy said preserving the region’s vulnerable eco-system was important, given the “many examples where economic development often takes place at the expense of our environment”. Sealy, who is also Caribbean Tourism Organisation chairman, was speaking recently in Germany during the official launch of the Sustainable Destination Alliance for the Americas (SDAA). Barbados is one of seven…
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Youth forum at UWI, Heroes Park visit on tight itinerary for Obama
United States President Barack Obama will maintain a tight itinerary during his visit to Jamaica this week. According to Jamaican Government spokespersons, Obama, who is scheduled to arrive at Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston late Wednesday evening on Air Force One, will be airlifted on one of the helicopters in the presidential Marine One fleet to the Jamaica Defence…
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St. Kitts and Nevis youth unleash spoken word potential
‘Vybzing with the Youth’, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Youth, Sports and Culture in St. Kitts and Nevis and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) hosted a spoken word exercise, at the Sweet Lime restaurant on Saturday, March 28, entitled ‘Vybzing, St. Kitts and Nevis Spoken Word Workshop’. Held under the theme, ‘Creative Industries and Youth: Unleashing Potential and Growth’,…
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Caribbean region being urged to support cash strapped CDEMA
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — The Barbados-based Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency’s (CDEMA) moved into a new US$4-million headquarters on Thursday despite a warning from the host country that the regional institution is “bleeding” and having difficulties in paying its day-to-day bills. Barbados Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite, speaking at the ceremony to mark the occasion, called on 18 member States to…
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The Skin makes regional site’s movies to watch list
A regional website, Caribbean & CO, has listed Antiguan film The Skin as one of 10 movies to watch. The supernatural thriller by HaMa films will become a part of a Caribbean Film database which will be launched later this year during the 10th annual Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival. The database will include feature-length independent Caribbean fiction, documentary and experimental feature films…
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Haiti’s Essential Oil Producers Receive Best Practice Training
Haiti’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIH) organized a best practices sharing mission for experts from the International Fragrance Association (IFRA) in Haiti from 10 to 13 March 2015 with the support of The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export). Haiti’s essential oils sector represents the country’s largest export sector, in particular the production of vétiver oil a main component…
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Strengthen cooperation, unity in fisheries sector – Grenada agriculture official
A senior Grenada Government official has called for the strengthening of cooperation and unity in the Caribbean Region to develop, manage and utilise marine resources in a sustainable manner. At the opening of the 13th Meeting of the Caribbean Fisheries Forum in St. George’s, Grenada on 1 April, Senator Simon Steele, Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Forestry,…
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Jamaica taking steps to address environmental breaches – Minister Pickersgill
MONTEGO BAY, April 1, 2015 – Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, says the Government is strengthening enforcement of environmental laws and has been taking steps to address breaches. He noted that the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), actively prosecutes offenders through the courts, using the provisions of the Natural Resources Conservation Authority (NRCA)…
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Cable and Wireless completes US$1.85bn acquisition of Columbus
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Thursday April 2, 2015, CMC – The British telecommunication company, Cable and Wireless Communications, Plc (CWC) Tuesday announced it had completed its US$1.85 billion acquisition Columbus International Inc (CII). “This is a transformational deal for Cable and Wireless Communications. Columbus Communications is an outstanding business; not only do we add significant fibre optic submarine backhaul and terrestrial broadband…
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