KINGSTON, JAMAICA: As the world experiences the COVID-19 pandemic and island communities are being dramatically affected, urgent solutions are needed for island communities to combat both the short and long term impacts. Tourism is particularly important to many islands and the sudden withdrawal of this vital income stream presents a potential crisis for many communities. There is a need to […]
They should Look to the Caribbean for leadership on response to the virus By Arley Gill The global coronavirus pandemic is sweeping across Europe and most of North America. As leaders struggle to find solutions to manage this global crisis, those of us living in the Caribbean must applaud the proactive steps taken by our […]
CWCF provides Flow Study Program FREE for ALL students until June 15 in response to COVID-19 MIAMI–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Over 130,000 kindergarten, primary and secondary school students across the Caribbean will benefit from the Flow Study program FREE of charge from now through June 15. The Cable and Wireless Charitable Foundation (CWCF) in partnership with Flow and One on […]
The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) urged its stakeholders to take advantage of coronavirus (COVID-19) resources it has set up to contain the spread of the virus in the region, and reminded the world of the Caribbean tourism sector’s proven ability to strongly bounce back from adversity. Recalling the association’s experience in dealing with […]
Dutch Proposal to List the Species under the Cartagena Convention Succeeds Today, on World Environment Day, the critically endangered largetooth sawfish gained a lifeline as Caribbean countries unanimously agreed to add the species to Annex II of the Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW) Protocol under the Cartagena Convention. Seventeen member governments are thereby obligated […]
On the occasion of World Environment Day 2019, the central theme of which is air pollution, the United Nations organization calls on Latin American and Caribbean States to advance on coordinated action at a local, national, regional and international level to address this problem. (June 4, 2019) The serious episodes of atmospheric pollution that Latin America […]
CHTA’s Director General Advises Investors: Greater Collaboration From Public and Private Sectors Needed to Increase Tourism Growth MIAMI (May 31, 2019) – Frank Comito, CEO and Director General of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA), reassured investors that it was a great time to be in the tourism industry, which continues to be the major economic […]
At the OAS, Member States praise IICA’s contributions to economic and social development in Latin America and the Caribbean Following the presentation made by the Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) on his agency’s work in 2018, the Ambassadors and High-level Representatives to the Organization of American States (OAS) of […]
ECLAC released a new edition of its annual report on ports today. (April 3, 2019) Container throughput in ports of Latin America and the Caribbean increased by 7.7% in 2018 in comparison with the previous year, according to data released today by ECLAC. This analysis is based on the performance of a sampling of 31 countries […]
