Bridgetown, BARBADOS, March 19, 2018. The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) in cooperation with the European Union today announced they are gearing up to provide grant funds to the CARIFORUM private sector. “The DAGS is one of the Agency’s most direct ways of providing support to the CARIFORUM private sector. This reimbursement grant funding […]
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, participated in the World Economic Forum on Latin America 2018, in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. (March 16, 2018) The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, called on the region’s countries to reinvigorate the process of integration and bolster intraregional […]
Digicel Caribbean and Central America CEO, Vanessa Slowey, Steps Down After 15 Years With the Business Kingston, Jamaica – Thursday 15th March 2018. Total communications and entertainment provider, Digicel, today announced that Vanessa Slowey, CEO for the Caribbean and Central America, has decided to leave the business. Having spent 15 great years with the Digicel […]
Caribbean Ministers and Deputy Ministers of Agriculture see potential for increased cooperation and technology transfer with Argentina and Brazil Argentina, 15 March 2018 (IICA). Eleven Caribbean Ministers and Deputy Ministers of Agriculture today participated in a working session in Buenos Aires to share experiences with members of the Agricultural Commission of the Argentine Senate. They […]
Gebhard Rainer Joins Team as Luxury Included® Resort Company Prepares for Accelerated Growth MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, – March 15, 2018 – Sandals Resorts International (SRI) Chairman and Founder, Hon. Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart, OJ, CD, Hon. LLD, announces the appointment of industry veteran Gebhard F. Rainer as CEO, effective immediately. The appointment, which follows an extensive […]
Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque and Germany’s new Ambassador to (CARICOM) His Excellency Holger Michael signed an agreement totaling 25,700,000 euros on Monday for a Sustainable Financing Mechanism for Marine Protection in the Region. Ambassador LaRocque had minutes earlier at the Secretariat’s Georgetown, Guyana headquarters received Ambassador Michael’s credentials as his country […]
According to the Director General of the Institute, Manuel Otero, the agreement will support Caribbean countries in matters relating to climate change and will promote more cooperation projects for Central America. San José, 13 March 2018 (IICA). Strengthening sustainable development with a focus on rural economies and societies in Chile, in the Central American Integration […]
The EU’s list of non-cooperative jurisdictions in taxation matters has been adjusted in the light of: • commitments made by listed jurisdictions; • an assessment of jurisdictions for which no listing decision had yet been taken. Moves have also been made to improve transparency in the listing process. On 13 March 2018, the Council removed […]
George Town, Cayman Islands, 12th March, 2018 – Regional bank CIBC FirstCaribbean recently announced the appointment of Mr. Paul Michael Jenkins, to the post of Private Wealth Investment Advisor. The experienced banking executive will work with CIBC FirstCaribbean clients in The Cayman Islands, Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean to provide international investment advice. He has […]
