(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana – Wednesday, 1 December 2021) – Today, the CARIFORUM Directorate and the CARIFORUM Intellectual Property and Innovation Project – CarIPI, announced the launch of a new consultation tool, Caribbean TMclass, a regional interface of TMclass, the classification tool developed by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and IP Offices of […]
WASHINGTON, November 30, 2021 – The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved today US$40 million for the Volcanic Eruption Emergency Project in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The project is also financed by a US$2 million grant from the European Union’s Caribbean Regional Resilience Building Facility, managed by the World Bank’s Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery. In April 2021, the […]
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana – Wednesday, 29 September 2021) – Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community Her Excellency Carla Barnett and Japanese Ambassador to CARICOM His Excellency Tatsuo Hirayama both praised the excellent relations between the two sides during a courtesy call by the Ambassador to the Secretary-General on Wednesday at the CARICOM Secretariat’s Georgetown, Guyana […]
WASHINGTON, September 29, 2021 – Short-cycle higher education programs (SPCs), such as technical degrees, tertiary careers and advanced vocational training programs, can be a highly effective tool in times of crisis such as the current COVID-19 pandemic, when millions of people across Latin America and the Caribbean need to acquire the training and skills to urgently join the […]
September 29, 2021, BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Dr Gene Leon, urged the region to take bold and innovative steps to surmount the significant development challenges that have been amplified by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and to shift to a new development trajectory. “Our development challenge is not merely […]
Providing best in class connectivity to the Southern Caribbean and the oil and gas industry Kingston, Jamaica – Wednesday 29th September 2021. Digicel is making a significant investment in international submarine capacity with the build of its Deep Blue One subsea cable and has signed a partnership agreement with Orange to extend the system from Trinidad to French […]
The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has approved loans of US$25 million to Antigua and Barbuda and US$7.5 million to Anguilla to counter COVID-19 fallout and support economic recovery. “The two loans will buttress socially responsible policies, particularly for the benefit of vulnerable people in Anguilla and Antigua and Barbuda, while backing the reform process in […]
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana – Monday, 27 September 2021) – As the countdown begins to the opening of the Caribbean Week of Agriculture on 4 October 2021, sector participants are anticipating an impactful event that will showcase opportunities for practical and technology-oriented solutions to tackle food security. They are also confident that strategic partnerships will […]
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS (September 26, 2021) – The official celebration of the United Nations World Tourism Organization’s (UNWTO) World Tourism Day 2021 (September 27), around the theme “Tourism for Inclusive Growth”, resonates particularly well in the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) because of the rich diversity of our peoples and the colorful tapestry of history woven […]
