The late Founder and Chairman of Sandals Resorts International, the Hon. Mr. Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart OJ, CD, Hon. LLD, has been honoured by the Government of Saint Lucia with the award of the Saint Lucia Cross (SLC). The announcement was made as the Caribbean nation marked its 42nd anniversary of Independence. The late Sandals Chairman […]
CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has congratulated the Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands Hon Charles Washington Misick and his Progressive National Party (PNP) on their resounding victory in the Territory’s recent General Elections. The Secretary-General also commented the citizens of the Territory for their determination to participate in the polls despite the on-going […]
MIAMI, Florida (March 6, 2021) – Caribbean women are being celebrated for their tremendous efforts in helping the region’s countries and territories combat and recover from the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis. In a statement marking International Women’s Day on March 8, 2021, Vanessa Ledesma, Acting CEO and Director General of the Caribbean Hotel and […]
ROSEAU, Dominica – Agro-processors in Dominica are going to receive the resources and training needed to create even better products and enhance the competitiveness of the sector. The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), through its Caribbean Technological Consultancy Services Network, has committed US$140,000 to a two-year project being executed in collaboration with the Organisation of Eastern […]
Donation will help ten countries across the region; USD$250 000 for staff vaccines Ten countries across the region will get a major boost to their Covid-19 vaccination programmes as a result of a USD$500,000 donation from regional bank CIBC FirstCaribbean. The donation to national vaccination programmes is being made by the bank through its charitable […]
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Marking 2021 International Women’s Day, CDB’s new Vice-President (Operations), Isaac Solomon noted that while there is much to celebrate, there is an urgent need to overcome the status quo. As the world grapples with the Covid-19 pandemic, women stand on the frontline, comprising over 70% of health and social care workers globally. […]
March 5, 2021, BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – A transition to paperless operations has started at the Port of Bridgetown, Barbados with the commencement of a European Union (EU) funded project. The transformation will introduce a Port Community System (PCS), an automated online platform which will integrate users in the public and private sector and reduce logistics […]
Bridgetown, Barbados, 4 March 2021 – Scores of young artists across the region let loose their creative talents over the past few months with amazing results! Close to 30 school-aged artists from nine territories showed off their abilities with paintbrush, pencil and mixed media in the CIBC FirstCaribbean Children’s Art Competition which ran from December […]
US$1.1M (€910K) in grant funding to SMEs in the Caribbean via the Direct Support Grant Programme 63 firms to receive grant funding in 15 CARIFORUM countries Manufacturing and agro-processing firms awarded the most grants BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (March 3, 2021) — In collaboration with the European Union, the Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) has approved […]
