Eustace accuses Government of neglect
FRIDAY JUNE 07, 2013; KINGSTOWN, SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES – Leader of the Opposition Arnhim Eustace on Thursday has accused the Dr. Ralph Gonsalves-led Government of increasing the island’s budget making Caribbean News. Speaking in Parliament last Thursday Eustace stated, “What we are saying is that we are in fact increasing the budget passed […]
DAG Scheme funds Barbados’ First Solar Carport
Direct Assistance Grant Scheme funds Barbados’ First Solar Carport Bridgetown, Barbados, June 10, 2013. In other Caribbean news Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) has facilitated the development of a ground-breaking project that saw the first of ten (10) Megapower solar carports being launched in Barbados on Friday, June 7, 2013. The project, which is […]
Investors Urged To Open Their Wallets To The Turks & Caicos
CaribPR Wire, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. June 7, 2013: U.S. and Chinese investors are being urged to “open their wallets” to investment opportunities in the Turks & Caicos Islands. The call to action came from the Premier of the Turks & Caicos Islands, Dr. Rufus Ewing and his finance minister, C. Washington Misick, at the […]
News Flash! OECS to use Advisory Centre for WTO Law
In breaking Caribbean news, David Jordan , a former Director of International Trade and Investment , in the St Lucia Government, now a Lead Business Adviser with Giordano Associates Ltd, lauds the move by the OECS at the recent OECS 57th meeting of the Authority – Heads of Government Conference held in Antigua to embrace […]
Caribbean Export convenes task force in BVI
Bridgetown, Barbados, June 4, 2013. Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) as chair for the CARIFORUM, French Caribbean Outermost Region (FCOR) and EU Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT) Task Force on Trade and Investment convened the 7th Meeting of the Task Force in Tortola, British Virgin Islands on May 30-31, 2013. The mandate of the […]
T&T HC talks trade and tourism with Liverpool
In more Caribbean news, His Excellency Garvin Nicholas, High Commissioner for the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to the United Kingdom, has concluded his visit to Liverpool, a whirlwind trip which saw the High Commissioner convene with the Lord Mayor and business heads on boosting trade and tourism links between Liverpool and Trinidad and Tobago. […]
The Caribbean and a rapidly changing Europe
In more Caribbean news, spend time in Brussels, or in any other European capital that has a close relationship with the Caribbean, and it soon becomes apparent how fast thinking about policy is changing on a broad range of issues that may affect the region’s long term interests. Look at the matter from the other […]
“Brutal” talks and the US-Caribbean relationship
In other Caribbean news, much media coverage was given to the signing on May 28 in Trinidad of a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) by US Vice President, Joseph Biden, and current Chairman of the 15-nation Caribbean Community, Haiti’s President Michel Martelly. But the TIFA must not be mistaken for what it is not. […]
Jah Reason: Inspirational Enterprise
Jamaican-Born International clothing designer JahReason has been taking the world by storm with his eloquent and stylish designs of t-shirts filled with motivational quotes. “Positive People Prosper” says JahReason; the world is good and Jah is the reason. JahReason began designing while attending Cornwall College, Montego Bay in the early 90’s and has been trending […]
British Caribbean kids for citizenship – Petition
Coming out of CaribDirect’s second successful business seminar on Thursday 30th May at the Jamaica High Commission, ‘The Caribbean and You’, it was strongly suggested that the descendents of UK domiciled Caribbean nationals be considered for citizenship. This facility was seen as a vital component in the perpetuation of Caribbean culture in the United Kingdom […]