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BARBADOS PRIME MINISTER TO KEYNOTE CARIBBEAN CONFERENCE ON SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT
Barbados Prime Minister David Thompson will be the keynote speaker at this year’s premier conference on sustainable tourism.
The Prime Minister will deliver the keynote address at the opening of the 11th Annual Caribbean Conference on Sustainable Tourism Development (STC-11) on 9 May at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre.
The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), which is organizing the conference in collaboration with the Barbados Ministry of Tourism, has welcomed Mr. Thompson’s acceptance of the invitation to address conference delegates.
“We are delighted and extremely excited…
The Government of Trinidad and Tobago strengthens collaboration with CAF
Ministry of Finance, Trinidad and Tobago:
The Government of Trinidad and Tobago held discussions with the Corporación Andina Fomento (CAF), also called the Andean Development Corporation to explore areas of future collaboration, during a visit from CAF’s high-level technical team on Monday 25 and Tuesday 26 January 2010.
The discussions confirm the strong interests coming out of the successful hosting of the Fifth Summit of the Americas in April and the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in November, which saw the country bringing together…
SUSTAINABLE TOURISM CONFERENCE TO FOCUS ON BUILDING WORLD CLASS SUSTAINABLE TOURISM PRODUCT
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: The opportunities that exist for the Caribbean to enhance and sustain its tourism product and how the Region can capitalize on these opportunities will be the focus of this year’s leading Caribbean gathering on sustainable tourism, the 11th Annual Caribbean Conference on Sustainable Tourism (STC-11).
The stage is already being set with the selection of a theme that encapsulates the current status of global and Caribbean tourism, and invites conference delegates to become centrally involved in building a world class…
New report confirms importance of offshore centres to world economy
LONDON, England -The positive role that offshore financial centres play in supporting growth around the world is highlighted in a new report, International Finance Centers and the World Economy, published today. The report was commissioned by the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) from prominent US economist Professor James R Hines Jr of the University of Michigan and NBER.
Ahead of this weekend’s G20 Finance Ministers’ meeting the report gives a strong indication of the key role well regulated offshore centres now…
Drug Challenges Rising in the U.S. and Mexico: Rehabilitating Mexico’s Drug War
The fundamental miscalculations of the long and inconclusive drug war in Mexico have come under scrutiny in recent months as widespread violence repeatedly disturbs local communities and dominates international headlines. The massive militarization of the anti-drug strategy employed by the administration of President Felipe Calderón – and increasingly funded by the United States – has scarcely impeded the two-way movement of drugs and weapons across their common border. The influx of funds serves to raise the stakes of the trade, ignite inter-cartel…
Reggae Star Bounty Killer arrested for possession of Marijuana
Bounty Killer (Rodney Pryce) was arrested on October 4th 2009 for the possession of marijuana.
Bounty was seen at a trendy venue in New Kingston, St Andrew earlier, celebrating a friend’s birthday.
About 4:30 a.m., after leaving the venue he was pulled over by an unmarked police vehicle at the intersection of Grenada Avenue and Knutsford Boulevard in New Kingston.
According to police, Pryce had in his possession a “spliff” and a small bag of four ounces of marijuana.
He was arrested at taken New Kingston…
PETROCHEMICAL COMPLEX TO SPAWN NEW INDUSTRIES
An US$ 1.7 billion Ammonia, Urea Ammonia Nitrate and Melanine (AUM) complex due to be completed before the end of the year is expected to spawn spin-off industries and achieving a goal of the Trinidad and Tobago government for natural gas to be used for creating products further downstream in the petrochemical value chain.
The ammonia plant which began commercial operations last May and producing above the 2000 metric tonnes per day will provide the feed stock to produce the end…
INFLATION CONTINUES DOWNWARD TREND
According to the latest data released by the Central Statistical Office, inflation continued on a downward trend for the fourth consecutive month.
Headline Inflation, measured by the 12- month increase in the Index of Retail prices, fell to 4.3 per cent in August 2009 from 5.9 per cent in the previous month and from 11.6 per cent at the start of the year.
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