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IslandsCaribbean Weekday ed. 2020-08-11
Comfort Inn Suites is hoping to enhance the landscape of Lower Scarborough, Tobago when it finally opens. The globally-branded hotel will be full-service and promises to be a great addition to the downtown area. The hotel was expected to open in May 2020 but work was delayed due to the covid19 pandemic.
Towers Hospitality Group Ltd, an affiliate of Towers Consortium Consultancy Ltd, is the brainchild behind Comfort Inn & Suites arrival in Tobago and its chairman Allan Richards is predicting a tremendous impact on local tourism. #TT
IslandsCaribbean Weekend ed. 2020-08-07
Jamaica has been selected to host the 66th Meeting of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Regional Commission for the Americas in May 2021.
According to Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett, who chairs the commission, the decision was taken on Thursday during the 65th meeting of the organisation for the event to be hosted in Montego Bay, St James. #JM
IslandsCaribbean Weekday 2020-08-04
The Eastern Caribbean island of Dominica is reopening to all foreign visitors on Aug. 7.
The country, known as the “Nature Island” for its abundant natural beauty, has announced a streamlined process for all travelers. #DM
IslandsCaribbean Weekend ed. 2020-07-31
The leadership of Sandals Resorts International will be signing an agreement today to operate here in St Vincent and the Grenadines.
Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves made the announcement today while speaking on NBC Radio.
Gonsalves will speak more on the agreement at a signing ceremony at the now-defunct Buccament resort later today. #Hospitality #VC
IslandsCaribbean Weekday ed. 2020-07-28
Heinz Simonitsch, the man credited with positioning the pairing of luxury resorts with environmental sustainability, has died.
The Austria-born hotelier, who was responsible for significant growth and recognition of Montego Bay’s Half Moon hotel, died at age 93 en route to a hospital in the tourism capital on Sunday. #Hospitality #JM
IslandsCaribbean Weekend ed. 2020-07-24
Puerto Rico formally reopened for in-bound tourism on July 15. Travelers with a negative molecular COVID-19 test are now welcomed to the island. #PR
IslandsCaribbean Weekday ed. 2020-07-21
The Lifestyle Group, the main tourist center on the north coast of the Dominican Republic, will restart its operations on August 1, as announced by the group’s president and vice president, Markus and Anja Wischenbart, who assured that the reopening will be carried out under all measures. of health and safety that establish the protocols to guarantee the well-being of its guests and collaborators. #DO
IslandsCaribbean Weekend ed. 2020-07-17
People working remotely could be given the chance to relocate to Barbados under new proposals being considered by the Caribbean island.
Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley is looking at plans to introduce a ’12-month Barbados welcome stamp’ that would allow visitors the option to work remotely from the Caribbean island for a year at a time. #BB
IslandsCaribbean Weekday ed. 2020-07-14
Chairman and CEO of Downsound Entertainment Joe Bogdanovich has revealed that he and his team will be taking the 2020 staging of Reggae Sumfest to the virtual space. The announcement was made via press release on Friday.
In that statement, Bogdanovich expressed that after cancelling the physical staging of the event due to COVID-19, his team began looking into ways they could still maintain a presence. A relationship between Facebook that was forged back in 2019 then led to a decision to host a weeklong list of activities across Facebook and Instagram come July 20.
IslandsCaribbean Weekend ed. 2020-07-10
As part of Puerto Rico’s responsible four-phased reopening plan, it will formally reopen for inbound tourism on July 15.
Beaches have already reopened with sunbathing and other recreational activities now permitted, limiting group gathering to only those within the same household. #PR
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EduCaribbean Weekend ed. 2020-08-13
The HEART/NSTA Trust and the Overseas Examinations Commission (OEC) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the Commission to administer the National Council on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (NCTVET) examinations up to November 2022.
The signing ceremony, held on Thursday (July 23), at the OEC’s offices at 6 Manhattan Road, Kingston, formalised a partnership forged between the entities in November 2019. #JM
EduCaribbean Weekday ed. 2020-08-10
This week, Cayman’s Office of Education Standards commended private schools for their resourcefulness in handling remote learning.
Six weeks earlier, it’s public-school report identified insufficient internet & technology access as factors creating inequalities in public education. #KY
EduCaribbean Weekend ed. 2020-08-06
The National Library of Jamaica (NLJ) has responded to the social distancing restrictions in education by offering virtual classes for students preparing to do School-Based Assessments (SBAs) as part of the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE).
EduCaribbean Weekday ed. 2020-08-03
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between The University of the West Indies (The UWI) and the European University Institute (EUI), is expected to deepen ties between the Caribbean and Europe and help The UWI protect the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in the European Union (EU).
Signed virtually on July 14, 2020, by Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Vice-Chancellor of The UWI and Professor Renaud Dehousse, President of the EUI, the agreement includes the establishment of a research centre. That centre will help to promote inter-regional and intra-regional development and encourage discourse on how transnational and global issues impact the Caribbean Region and Europe.
EduCaribbean Weekend ed. 2020-07-30
Organisers of the 2020 Cayman Islands Classic are relocating the 4th annual tournament to the Raider Arena on the campus of Northwest Florida State College in Niceville due to the ongoing COVID-19 virus, officials announced today.
Among the 8 schools scheduled to participate in the 23-25 Nov. tournament are Kansas State, La Salle, Miami, Nevada, Northern Iowa, Ole Miss, Oregon State & Western Kentucky.
The tournament was originally slated to be held at the John Gray High School Gymnasium, Cayman. #Sports #Basketball #KY
EduCaribbean Weekday ed. 2020-07-27
THE University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus will be offering students a mix of face-to-face and online classes when the new school year begins in September in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Undergraduate tuition fees as well as the fees for halls of residence operated by the university will be frozen in the new school year, but there is no guarantee if the fees for students who live on halls operated by 138 Student Living and the fees for some postgraduate programmes will increase.
EduCaribbean Weekend ed. 2020-07-23
THREE of Jamaica’s four major universities are moving all classes online with a complement of blended modalities as they prepare to reopen next month at the start of the 2020/2021 academic year.
The institutions — The University of the West Indies (UWI), University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC), and Northern Caribbean University (NCU) have made the decision to go fully digital and include face-to-face contact where applicable. #Tech #JM
EduCaribbean Weekday ed. 2020-07-20
The distribution of 65,000 tablet computers to teachers and students will be completed in this fiscal year, says Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams.
This was noted by Mrs. Williams during the official ceremony for the distribution of 32 tablet computers to educators at the Hope Valley Experimental School, located at 2-4 University Road, Kingston 7, on July 7. #Tech #JM
EduCaribbean Weekend ed. 2020-07-16
LEGENDARY West Indies fast bowler Michael Holding made an emotional plea on the morning of the opening Test between West Indies and England to educate people on racism, holding back tears as he spoke about what black people experience.
A lot of discussion on #BlackLivesMatter has taken place leading up to the series with the players taking a kneel before the match. Black lives matter is also written on the t-shirts of the players. The killing of George Floyd in the US, in May, by a white police officer has created a wave of emotion concerning the treatment of black people. #Cricket
EduCaribbean Weekday ed. 2020-07-13
The University of the West Indies (UWI) is now among a list of the world’s top 100 Universities in new rankings released by Times Higher Education (THE).
On June 24, THE revealed its ‘Golden Age University Rankings’ of established higher education institutions across the world that have been around for 50 to 80 years. This category compares institutions established between 1945 and 1967, using the same criteria and methodology as the World Rankings.
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HealthCaribbean Weekend ed. 2020-08-13
In the past week, Trinidad and Tobago has had five people who contracted COVID-19 from an unknown source within the country, sprouting eight more cases through primary contacts and forcing some businesses to close for sanitisation exercises, the closure of three schools and the self-quarantining of hundreds of people.
The current number of cases stood at 156 as of last evening (29 July 2020)
HealthCaribbean Weekday ed. 2020-08-10
Ninety-five Ghanaian nurses have arrived in Barbados on an initial two-year contract.
The entourage of 49 women and 46 men signed on to assist with local healthcare in the Caribbean country. #BB
HealthCaribbean Weekend ed. 2020-08-06
The number of COVID-19 cases in 10 Caribbean countries moved closer to 91,000 cases Monday as one Caribbean country claimed close to 65,000 cases alone of the total number.
The Dominican Republic reached 64,156 cases yesterday after adding another 1,248 new cases. The country’s death toll also climbed by 20 to 1,083. #DO
HealthCaribbean Weekday ed. 2020-08-03
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi announced a $1 billion loan to Latin America and the Caribbean for Covid-19 vaccine access during a virtual gathering with his Latin American counterparts on Wednesday, according to a statement released by the Mexican Foreign Affairs Ministry. #LAC
HealthCaribbean Weekend ed. 2020-07-30
Thirty-eight members of Cuba’s Henry Reeves Medical Brigade Monday arrived in Havana, after fighting COVID-19 in Turin (Italy) over the last three months.
In that time, the Cuban health workers attended 2,918 patients in the Piedmont region, 177 of them in Turin’s red zone. #CU
HealthCaribbean Weekday ed. 2020-07-27
A new surgical eye procedure involving the use of the world’s smallest medical devices is currently available at the Cayman Islands Hospital, and doctors there believe it will give patients greater clarity, with reduced risks.
It’s called the Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery, or MIGS, and involves doctors placing a set of iStent devices along the inner wall of the eye to reduce a buildup of fluids that cause increased pressure in the eye. #KY
HealthCaribbean Weekend ed. 2020-07-23
Latin America and the Caribbean became the world’s second most affected region behind Europe by the coronavirus Monday in the number of deaths.
The death toll in the region has reached 145,900 and cases stand at 3.3 million, according to a tally based on Johns Hopkins University figures. #LAC
HealthCaribbean Weekday ed. 2020-07-20
Full scholarships have been made available for locals who are interested in pursuing tertiary studies in medicinal cannabis in the United States.
This is according to Minister of Education & Agriculture Dr Natalio Wheatley, who made the announcement while discussing the recently-passed Cannabis Licensing Act during a live radio broadcast this week. #VG
HealthCaribbean Weekend ed. 2020-07-16
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is warning that some countries could be setting themselves up for a different health crisis as they divert attention from the fight against non-communicable diseases (NCDs) to battle COVID-19.
“Services for the prevention and treatment of non-communicable diseases or NCDs have been critically affected since the pandemic,” PAHO Director Dr Carissa Etienne said yesterday during a media briefing on COVID-19 in the Americas. “Services were interrupted in several countries, affecting all types of care for people with different NCDs, but more so for diabetes, hypertension and rehabilitation services.” #NCD #LAC
HealthCaribbean Weekday ed. 2020-07-13
The Pan American Health Organization warned Tuesday the coronavirus death toll in Latin America and the Caribbean could top 400,000 by October without stricter public health measures.
That would represent a quadrupling of the fatal cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, in a region that has emerged as a major pandemic trouble spot. #LAC
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