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IslandsCaribbean Weekend ed. 2021-01-08
Cuba Takes Major Step To Improve The Economy: Allows Majority Owned Foreign Direct Investment.
Foreign entities will now be allowed to maintain majority share in their investment. #FDI #CU
IslandsCaribbean Weekday ed. 2020-12-29
First Hotel Indigo in the Caribbean Planned for the Cayman Islands.
Dart and InterContinental® Hotels & Resorts (IHG) have announced plans for a new Hotel Indigo near Seven Mile Beach in Grand Cayman. #KY
IslandsCaribbean Weekend ed. 2020-12-25
Sandals Chief Questions Resort Link to Grenada #COVID19 Outbreak
“As of today, the source is not yet known and we are fully supporting the contact tracing and fact-finding efforts” – Adam Stewart, the Deputy Chairman #GD
IslandsCaribbean Weekday ed. 2020-12-22
Another New All-Inclusive Resort Opens in Punta Cana.
The new Serenade Punta Cana had a soft opening this week on Cabeza de Toro Beach.
It has a total of 603 rooms across seven four-story buildings. #Latam #DO
IslandsCaribbean Weekend ed. 2020-12-18
CURAÇAO is Sandals Newest Destination
Sandals announced the expansion of its brand to the beautiful dutch-inspired island of Curaçao: its eighth Caribbean island location. #CW
IslandsCaribbean Weekday ed. 2020-12-15
#Caribbean ‘Work From Paradise’ Packages Tempt Remote Workers.
With low Covid-19 rates and plenty of signature sunshine, Caribbean islands and hotels have created packages to encourage people to move their home office overseas. #DigitalNomad
IslandsCaribbean Weekend ed. 2020-12-11
Sandals Again Wins Big at 2020 World Travel #Awards.
Sandals Resorts International (SRI) has been recognised as the World’s Leading All-Inclusive Company at the 27th annual World Travel Awards Grand Final. #JM
IslandsCaribbean Weekday ed. 2020-12-08
While The E.U. Barrs American Travelers, France’s St. Barths Has Reopened
The island of St. Barths, the most glamorous of France’s Caribbean islands, is open to all travelers. #BL
IslandsCaribbean Weekend ed. 2020-12-04
BVI reopening for tourism on December 1!
This announcement was made by Premier Andrew Fahie in September during the launch of the BVI Tourists Board’s rebranding campaign initiative entitled BVI Love. #Dec2020 #VG
IslandsCaribbean Weekday ed. 2020-12-01
MoU for US$90M Hilton Hotel in Mc Doom inked.
Minister Oneidge Walrond, Go-Invest CEO, Dr. Peter Ramsaroop and Mr. Lars Mangal of TOTALTEC signed the agreement on Monday at the Ministry’s boardroom. The hotel is earmarked for Houston/McDoom, East Bank Demerara.
EduCaribbean
EduCaribbean Weekend ed. 2021-01-07
ISSA Sets Dates For Champs 2021.
The ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys & Girls’ #Athletics Championships (Champs) will run from Monday, March 22, to Saturday, March 27, 2021. #JM
EduCaribbean Weekday ed. 2020-12-28
JAAA Concerned Rescheduled Carifta Games Could Clash With Student-Athletes’ Exams In 2021.
2nd postponement of the Games could present conflicts for local junior athletes. #Athletics #NewTerm
EduCaribbean Weekend ed. 2020-12-24
Texila University Offering Discounts, Exemptions for Coursera Students
The Texila American University (TAU) now recognises courses completed by students on the online platform, Coursera, and has created opportunities for them to save time and money while learning there. #Needs #GY
EduCaribbean Weekday ed. 2020-12-21
Gov’t Will Continue Phased Reopening Of Schools
A total of 87 of the 171 high schools are classified as low risk, with 66 approved for #reopening by the Ministry of Health & Wellness. #JM
EduCaribbean Weekend ed. 2020-12-17
UWI and European University Institute Share COVID-19 & Trade Experiences in the Caribbean & Europe
Researchers and practitioners joined in an e-dialogue to exchange thoughts & best practices on trade and economic affairs between the two regions. #Economy
EduCaribbean Weekday ed. 2020-12-14
The Anglican Church And 150 Years Of Education – Dudley McLean
Education among Africans in Jamaica began at least 64 years before efforts were made to educate poor white children in England.
EduCaribbean Weekend ed. 2020-12-10
Sir Hilary: UWI-UG Bridge Can Help Guyana.
The emerging relationship between The UWI & the government of Guyana can only enhance intervarsity partnership and co-operation. #GY
EduCaribbean Weekday ed. 2020-12-07
Dr Olivene Burke, Director of Social Services, UWI Mona, awarded 2020 Laureate of the Caribbean for Public & Civic Contributions.
The Anthony N Sabga Caribbean #Awards for Excellence celebrated Dr Burke singly in a small ceremony, held in October at The Jamaica Pegasus Hotel. #JM
EduCaribbean Weekend ed. 2020-12-03
Education Ministry Partners With Microsoft
Microsoft is to provide 500,000 Microsoft Office 365 Education Software licences to students in educational institutions, free of cost. #Tech #JM
EduCaribbean Weekday ed. 2020-11-30
Gov’t, UWI negotiating deal to train 20,000 Guyanese
The University of the West Indies (UWI) is currently negotiating an agreement with the Government of Guyana to help to train up to 20,000 Guyanese over the next five years, through The UWI Open Campus. #GY
HealthCaribbean
HealthCaribbean Weekend ed. 2021-01-07
Guyanese Scientist In Pfizer #COVID19 #Vaccine Team Says It’s Safe For Use.
Guyanese-born Vidia Roopchand is one of several scientists involved in developing the BNT162b2 vaccine. #GY
HealthCaribbean Weekday ed. 2020-12-28
UWI Researchers Begin Coronavirus Genome Sequencing Project.
A team of researchers from St Augustine campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI), has embarked on a project to analyse coronavirus genomes from infected individuals. #COVID19 #TT
HealthCaribbean Weekend ed. 2020-12-24
Outbreak at Caribbean Resort Spawns 26 Cases So Far.
Before this past weekend, Grenada had only recorded 45 coronavirus cases since March. Then, more than half that number was added all at once when an outbreak occurred at a resort on the Caribbean island, the Washington Post reports. #COVID19 #IslandsCaribbean #GD
HealthCaribbean Weekday ed. 2020-12-21
Jamaican Medic Named Britain’s Second Most Influential Black Person.
Jamaican Professor Kevin Fenton has been named on the Powerlist 2021 as the second most influential black person in Britain for his role in the fight against the novel coronavirus. #COVID19 #JM
HealthCaribbean Weekend ed. 2020-12-17
The Hidden Stories of Medical Experimentation on Caribbean Slave Plantations.
The book, “Secret Cures of Slaves: People, Plants, and Medicine in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic,” describes human experimentation in the late 1700s. #History
HealthCaribbean Weekday ed. 2020-12-14
Barbados deposits funds for #COVID19 #vaccines.
PAHO/WHO Representative to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, Dr Yitades Gebre revealed that “Barbados is one of the first countries to take action” for the procurement of the vaccine. #PAHOWHO #BB
HealthCaribbean Weekend ed. 2020-12-10
Cuban doctors officially nominated to Nobel Peace Prize from Bulgaria.
Friends of Cuba in Bulgaria officially proposed the request to nominate Cuba’s Henry Reeve international medical brigade to the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. #CU
HealthCaribbean Weekday ed. 2020-12-07
New British-Cuban #Biotechnology Joint Venture Debuts in the UK.
The Cuban-British joint venture BioFarma Innovations was formally presented in the United Kingdom during an online seminar late in November. #CU
HealthCaribbean Weekend ed. 2020-12-03
Blowout Of CARICOM #COVID19 #Travel Bubble – Regional Heads Squabble Over Country Classification.
In agreeing to establish a so-called travel bubble among member countries when they met on September 11, CARICOM leaders accepted a recommendation from the Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) to apply a standard of 20 active cases per 100,000 population over a 14-day period.
HealthCaribbean Weekday ed. 2020-11-30
A huge spike in COVID-19 cases looms over the Christmas season, which could put pressure on hospital bed spaces, with males at a higher risk of dying if Jamaicans let down their guards against the coronavirus in the coming weeks, the health ministry has warned.
The declaration comes as the nation awaits the Government’s decision on whether restrictions to prevent the spread of the virus will be relaxed for the festive season.
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