Young Caribbean medical students are grateful to Cuba
From Radio Cadena Agramonte Havana, Cuba, Jun 1.- Cuba is an example of solidarity and heroism before the world, said Young Caribbean students studying medicine in the School of Medicine in the city of Santiago de Cuba. These 252 scholarship…
The Caribbean has an air tax problem
By George Nicholson Op-Ed Contributor From Caribbean Journal The regional airline industry has been characterised by a high degree of commercial difficulties. The last three decades has seen the Caribbean airspace littered with the remains of more than thirty carriers…
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BBC’s Rupert Wingfield-Hayes and team expelled from North Korea From BBC Rupert Wingfield-Hayes and the team were in North Korea ahead of a rare ruling party congress BBC correspondent Rupert Wingfield-Hayes and his team have been expelled from North Korea…
The Addis Ababa Action Agenda and the Caribbean
eTN Global Travel Industry News The issue of global financing for development is a critical theme in the international development agenda with the most recent United Nations (UN) meeting being the Third International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD), which…
Dishonoured – Jamaican residents rue use of Bolivar’s Princess Street dwelling
By Kimmo Matthews From Jamaica Observer History was in the making in the country’s capital city of Kingston yesterday as Jamaicans joined leaders from the Caribbean, Venezuela and other South American countries to remember the man who was known as the…
Caribbean to receive assistance from China in several key areas
From Caribbean360 BEIJING, China, Thursday August 28, CMC – China has promised aid to Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries in a number of areas including adapting to climate change, energy, education and tourism. Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister Gaston Browne, who…
Tourism and civil aviation – a symbiotic relationship
From eTN Global Travel industry News The importance of “accessibility” particularly air access and its relationship to the viability of the Regional Tourism Industry cannot be over stated. The tourism industry is heavily reliant on air transport for tourists/visitors for…
Association of Caribbean States partners with Regional Agencies to host Caribbean Aviation Day 2014
From Guyana Aviation The Association of Caribbean States (ACS) announced on Wednesday, its collaboration with Regional Agencies, the Airports Council International (ACI), Latin America and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA), Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), and the International Air Transport Association…
UK-Caribbean ministerial forum concludes in London
From Caribbean News Now LONDON, England — Following the conclusion of the eighth UK-Caribbean Ministerial Forum held at Lancaster House in London on 16 and 17 June 2014 under the theme “A Partnership for Prosperity”, the foreign ministers and representatives…