Ria’s Rising Stars Foundation – Helping Broadcast Students Grow! Apply for your scholarship, now
From All Access Music Group Don’t Be Left Out — Application Deadline Is February 2nd It’s time once again to search for deserving broadcast students to award them free trips to WORLDWIDE RADIO SUMMIT 2020 through the RIA’s RISING STARS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION, a…
CARICOM NewsTime for the Week ending 25 October, 2019
STAY IN THE LOOP In this episode, Communications Officer at the CARICOM Secretariat, Ms Michelle Nurse, presents a weekly news roundup of the latest from the Caribbean Community.Highlights: 46:24 – Historic hearing at Caribbean Court of Justice12:10:10 – COHSOD on Education19:54:12 – COTED zeroes in…
The UWI’s Dr David Smith among scientists who prepared the first Sustainable Development Report
Regional Headquarters, Jamaica. Tuesday, 29 October 2019—Dr David Smith, Coordinator of the Institute for Sustainable Development (ISD) and Director of the Centre for Environmental Management (CEM) at The University of the West Indies (The UWI), is one of 15 independent…
Mississippians teach Hondurans glass art trade as dioceses deepen longtime partnership
By David Paulsen From ENS [Episcopal News Service] John DeLancey serves as a missionary in Honduras but describes himself more precisely as a project manager. From Mississippi, DeLancey is a glassblower by trade and now a teacher, and his ultimate goal…
Op-ed by Alicia Bárcena on inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean
The Time for Equality in Latin America and the Caribbean Has Arrived: With Urgency and Without Delay *By Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC On October 24th, we commemorated the 74th anniversary of the entry into force of the United…
How will digital economy affect E-commerce and trade in the OECS ?
Saturday, October 26, 2019 — The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission, in collaboration with the Commonwealth Secretariat, will host a workshop for officials of OECS Member States on the trade-related aspects of electronic commerce (e-commerce). The workshop will take place…
Preliminary overview of the economies of the Caribbean 2018–2019: Economic restructuring and fiscal consolidation as a platform to increase growth
From ECLAC Author: McLean, Sheldon – Alleyne, Dillon – Hendrickson, Michael – Oyolola, Maharouf – Pantin, Machel – Skerrette, Nyasha – Tokuda, Hidenobu UN symbol.: LC/CAR/TS.2019/345 p. Editorial: ECLAC October 2019 DESCRIPTION This overview examines the economic performance of economies of the Caribbean…
CARICOM NewsTime for the Week ending 18 October, 2019
STAY IN THE LOOP In this episode, Communications Officers at the CARICOM Secretariat, Ms Michelle Nurse and Ms Tusankine English-Francis, present a weekly news roundup of the latest from the Caribbean Community. Highlights:45:18 – CARICOM concerned about political crisis in Haiti 01:16:13 – Health and…
REPORT: How young people consume news
From Reuters Community Broadcasters and newspapers that are struggling to reach under-35s will need to think differently about content, formats and platforms if they are to engage a generation that has fundamentally different expectations. This is the key conclusion of…
Understanding insurtech M&A
From Lexology Don’t miss out on an upcoming webinar hosted by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP on 24 October 2019, 3:00PM BST which I think will be of interest. M&A in the insurtech sector continues to grow, but a successful transaction requires more…