FAME-Caribbean to help create business opportunities for artisans
By Sasha Harrinanan From Trinidad and Tobago NewsDay The Foundation for Fashion, Art, Manufacturing, Entrepreneurship and Export (FAME-Caribbean) has been established by Trinidad-born Savile Row master tailor, Andrew Ramroop, to help create sustainable business opportunities for artistic people across the…
Guyana’s main prison on fire
From Caribbean News Service GEORGETOWN, Guyana, – Inmates from the Georgetown Prison were being moved to other facilities on Sunday [9] night following a fire that the authorities said had been set purposely by prisoners. The Guyana-based online publication DemeraraWaves…
meeco to equip 57 roofs in Guyana with sun2roof solar energy installations
Swiss energy provider won tender to install 761 kWp on government-owned buildings and has concluded contract to extend renewable energy solution on Guyana’s State House The government of Guyana, through the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA), continues with taking up the…
CCJ seeks to trigger digital revolution in Caribbean courts
From Soualiga Newsday Sint Maarten SINT MAARTEN/TRINIDAD & TOBAGO – The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) is hoping that a set of technological upgrades it recently adopted will trigger a digital revolution in courts across the region, and transform how…
Guyana: Opening ceremony DIGICEL’S 2017 JUNIOR CARIBBEAN SQUASH CHAMPIONSHIP
From DPI Guyana Georgetown, Wednesday, July 5, 2017 MINISTER’S REMARKS SALUTATIONS Director of Sport, Christopher Jones Representatives of the sponsors (and I’m happy to see that ExxonMobil is rooting for you too) Organizers of this Caribbean Squash tournament Players, coaches,…
Guyana legislators unite to address suicide epidemic
From Caribbean News Service GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Jul 06 2017 – Members of the legislature from both sides of the house met with representatives from the United Nations, the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday…
Health facilities in seven Caribbean countries to be transformed to be disaster resistant
A UK-funded PAHO project will make safer and greener health facilities in Dominica, Belize, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and St. Lucia to deliver care in disasters. Bridgetown, Barbados, June 7, 2017 (PAHO / WHO) – The…
Caribbean Sugar Association wants to produce 406,000 tonnes sugar for 2016/2017
166th Meeting of the Board of Directors – 25/26th May, 2017, Barbados Members of the Sugar Association of the Caribbean (SAC) met on 25th and 26th May 2017 in Barbados, for their 166thBoard of Directors Meeting. SAC Sugar Production 2016/2017…
Venezuela appeals to Caribbean neighbours for help
From Caribbean News Service GEORGETOWN, Guyana, May 22 2017 – Venezuela’s Ambassador to Guyana has called on the government of Guyana and other governments across the region to intervene as Venezuela’s political crisis deepens with daily clashes between demonstrators and…
Jamaicans dominate foreign prisoner population in Cayman
From RJR News According to newly released data, there are more Jamaicans than any other foreign nationals imprisoned in The Cayman Islands. A report published by the Cayman Reporter newspaper shows that, of the 147 inmates behind bars, 17 are…






