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Caribbean fishing industry ends meeting on upgrading food safety systems

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, 25 August 2015, (CRFM) – Industry figures and government officials from across the Caribbean fishing industry Tuesday wrapped up two days of talks here acknowledging they were at the very early stages of introducing a new regime for safe seafood for local and international consumption.

The two-day meeting is part of a European Union-funded project to help CARIFORUM countries introduce laws, regulations and a governance system to guarantee safe seafood for export to EU markets and beyond.

Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association focusing on local associations

Emil Lee, president of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA), reported progress during his first year in office as CHTA continues its evolution into a Hub and Spoke organization. He said he is pleased that the focus on strengthening the National Hotel and Tourism Associations (NHTAs) throughout the region is evolving quickly. He also cites a new era of public-private sector collaboration between CHTA and the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) which has emerged as a point of optimism for the industry's future.

Barbados to establish regional energy centre

Barbados is to establish a Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Energy Minister Darcy Boyce has said.

Boyce, who held talks with Paolo Serpi, Italy’s Special Envoy to the Caribbean, said that the centre, which is expected to be inaugurated at the end of October, would ensure that the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries all had the same standards in respect of renewable energy and energy efficiency as well as similar technologies and the necessary legislation in place.

Regional meeting on Rio Summit declaration

Caribbean delegates ended a two-day meeting in St Lucia on Wednesday identifying opportunities for collective action towards the full implementation of measures contained in Declaration of the 1992 Rio Summit.

Regional Forum focuses on effects of climate change on agriculture

The first ever Caribbean Forum on Climate-Smart Agriculture has ended here with the organizers saying it provided an opportunity to promote and support options for adapting the Caribbean agricultural sector to climate change.

Empowering Patients through Laboratory, Clinical and Community Support - CCAS HIV/AIDS International Workshop

August 25th, 2015 -- “The Holistic Approach to HIV Care in the Caribbean: Empowering Patients through Laboratory, Clinical and Community Support” is the theme of a five-day regional workshop that was officially opened on Sunday, August 23, 2015. The workshop is the 12th CCAS HIV/AIDS International Workshop, and is being held at the St. Kitts Marriott Resort.

CARICOM SG and Haitian Foreign Minister call for greater international involvement in Haiti DR migration issue

Haiti’s Foreign Minister the Honourable Lener Renaud and Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque agreed on the need for greater involvement by the international community in the matter involving the repatriation and deportation of Haitian migrants and Dominicans of Haitian descent from the Dominican Republic.

CARICOM Secretariat and CRITI collaborate to mount booth at CARIFESTA XII

The CARICOM Secretariat team and the Caribbean Regional Information and Translation Institute (CRITI) have collaborated to mount a booth at the Grand Market for CARIFESTA XII in Haiti. The booth features promotional information about both organizations, and visitors get to take away some CARICOM and CRITI memorabilia.

Antigua Opens Region’s Most Modern Airport Terminal

first airport terminal in CARICOM with jet bridges.

Antigua (Antigua Focus) – The twin-island nation of Antigua and Barbuda has opened one of the most modern international airports in the Caribbean. The 23,000-square metre new terminal for the destination, more than doubles the capacity of the adjacent previous terminal, making way for an increase in passenger use of the V.C. Bird International Airport as an all-important airline hub, and the largest gateway to the Eastern Caribbean.

CDB advances climate change and disaster risk management of member countries

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -- The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) agenda for reducing risks and building resilience in the region got a much-needed boost recently. Twenty-three disaster risk management and community development professionals from 15 countries gathered at the headquarters of Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) for an intensive five-day workshop on project design and implementation organised by Community Disaster Risk Reduction Fund (CDRRF).

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