PHILIPSBURG, St Maarten, Friday July 3, 2015 – Relatively little effort has been spent on turning the most tourism dependent region in the world into the most tourism competent, according to a white paper recently issued by the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) entitled, “Cuba: The Great Disruption for the Good of the Caribbean.”
Jamaica has successfully phased out the use of a key ozone-depleting substance that was being used in the foam manufacturing industry.
Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) were being used by SEAL Sprayed Solutions Limited to make spray-in-place insulation that controls moisture and temperature within buildings. The climate-friendly and ozone-friendly alternative, methyl formate, is now being used in the manufacturing process.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC)– Barbados Wednesday renewed a call for an international debt relief programme for developing countries like those in the Caribbean saying it was not enough to speak “almost disparagingly” about the debt situation.
Guyana is moving to insulate a number of loopholes and so drastically reduce the possibility of cybercrimes ranging from website hacking to fraud, officials said Wednesday.
Experts are being trained in cybercrimes legislation and enforcement while plans are on the drawing board to enact several laws related to cyber security.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Tues 11 Aug 2015 – The seasonal influx of Sargassum seaweed on Caribbean beaches has got the attention of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) and tourism policymakers and practitioners across the region.
The Post-2015 Development Agenda
United States’ President Barack Obama is set to launch a new energy programme to cut greenhouse gas emissions as part of his ongoing bid to combat climate change.
The Clean Power Plan is designed to reduce GHG emissions from US power stations and the programme will focus on renewable energy sources including wind and solar power.
Power stations are the largest source of GHGs in the US and coal-fired power currently generate more than a third of the country’s electricity supply.
As part of a regional effort to improve energy efficiency in CARICOM member states, the Ministry of Energy, Science & Technology and Public Utilities (MESTPU) of Belize has partnered with the OAS Department of Sustainable Development, and in cooperation with the OAS Belize Office, launched the “Standards and Labelling” component of the Energy for Sustainable Development in Caribbean Buildings Project (ESD) during an event held from June 30 to July 2, 2015.
The United Nations (UN) is upbeat about advancing the process to reshape policies governing access to international public finance.
Developing countries have been lobbying for a revision of current development financing policies to encompass a multi-dimensional approach as distinct from the current primary criterion of GDP per capita income.
CONAKRY, Guinea, Friday August 7, 2015 – A newly developed vaccine against the deadly Ebola virus is proving to be “highly effective”, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
The positive results were obtained during a trial of the VSV-EBOV vaccine in Guinea, one of the West African countries affected by the recent outbreak.