ABU DHABI, Jan 26 2015 (IPS) - With global energy needs projected to increase by 35 percent by 2035, a newreport says meeting this demand could increase water withdrawals in the energy sector unless more cost effective renewable energy sources are deployed in power, water and food producti...

Last year, they celebrated Marley's 69th birthday by naming the Bob Marley Museum on Hope Road as their first affiliate, and this year the Grammy Museum has decided to step it up a notch by officially declaring February 6 as Bob Marley Day at the international museum. The decision was disclosed...

MORE investment is needed. More national broadcasting of local film material, as well as a greater level of regulation and policy framework in place, should also be added to the list of things needed in order for Barbados to tap into the global film industry, which as been estimated to be valued at ...

PARAMARIBO, Suriname -- The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Competition Commission has concluded that the agreement by Cable and Wireless Communications Plc (CWC) to acquire Columbus International Inc. (Columbus) has the potential to prejudice trade and prevent, restrict or distort competition within ...

SAN JUAN — Tourism: it’s the largest single economic driver in the Caribbean, and promoting its continued development remains one of the most crucial objectives for the wider region. That’s why the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association has its CHTA Education Foundation, which, s...

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica – 30th January, 2015…….Prime Minister the Honourable Gaston Browne rounded off a series of bilateral meetings at the Third CELAC Summit in Costa Rica on Thursday with a bilateral encounter with President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela. Prime Minister Brown...

(SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico…… January 29, 2015) – Ahead of the opening of the annual CHA Caribbean Marketplace convention in San Juan Puerto Rico, The Honourable Asot Michael, Antigua and Barbuda’s Minister of Tourism, Economic Development, Investment and Energy caucus...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller has urged member countries and governments of the Community of Latin American States and Caribbean States (CELAC) to continue to give focused attention to meaningful cooperation that can significantly reduce poverty in their respective countries th...

Fight against hunger and poverty on the table at the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States summit 27 January 2015, San José, Costa Rica - Today FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva presented a new regional Plan for Food Security, Nutrition and Hunger Eradication by 20...

Message to the Pacific Community from Caribbean Community on Vimeo. Monday January 26 marked the end of the United Nations Year of the Small Island Developing States (SIDS). The Caribbean Community and Pacific Community Secretariats agreed to stage a joint social media campaign...