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White sand beaches, sparkling blue waters, and gorgeous sunshine are just a few of the draws to visiting the Caribbean, but if you needed another reason to head out there,…

The Sustainable Energy Facility for the Eastern Caribbean (SEF-Expanded) is designed to reduce the financial, technical, and institutional barriers to geothermal energy development in five Eastern Caribbean nations. It will…

Global travel platform Expedia Group has shared the company’s latest insight for the Caribbean based on data pertaining to star-rated properties in the region. The findings, which analyzed data from…

Recently, Prime Minister Mia Mottley and Adtalem Global Education President and CEO, Lisa Wardell, joined with dignitaries, business leaders and other community stakeholders for the grand opening of Ross University…

“How old are you, Dara?” asked one of the youth delegates to the Eastern Caribbean Youth Symposium. She was talking to Dara Jerome, a symposium co-coordinator from the NGO createfuturegood,…

The Caribbean Export Development Agency, in collaboration with the European Union, GIZ and BCSI, launched a two-day workshop for practitioners in the creative and cultural industries of CARIFORUM. The Agency…

Over US$60 million will be injected into Jamaica’s agriculture and rural tourism sectors come 2019. Farmers and rural producers are among those to benefit from the funds, geared towards enhancing…

As travelers look to escape from the cold this winter, the US Virgin Islands Department of Tourism is supporting the territory’s private sector partners with the re-launch of a $3…

A high-level delegation from Belize visited Australia’s Great Barrier Reef from November 26 to 30, 2018, to exchange best practices on leveraging their reef’s iconic World Heritage status, to protect…

The Caribbean could transform its energy sector and diversify economic activity by exploring marine renewable energy development, says Monica La Bennett, Vice President of Operations at the Caribbean Development Bank…

Bamboo is being explored as a possible alternative to the production of plastic and Styrofoam containers as the Jamaican government embarks on a policy to ban the use of the…

Airbnb hosted Hugh Riley, CEO and Secretary General of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), at its San Francisco headquarters recently, and announced new commitments to promoting authentic and sustainable travel…

Fashion is a key sector of the region’s creative industries with designers creating unique styles inspired by their environments. Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export), in cooperation with the European…

After much debate, town hall meetings, and heated arguments for and against that reached a public crescendo, the Bahamas government has approved Disney Cruise Line’s nearly half-billion dollar proposal to…

Disney Cruise Line already has an agreement for purchase with the current owner of the Lighthouse Point property in South Eleuthera for a nearly half a billion dollar cruise port…