Jamaica treading through its difficulties

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Stabroek News - Since Michael Manley succumbed in the second half of the 1970s, after his experiments in economic and foreign policy radicalism, to the IMF’s insistence that he accept one of their more severe programmes for the recuperation of a depressed Jamaican economy, ...
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Keep on sailing

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - Cultural industries, cultural preservation and heritage tourism are terms that have gained currency in recent years as efforts continue to diversify the limited scope of the Barbadian economy. The country scored a major feather in its cap with the UNESCO World Herita...
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Project launched to promote region as spa and wellness destination

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - In an effort to promote the Caribbean as a destination for health and wellness, the Development and Promotion of the Caribbean Health and Wellness Tourism Sector Project has been launched. This is according to Valarie Pilgrim, Operations Officer at the Caribbean Deve...
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JAMAICA-MEDIA-IPI said TVJ chairman engaged in censorship

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Vienna-based International Press Institute (IPI) said that the chairman of the board of Television Jamaica Ltd. (TVJ) Milton Samuda, had engaged in censorship when he restricted the questions to be asked of two Olympians last month. In a letter to the Chairman of t...
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GRENADA-TRADE-Grenada seeking to protect nutmeg and other brands

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – The Grenada government says it intends to use the system of geographical indications together with other intellectual property tools to protect its nutmeg and other spices as it brands the commodities. Tourism Minister Alexandria Otway Noel addressing a Sub r...
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BERMUDA-TOURISM-Staff layoffs as Department of Tourism set to close

HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC - The government-run Department of Tourism, which employs around 40 workers here and in New York, is to be abolished on October 1 as the new independent Tourism Authority gets ready to swing into action. Tourism Minister Shawn Crockwell has travelled to the United States to de...
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