BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, September 3, 2022 - The need to establish airlift between African countries and the Caribbean was the consensus on day two of a panel discussion held at the AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum (ACTIF) 2022 at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford on the topic: Improving logistics between Africa and the Caribbean for the promotion of tourism, trade, telecommunications and investment.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, September 1, 2022 - Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has suggested that the proposed establishment of an Africa Caribbean Export Import Bank in the region is critical to unlocking further economic and social benefits for the region at a time when such support is badly needed.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, August 6, 2022 - Prime Minister Andrew Holness has hailed the new Kingston Logistics Park (KLP) as a big step in developing Jamaica’s logistics industry and creating a new stream of foreign exchange that will make the economy more robust to withstand shocks.
PORT-OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, April 20, 2022 - The Trinidad Guardian is reporting that a Bitcoin mining farm, Trinimine, is in the works for Trinidad and Tobago, and could become a reality within eleven months.
Members of Congress give Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a standing ovation during a speech by videoconference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on March 16, 2022. Ukraine says it is pioneering a new source of financial support: cryptocurrency. (Sarahbeth Maney/The New York Times via AP)
Ads for blockchain, NFTs and cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin seem to be everywhere. Crypto technologies are being promoted as a replacement for banks; a new way to buy art; the next big investment opportunity, and an essential part of the metaverse.
KINGSTON, April 7, 2022 - Jamaicans can protect their goods and services with trademarks in 126 foreign markets, through the Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO). this is the word from Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator Aubyn Hill, during a webinar on the Madrid Protocol, today.
CaribPR Wire, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos, Fri. April 1, 2022: Wymara Resort and Villas, Turks and Caicos, today announced that long-time Managing Director Bruce Maclaren has purchased the shares of former co-owner Rob Ayer, with a long-term view to the future. To complete the transaction, Maclaren partnered with Sterling Global Financial as an equity investor. The transaction happens in the wake of a successful renovation and the completion of the first phase of the Wymara Villas.
Read enough about Bitcoin, and you’ll inevitably come across people who refer to the cryptocurrency as a religion. Bloomberg’s Lorcan Roche Kelly called Bitcoin “the first true religion of the 21st century.”
WASHINGTON DC, January 28, 2022 - Tourism Minister Ed Bartlett has challenged the tourism industry to begin to look more seriously at ‘diasporic tourism’ as a means of accelerating investments in the country’s tourism product.
