Jamaica says it is taking swift and coordinated action to protect travelers and tourism workers as the country braces for the arrival of Hurricane Melissa. The government and the Ministry of Tourism, working closely with the Jamaica Tourist Board, the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association and the wider hospitality sector, have fully mobilized emergency protocols designed to safeguard visitors […]
Guyana’s President, Bharrat Jagdeo, met with his German counterpart, Christian Wulff to discuss climate change and green growth at Wulff’s official residence, Bellevue. “In the run up to [climate conference] Copenhagen, the issue of climate change and green growth received an unprecedented level of first-order political attention,” Jagdeo said after the meeting. “Sadly, that attention […]
President Bharrat Jagdeo Guyana is preparing to hold elections, both for president and Parliament, by November. All 65 seats in the country’s parliament will be in play in the election, the first in Guyana since 2006, when President Bharrat Jagdeo’s People’s Progressive Party won 55 percent of the vote. [AP via Jamaica Observer]
Guyana, the largest sugar exporter in the Caribbean, will receive just under $27 million in aid from the European Union to help improve production in the country. The E.U. had previously chosen to cut import prices for raw sugar by as much as 36 percent, and the new aid came as part of an effort […]
