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IDA Executive Director, Rhoda Joseph

The Invest Dominica Authority is currently hosting an inward investment mission which started on June 12 and will continue until June 17th. Executive Director of the IDA Rhoda Joseph stated that these missions from the French West Indies, are a part of the authority’s strategy to increase foreign direct investments and to seek partnerships with foreign investors in key areas of sectoral interests.

Recent studies of global broadband and mobile data pricing from United Kingdom-based telecommunications provider Cable.co.uk haven’t turned out well for the Virgin Islands, which has consistently shown to have some of the highest prices in the world for those services.

However, when it comes to electricity, the VI ranks near the middle of the pack regionally.

Just 11 out of 28 Caribbean countries have cheaper electricity than the VI, according to a study released last month from the company.

When first the impact of the COVID pandemic hit us over two years ago, there were few among us that thought we would still be grappling with it today, on the verge of the year 2022. Today, not only has the disease accounted for the deaths of over 5 million persons worldwide but it seems to be constantly recharging its batteries in the form of new variants and, as evidenced in the emergence of yet another offshoot, the Omicron, is creating alarm just as controls and restrictions were being eased.

Managing Director of Val Ferry, Leroy “Wadix” Charles

Val Ferry, which services the French island of Guadeloupe and the Nature Isle of Dominica, is set to resume operations on December 10th. The services of Val Ferry had been disrupted for the past 20 months due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Managing Director of Val Ferry, Leroy “Wadix” Charles, stated that their Roseau office is now pended for bookings; the company thanks all those involved for bringing recommencement of the ferry service to Dominica.

Civil society organisations in St Vincent and the Grenadines are among others in the OECS and wider Caribbean which can apply for a grant through UN Women.

SOROPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) recently held its 34th Annual General Meeting via Zoom, and the following persons were elected to serve for the year 2021-2022.

President – Ikarmola La Borde Vice President – Donnette O’Neal Secretary – Josie-Ann Small Treasurer – Christine Da Silva Programme Action Chair – Shannon Durrant Samuel Development Officer – Lavina Gunn Membership Officer – Keisha Fraser IPP – René M. Baptiste/ SICN Representative.

Caribbean rum producers are joining forces with French group CIRT-DOM, to get the best deal for their exports into major markets, particularly the European Union. Rum producers of the Caribbean Forum, members of the West Indies Rum & Spirits Producers Association ( WIRSPA), recently signed a MOU with their French counterparts CIRT-DOM – the traditional rum producers of Martinique, Guadeloupe...

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Caribbean rum producers are joining forces with French group – CIRT-DOM – to get the best deal for their exports into major markets, particularly the European Union.

Rum producers of the Caribbean Forum, members of the West Indies Rum & Spirits Producers Association (WIRSPA), recently signed a MOU with their French counterparts CIRT-DOM – the traditional rum producers of Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana and Reunion, which are all departments of France.

Address by Prime Minister of Grenada Dr The Rt Hon. Keith Mitchell at the Virtual Caribbean Business Forum – Connecting & Collaborating: Establishing New Business Relationships, 17 February 2021.

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PONANT is making Barbados its homeport for one of its newest PONANT EXPLORER vessels.

This winter season, the Le Dumont-d’Urville will be sailing from the Bridgetown Port with two, nine-day Caribbean itineraries lined up. Not only this, but the luxury expedition line will also be making Barbados a port-of-call for five other nine-day Caribbean itineraries.