KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – At least 500 nationals could find employment within the Jamaica-based Sandals Resorts International (SRI) when it begins the recruitment drive in St. Vincent and the Grenadines in the next few weeks, a senior SRI official has said.

MIAMI, Fl. — Hip Rock Star Advertising, a trailblazing, award-winning advertising, marketing, and communications agency that focuses exclusively on building today’s socially conscious brands, recently received multiple awards from the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts (AIVA).

Washington, DC – Burdensome student loan debt, home appraisal bias, disparate mortgage lending pricing, historic discriminatory federal policies still adversely affecting the growth of Black homeownership, and the overarching societal effects of the pandemic are subjects of 2021 Spring Policy Conference to be convened by the National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB) May 12-13, 2021. This year’s sessions are framed by the conference theme, “Increasing Black Homeownership: Are Current Housing Public Policies a Boost or a Hindrance?”.

NASSAU, Bahamas – The Bahamas government has signed an air navigation services agreement with the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) allowing for the monitoring of the country’s airspace for a period of 10 years.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Jamaica-based technology company,  MC Systems, Monday announced it has acquired Phoenix International, a world leading core banking platform, built with trusted Microsoft technology, to enhance their suite of financial services in the Caribbean, Latin America and Africa.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The continuing COVID-19 pandemic has dashed hopes of an economic revival, Central Bank Governor Cleviston Haynes said Thursday, as he disclosed a fourth successive quarterly double-digit decline in activity as tourist arrivals plummeted.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados– Minister of Agriculture and Food Security Indar Weir says Government is moving to transition the sugar industry from a bulk sugar production industry to a value chain one, with associated benefits for the Barbados Agricultural Management Company (BAMC) Ltd and the public, as a whole.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Scientific Research Council (SRC) says it will establish a pilot plant for the production of personal care and cosmetic products.

MIAMI, FL- The Caribbean COVID-19 Tourism Task Force is calling for continued diligence and adherence to public health safety protocols as it encourages all tourism-related stakeholders who are able to do so to be vaccinated as vaccines become available.

OLIVER SPRINGS, TN – Fifty workers misclassified as independent contractors by an Oliver Springs home health care service provider received a total of $358,675 in back wages to resolve overtime violations found in a U.S. Department of Labor investigation.

KINGSTON, Jamaica– The Jamaica government says it is seeking to develop a contingency plan designed to ensure the recovery of the vital tourism industry as a result of the economic fallout occasioned by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

MIAMI, Fl. —   Cure launched its custom-fabricated mobile bar, which is designed to entertain guests at events with unique and customizable options. Since its launch, Cure has become a market leader in the mobile bar industry with its solutions for outdoor comfort.