Tag Archives: Caribbean jobs

Tourism minister urges Caymanians to start looking for work

GEORGE TOWN, CAYMAN ISLANDS — As the nation prepares to allow for expanded tourist arrivals come October, Tourism Minister Kenneth Bryan is urging unemployed residents to get back into the labour market. Although the government has been providing stipends to tourism workers who lost jobs as a result of the industry’s shutdown amid the COVID-19…
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CARICOM apprenticeship programme participants lauded as ‘The Future of Energy’

BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS — A cohort of 10 young men and women from around the Caribbean are being hailed by the CARICOM Energy Secretariat as “The Future of Energy” one year into their internship experience under the Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency’s (CCREEE) Regional Energy Apprenticeship Programme (REAP). REAP “provides young professionals with…
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New job opportunities become available as BVI moves to embrace renewable energy

ROAD TOWN, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS — As the territory undertakes a new renewable energy initiative, at least 40 young men and women who successfully completed a training program are now poised to take up positions in the industry either at home or abroad. Junior Minister for Trade and Economic Development Shereen Flax-Charles, while delivering a…
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Could non-traditional industries be expanding in the Caribbean?

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO — The gaming industry isn’t what comes to mind for many when thinking of Puerto Rico, but Shirley McPhaul, technology consultant at Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust, wants that to change, especially among women. Speaking on a 2021 Women Economic Forum (WEF) panel, McPhaul said her organization aims to…
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