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Flow to invest in Jamaica Tourism 

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Rashaed Esson

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#Jamaica, October 18, 2023 – Connectivity and tourism development across Jamaica is being pushed with plans revealed by Flow to invest US$550 million.

The investment, the Ministry of Tourism informed on Facebook, will be in the next 38 months, ending sometime in December of 2026.

This development, if successful, will add to Jamaica already firing tourism industry from for the pre and post COVID-19 period, to which Edmund Bartlett, Minister of Tourism, alluded, as he thanked Flow for its investment.

Giving his appreciation to the company, he expressed, : “We do this because we’re connected and your business is about connectivity and productivity, and you’re part of this great revolution that has now created not just a connected world but a hyper connected world.”

The move was announced by Balan Nair, Chief Executive Officer of FLOW’s parent company, Liberty Latin America at a dinner event at the Rose Hall Great House.

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Jamaican gets multi-million dollar grant to enhance resilience 

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Rashaed Esson

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Jamaica got a 3 million US dollar grant from humanitarian charity organisation Direct Relief, as part of its mission to strengthen resilience in the Caribbean region. This is also an effort to enhance Healthcare systems and infrastructure throughout Jamaica in preparation for natural disasters as the organization renews its ongoing partnership with the island. This was announced by Direct Relief in an article on May 1.

 

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Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana sign security agreement 

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Rashaed Esson

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To enhance and strengthen security in the Guiana Shield, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana on Monday April 29, signed a security common master plan following a meeting in George Town, as announced By President of Guyana Irfaan Ali on Facebook. Ali expressed that the agreement will hopefully enhance collaborations and relations between Suriname and French Guiana.

 

 

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Grenada Prime Minister says there needs to be greater focus on coral health in the region’s universities. 

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Rashaed Esson

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The Prime Minister of Grenada, Dickon Mitchell, at the 2024 Sustainable Tourism Conference on April 22, expressed that Caribbean universities should be leading researchers for coral restoration as he addressed the importance of corals to the region’s capacity for tourism sustainability amid climate change

Regarding this, he called for more funding to encourage universities to create more marine experts, given the region’s vulnerability to climate change effects.

 

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