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Puerto Rico expected to have a record breaking year for Cruise Ship arrivals

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#PuertoRico, August 6, 2018 – Over 1.7 million cruise passengers are expected to visit Puerto Rico in the 2018-2019 year and it would be record-breaking for the country.  A projected double digit growth by 41% according to the Puerto Rican Governor, Ricardo Rosello.  The boom would come in just under 550 cruise calls to Puerto Rico, the US territory which was hard-hit in the 2017 Atlantic Hurricane season and still rebounding from the blow dealt by killer storm, Maria.

The Puerto Rico Tourism Company said about the first quarter of 2018:  “We are very pleased with the results obtained during the past fiscal year as a result of cruise activity.”  The growth was driven by the arrival of a number of megaships to the island, from Royal Caribbean’s Anthem of the Seas and Alllure of the Seas to the new Carnival Horizon.

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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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