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 His Excellency, the Governor General, Sir Carlyle Glean; Permanent Secretary, Mrs. Veda Bruno-Victor; Coordinator of Youth; Mr. Kevin Andall; Coordinator of Youth Service & Leadership; Ms. Jacqueline Alexis; Chairperson, Ms. Nisha Mc Intyre; Other staff of the Ministry of Youth Empowerment & Sports; Members of the various youth organizations and clubs; Distinguished guests; visitors from various Commonwealth Nations; principals, teachers, parents, students Cultural Performers; everyone present here today.
A pleasant afternoon to you and a special thank you for being part of today’s Commonwealth Celebrations. Welcome.
While the Commonwealth exists to serve everyone in every member state, the Commonwealth has placed specific emphasis on youth development. I am happy to see so many young faces today. For this reason, my remarks will focus heavily on the youth and their relationship with the Commonwealth.
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Wednesday, 20 January 2010 |
By Ban Ki-moon
The disaster in Haiti shows once again something that we, as human beings, have always known: that even amid the worst devastation, there is always hope.
I saw that for myself this week in Port au Prince. The UN suffered its single greatest loss in history. Our headquarters in the Haitian capital was a mass of crushed concrete and tangled steel. How could anyone survive, I thought? Yet moments after I departed, with a heavy heart, rescue teams pulled out a survivor – alive, after five days, buried, without food or water. I think of it as a small miracle, a sign of hope. |
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GOOD PROGRESS BEING MADE SAYS DIGICEL GROUP CEO |
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Wednesday, 20 January 2010 |
Stores re-opening; aid, technical supplies and resources arriving in Port au Prince
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 – Kingston, Jamaica: Good progress is being made on restoring the Digicel network with over 80 per cent of cell sites now back on air, enabling customers to make and receive calls, text messages, email and BlackBerry Messenger messages.
· As the biggest and best network in Haiti, the Digicel network has remained operational throughout and Digicel now has more cell sites on air than any other provider. Coverage in the provinces continues to be good and in Port au Prince it is improving rapidly with Haitians taking advantage of the free credit of US$5 each (totaling US$10 million) that Digicel has given them. International traffic on Monday showed a 250 per cent increase on normal daily levels.
· Digicel is continuing to bring key technical people and equipment in to Haiti to ensure that the network is returned to full strength as soon as possible. In the last two days alone, six planes carrying Digicel network equipment have landed in the capital. |
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Start Line Already Strong for 2010 Grenada Sailing Festival |
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Wednesday, 20 January 2010 |
 Some of the best racing and racing/cruising yachts are already booked on the start line for the 2010 Grenada Sailing Festival, presented by Port Louis and Camper & Nicholsons Marinas. The annual National event, run in association with the Grenada Board of Tourism, will run from 29 January to 2 February 2010, and organisers report that they are looking forward to one of the strongest and most competitive fleets since the event began in 1994.
In the Racing Class, 2009 Festival winner James Dobbs with his Antiguan based J122 Lost Horizon will take on some stiff competition from such prominent names in Caribbean sailing as Peter Peake with Storm, and Paul Solomon skippering Enzyme, both from Trinidad, plus well-known Festival competitors Steven Lewis and brothers from Barbados in Whistler. Grenada’s home-grown talent will also be in contention with tough local crews sailing for Richard Szyjan in Category 5, David Cullen in Pocket Rocket and Justin and Peter ‘Champie’ Evans in Tanga Langa 3. The event will also be welcoming back British skipper Hugh Pringle and his crack Cowes Week crew, in the very fast Lancelot, and saying hallo for the first time to visitors from Martinique in Sonadio. |
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CARIBBEAN MARKETPLACE ATTENDANCE, MOOD PORTENDS WELL FOR 2010 AS CHTA URGES ‘UNITY FOR ACTION' |
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Wednesday, 20 January 2010 |
 CHTA Suggests $10 Tax on Airline/Cruise Tickets to Fund Both Local and Regional Marketing
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Jan. 18, 2010) – Both the attendance and mood of delegates at Caribbean Marketplace 2010 held at the Puerto Rico Convention Center in San Juan this week were very upbeat indicating that 2010 will be the beginning of a recovery in tourism for the region. There were 1,311 delegates, just 210 or 13.8 percent off of the recent high of 1521 attendees in 2009. There were also a record number of 19 sponsors plus two additional supporters for the CHTA Board Meetings.
“The attendance at Caribbean Marketplace held better than most other tourism industry gatherings over the past year, many of which have been down by as much as 40 percent,” said Enrique De Marchena Kaluche, president of the Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association (CHTA), host of Caribbean Marketplace 2010 along with co-hosts Puerto Rico Tourism Company, Puerto Rico Hotel and Tourism Association, Puerto Rico Convention Bureau, MasterCard and Virgin Holidays.
“The general mood of the hoteliers, tour operators, wholesalers and tourist office officials that I spoke with indicated that the economy is shifting back into a higher gear than experienced in the past 18 months,” added De Marchena. |
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