Enrique De Marchena Kaluche, from the Dominican Republic, has become President of the Caribbean Hotel Association for 2008-2010 with a platform that includes goals to raise the level of awareness and respect for the hospitality and tourism industry by collaborating with governments and the people of the Caribbean, focusing on human resource development of Caribbean nationals

I am honoured to be here at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, an institution which stands as testament to the strong historical ties between the Caribbean and the African-American community.  Named after a Black Caribbean man, the Schomburg Center has been the home of Caribbean and African-American culture and history,

Communication is the basis for life. When communication fails, abnormality sets in.

This principle was demonstrated this week in New York with a decision, seemingly influenced by the Caribbean diplomatic corps, to retain the services of a "mainstream" public relations firm to communicate to members of the Diaspora and the Black media.

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, in association with the Government of Japan, will be convening a Workshop to Address Priority Constraints Facing Small, Medium and Micro-Sized Enterprises in the Caribbean, from June 25-27, 2008, at the Saint Lucian by Rex Resorts.