Sep
30
2015
Health Minister, Cuban envoy meet.
On September 30, Terrence Deyalsingh,Minister of Health, met with Guillermo Vazquez Moreno, Ambassador from Cuba, and his team at the Ministry of Health’s Head Office, Port of Spain.
On September 30, Terrence Deyalsingh,Minister of Health, met with Guillermo Vazquez Moreno, Ambassador from Cuba, and his team at the Ministry of Health’s Head Office, Port of Spain.
The Executive Director of the Caribbean Disaster Management Agency (CDEMA), Mr. Ronald Jackson, accepted the invitation by the Cuban Ambassador to Barbados, Francisco Fernandez, to designate a representative for the Workshop on Local Disaster Management, which be held in the Havana from 26 to 30 October. It thus complies with one of the agreements reached at the CARICOM-Cuba Summit to ensure that all member countries of the Community and its specialized agencies receive adequate training in this area.
Four Barbadian students who applied for scholarships to study medicine at the Latin American School and Caribbean Medicine (ELAM) as part of the program of existing bilateral cooperation between the two countries in the educational field traveled to Havana in the second half of August. The students selected this year were Kachell Tara Yearwood, Shakita Alexandra Morris, Thalayah Onika Butcher-Medford and Faith Gabriela Brome.
Cuban contemporary dancers, Yuleisy Linares and Yunier Hernandez, both teachers and soloists of the JJ Traditional Dance Company, participated as special guests in the artistic cultural festival organized by the Israel Lovel Foundation to celebrate its 25th Anniversary in Bridgetown during the second half of August. Their outstanding performance was highlighted by the Barbadian press having a rave review.
Trinidad and Tobago, 10 august, 2015-The Chief Executive Officer of the Trinidad and Tobago Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Catherine Kumar, spoke at a press conference at the chamber’s headquarters in Westmoorings following the return to Trinidad and Tobago of a fact finding mission organised by the chamber.