Higher Education: The Key to a Knowledge-Based Economy
The Caribbean University was first born as a non-for-profit, non-sectarian and co-educational college in 1969, in the city of Bahamón, inspired on the principles of accessibility, comprehensibility and adaptability for all its students. Today, it is a major university offering a complete range of secondary degrees, from technical and associated to bachelors’, masters and PhDs. […]
Vision with Solidarity: Tourism’s Path to Resurgence
Every year, five million people from all corners of the world take a break from their daily lives and jobs and fly –or sail– to Puerto Rico. Once there, whether on its endless sandy beaches, its overwhelming tropical settings or its historic cities and towns, tourist spend around USD 4 billion, creating jobs for more […]
PUERTO RICO, Looking Ahead Beyond the Headlines
Over the past sixty years, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, officially an unincorporated territory of the United States in the Caribbean, went from being a largely rural society to becoming a fully industrialized nation, home to some of the largest and most sophisticated multinational industries in the world, such as pharmaceuticals and electronics, and boasting […]
“Haiti is ready for Change”
Interview with the Haitian president, Jovenel Moïse In the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea lays Haiti, a fascinating yet under explored country. Sadly, notorious for thenumerous natural disasters and subsequent humanitarian crisis that have reduced a large segment of the population to a state of misery, Haiti has shown great resiliency and is […]
Oyster Ventures
WELL-KNOWN TODAY AMONG MANY CARIBBEAN NATIONS, the Citizenship by Investment (CBI)program is nevertheless a global industry, promoted by the implementation in 1990 of the EB5 visa program in the US, designed to encourage foreign investment and economic growth by offering permanent residency to eligible participants. Similarly, Grenada launched its CBI program as a tool for […]
Grenada: The Point at Petite Calivigny
BLESSED WITH PERFECT YEAR-ROUND WEATHER AND ENCOMPASSING A LITTLE OVER 130 SQUARE MILES OF FERTILE SOIL, the Caribbean island of Grenada known as “The Spice Isle” is a place of verdant rain forests, neighboring islands, colonial plantations, rivers, vibrant coral reef, with a dynamic nightlife and year-round festivals. The perfect setting for both adventure and relaxation: its wildlife attractions, marine life, […]
Tourism: The Philippines
The Philippines is made of 7,107 islands, and each of them has something to offer every visitor that comes to explore this rich country. May it the beaches in Boracay, the secret lagoons and rich dive sites of El Nido and Coron, the underground river of Puerto Prinsesa or just the breathtaking sunset of Manila […]
Puerto Rico, manufacturing powerhouse of the Americas
Puerto Rico, manufacturing powerhouse of the Americas Composing more than 45% of the country’s GDP and providing employment for 20% of the island, the Puerto Rican manufacturing industry has been one of the most diversified, vibrant and attractive industrial powerhouses in the world for over fifty years. Enjoying a highly-skilled, experienced and yet inexpensive workforce, […]
Citizenship by Investment Program
The Citizenship by Investment Program (CIP) is St Lucia’s lifeline to bringing foreign capital into the country, while simultaneously funding development projects and providing tax-free status through citizenship for the investor. With the island-nation unable to borrow anymore money through rights issues, all eyes fall upon the CIP; a program marred with accusations of controversy, […]
Strategic reinvention from manufacturing efficiency to innovation and hi-tech
Over the past 60 years, the Republic of China, known as Taiwan, went from being a largely rural society to becoming a fully industrialized country, a global leader in communications technology and the 22nd –largest economy in the world, a success achieved by no other developing nation in the latter half of the twentieth Century. […]
