Sagicor selling all shares to Canadian firm
BRIDGETOWN - Sagicor Financial Corporation Limited is looking to sell all its shares to the Toronto-based Alignvest Acquisition II Corporation, in a US$536 million deal. The insurance company, which is listed on More...
Cuba and Canada sign agreement on health tourism for the elderly
HAVANA - The Comercializadora de Servicios Médicos Cubanos (CSMC) SA and the Canadian tour operator COGIR, on Wednesday signed an agreement in Havana for the implementation of a program dedicated to the medical More...
U.S. judge lets Canadian company pursue assets from Venezuela’s Citgo
TORONTO - A U.S. judge has granted a Canadian company the right to go after prized U.S. assets belonging to Venezuela, in a bid to get paid on an $1.4 billion award tied to the 2008 nationalization of its gold mining More...
Air Canada unveils second flight to Curaçao from Montreal
WILLEMSTAD - Curaçao Tourist Board (CTB), Curaçao Airport Partners (CAP), Curaçao Airport Holding (CAH) and Curaçao Hospitality and Tourism Association (CHATA) are pleased to announce a 2nd non-stop service More...
Canadian firm plans to sell marijuana to the Caribbean
LONDON - Now, with Canada’s recreational marijuana legislation set in stone, medical marijuana company, Scythian Biosciences Corp (SBC), is turning to lucrative markets across the globe, including Europe, Latin More...
Local Chinese delegation attends Conference of Guangdong Overseas Chinese Friendship Association in Canada
Peter Wong WILLEMSTAD - On May 24 this year, a delegation comprised of local Chinese traveled to an important conference of the Guangdong Overseas Chinese Friendship Association which was held in Vancouver, Canada. More...
‘Studying in the region’; in Canada
WILLEMSTAD - Curacao students can now study in Canada with a loan from the local Student Loan Foundation (SSC). To this end, the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport signed a Memorandum of Understanding More...
Canada to expel Venezuelan diplomat in retaliatory move
Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland TORONTO - Canada will expel a Venezuelan diplomat and also bar the country’s ambassador from returning, Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Monday, two days after More...
Curaçao promoted in Toronto
WILLEMSTAD - The Curaçao Tourist Board (CTB), along with Diamond PR, organized an interactive cooking class for a group of journalists in Toronto, one of the island’s key geographic markets. Media participants More...
Canadians flocking to the Caribbean
TORONTO - The love affair between Canadians and the Caribbean is intensifying. For the first six months of the year, more than two million Canadians visited the Caribbean – representing a 5.2 per cent increase More...
