Much talk lately about fast ferries to the Grenadines and the need to update our marine transport to the Grenadines in this regard. A recent private members bill spearheaded by Senator Marks also spoke of the need to introduce fast ferry services. Trinidad is currently looking at her own marine transport services and word has come to me that SVG has sent its own envoy to gain experience and knowledge from the operators in Trinidad.
A typical craft pictured above has the following Technical specification :
Main characteristics
Length 73.6 metres
Breadth 26.3 metres
Draught loaded 2.5 metres

Sir Ronald Michael Sanders KCMG, KCN
Executive Director for International Relations and Member of Board of Directors of Innovative Communication Corp., (ICC) headquartered in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands, management offices in West Palm Beach, Fla.
Sir Ronald Michael Sanders has been a member of ICC’s board of directors since the company’s inception. From 1995 to 2004 he was high commissioner to the United Kingdom representing Antigua and Barbuda and had special responsibilities for negotiations on financial and trade matters in the World Trade Organization and with the International Monetary Fund and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. He was an elected member of the executive board of UNESCO and has served in diplomatic posts to Germany and France.

Abstract
Wireless technology has become a primary system for delivering high-speed Internet access in Latvia. Because of poor-quality telephone infrastructure, developing countries face the difficult task of connecting locations (located in the same area/city) with dedicated high-bandwidth needs (from 256 kbps to 4 Mbps). The Eastern European countries of Latvia and Moldova are given as examples of where poor telephone infrastructure has been overcome by providing high-speed wireless Internet links to universities, schools, and governament agencies.
Guntis BARZDINS guntis@latnet.lv
John TULLY tully@latnet.lv

Big Sands Bar & Grill in Union Island. The green roof on the beach. I was present to support a local couple who are in the throws of starting a mini resort. I think you will agree that they are fortunate to have chosen such a fab Location as the picture shows.
So watch this space for future announcements on this small business project. If "location location location" is the law, then this one is a winner for Union Island.

It was indeed an experience to visit Union Island again, this time during their Easterval. There is a full activity schedule including sailboats and a carnival atmosphere.
I took the opportunity to meet Friends of Union Island, a group of business persons looking to increase their potetial for success here on the Island where there is huge potential for Tourism develpment. I was seriously tempted by an acre of beachfront land recently up for sale but alas, my budget is not at that level this year. Suffice to say, the weather was a treat and the beaches the reefs and the sheer schenic beauty was greatly appreciated,as were its friendly inhabitants. St Vincent & the Grenadines truly is a great sun getaway. However I really have to comment that there is great need for fast efficient and comfortable ferry services to and from the St Vincent mainland. It took us some 4 hours to get here from St Vincent on the present ferry service after stopping to offload supplies in Canouan and Myreau. But on the whole a blessed and enjoyable EASTER 2007.

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Hilton (Barbados) Conference Centre
Bridgetown, Barbados
4th – 7th April 2007
Final Programme
The 3rd World Congress of Science and Medicine in Cricket will be held at the Barbados Hilton Hotel and Conference Centre in Bridgetown, Barbados from 4th to 7th April 2007.
Building on the successes and experience of the previous congresses held at Lilleshall National Sports Centre, England in 1999 and at the Spier Wine Estate, Cape town, South Africa in 2003 the meeting will be a major international event involving participants from the major cricket playing nations.
The Congress will be hosted immediately prior to the ‘Super 8’ Series of matches of the Cricket World Cup.

Conference on the Caribbean: A 2020 Vision
June 19 - 21, 2007
Washington, DC
Preparations for the June 19-21, 2007, High level “Conference on the Caribbean: A 20/20 vision” are well advanced. The Conference, which is being organized by the United States Department of State and the 14 CARICOM Ambassadors on behalf of CARICOM Heads of Government, with support from the IDB, the OAS and the World Bank will consist of three fora: i) Expert Forum; ii) Private Sector Forum and; iii) Diaspora Forum.
I. Conference Objectives
The Caribbean (CARICOM) is proposing to host a Conference on the Caribbean: A 2020 Vision with four primary objectives: (i) to deepen and broaden the dialogue between the Governments and People of CARICOM and the Government and People of the United States of America; (ii) to identify priority areas for growth and development of the Caribbean for the next 15 years; (iii) to strengthen the relationship between the USA and CARICOM by addressing these priority areas in mutually beneficial and reinforcing ways; and (iv) to promote the Caribbean in the USA.

THE OPENING SESSION OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME AND WORKSHOP ON FORESIGHT AND BEST BETS – FEBRUARY 26, 2007. St Vincent & the Grenadines
1. The key challenge facing our private sector, and which the Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines has identified, within its broad strategic objective for businesses, is for the sector to show tangible, significant results in poverty eradication and/or alleviation. To this extent, the government’s intervention into the sector has been to achieve two specific outcomes:
• To achieve pro-poor growth via open markets and through business environmental reforms and strengthening the competitiveness of the local private sector to respond to markets in so-called pro-poor ways.

Bottomtown.com is a business community networking platform for OECS businesses. We want to get to know each other and we want to network our business knowledge and information.
We are also looking for Business Club space in Rose Place Kingstown (Bottomtown as it is affectionately known)St Vincent & the Grenadines: where we wish to set up our Drop-in center.
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The car? Guess!!
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It is not often easy to see what a website like this offers its viewers; so I will from time to time review the offerings.
This week we look at Tourism-Resources:This takes you to the caribbean Hotel Association's page entitled:
Small Hotels resource center.

A wealth of information and contacts with the aim of making the small caribbean Hotel more manageable and more profitable.

Further down the LH menu is "Education"
Here you are taken to "The Caribbean Toolkit" this offers software, business forms, training, and more to help small businesses in the Caribbean grow and succeed.
It’s free and easy to use. Just search or browse the categories for the information you need.

THE CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE ENTERPRISE invites you to a roundtable discussion on:

Uses and Abuses of Governance Indicators
with

Dr. Charles Oman,
Senior Economist, OECD Development Centre

For investors, donor organizations, and scholars, judging the quality of governance in countries throughout the world is a difficult and imprecise science. Governance indicators are often cited as reliable sources of information. However, according to the recent study conducted by Dr. Charles Oman and Christiane Arndt, these indicators are frequently misused to both determine and track the progression of governance levels in individual countries. As the authors argue, no single set of indicators can accurately portray the governance environment in a given country or region. Yet, despite their shortcomings, governance indicators are a useful tool if compiled transparently and used properly. Join us as Dr. Oman discusses the strengths and weaknesses of the most widely used indicators and how to apply them effectively.

Member countries of the OECS now have an Office at their disposal in Puerto Rico to be used for stimulating trade, tourism and investment promotion.

OECS Director General Dr. Len Ishmael said the event was a lesson which both sides can hold up as a shining example of regionalism to the rest of the world.

For more information contact:Kendol Morgan Senior
communications Officer Tel: (758) 455-6341 Email: kmorgan@oecs.org

The internet was attacked in February at its very core..its 13 Root Server system stegically distributed around the globe.
ICANN explains here: http://www.icann.org/announcements/factsheet-dns-attack-08mar07.pdf

We need to talk.
We need to network.
We need to support each other.

We are actively looking to network small business accross the OECS and beyond.

What can you do (as a small business owner) to assist and make this a reality??