Castries, June 7, 2021 – As the energy that powers the nation’s success, St. Lucia Electricity Services Limited (LUCELEC) has one main goal as the country grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic. It is to keep the pandemic outside the power plant and ensure the lights stay on. But it has not been business as usual. […]
As we approach the end of the first half of 2021, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) remain top of mind for HR and learning and development professionals. A focus on DEI, both as an organizing principle of workplace culture and as a strategic business advantage, is an increasingly important topic for organizational leaders outside of […]
BOGOTA, May 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A lack of climate finance, electricity monopolies and now the pandemic’s ripple effects are slowing the Caribbean’s shift from economies run on fossil fuels to clean energy, banking and government officials said on Tuesday. In the Eastern Caribbean, only 10% of energy comes from renewable sources and plans […]
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A private company on Tuesday took over the transmission and distribution operations of Puerto Rico’s power authority, which has struggled with blackouts and bankruptcy, corruption and mismanagement. The takeover by Luma Energy under a 15-year contract coincided with the beginning of the Atlantic hurricane season, with many across Puerto […]
Castries, Saint Lucia, June 11, 2021: The Caribbean Electric Utility Services Corporation successfully hosted its annual Chief Executive Officers’ (CEOs) and Leadership Conference on May 25th & 26th, 2021. This year’s conference was held virtually under the theme ‘Transformational Leadership: Optimising the Human Potential’. Through the years, the CEOs and Leadership Conference has been dubbed […]
On April 7th, 2021, a small handing over ceremony comprising of was held at the Renal Unit of the Owen King European Union (OKEU) Hospital in Castries, St. Lucia. CARILEC, represented by Ms. Karen Piper, Communications and Disaster Management Assistant Manager formally presented a donation of a book storage unit in collaboration with the Lions […]
ABU DHABI, 5th May, 2021 (WAM) — The UAE-Caribbean Renewable Energy Fund (UAE-CREF), the largest renewable energy investment of its type in the region, which is fully financed by Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), has announced the signing of an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to build a hurricane-resistant clean energy project worth […]
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — The Bardabos government says it is considering having ocean energy technology operational on the island as part of the National Energy Policy target of 100 percent renewable energy by 2030. The Ministry of Energy, Small Business and Entrepreneurship said it has conducted an Ocean Energy Consultancy, from January 2020 to March […]
“If Jamaica were to electrify 12 to 16% of its private and public fleets, the economy would benefit from approximately 2% of the GDP.” This recent revelation came from Therese Turner-Jones, the General Manager of the Inter-American Development Bank’s (IDB) Country Department Caribbean Group and Jamaica Country Representative. Ms. Turner-Jones was speaking at the recent […]
‘The New World of Human Connections: Click, Connect and Inspire’ was quite aptly selected as the theme for CARILEC’s 2021 Virtual Human Resource, Corporate Communications and Customer Service (HRCCCS) Conference, held on March 23rd and 24th. Over a two (2) day period, communicators, human resource officers and customer service personnel from several organisations within the […]