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Minister of Trade and Industry Paula Gopee-Soon welcomes Trinidad and Tobago Chamber of Industry and Commerce chief executive officer (CEO) Ian De Souza. He also accoladed Faria’s important contributions in various collaborative initiatives in developing small, medium and large enterprises while building, export readiness and fostering competitiveness in the sectors.

Read the original article here: https://newsday.co.tt/2022/01/16/gopee-scoon-welcomes-new-trinidad-and-tobago-chamber-ceo/

In a period marked by global food shortages and disruptions due to the Covid 19 pandemic, the small island state of St. Vincent and the Grenadines is celebrating an oversupply of vegetables on its local market. Various programs such as a national -Buy Local Campaign, Operations Green Sprout and the Producers Cooperative Union (for a local unregistered group of young agripreneurs) aided in mobilising support for the sub-sector.

Read the original article here: https://www.hortidaily.com/article/9387678/local-vegetables-flood-saint-vincent-and-the-grenadines-markets/

Benjamin Alexander, set to be the first Jamaican Olympic alpine skier at the Winter Olympics, 2022. Alexander, who has an English mother and Jamaican father secured his qualification for the Beijing Games after finishing seventh in the giant slalom at the Cape Verde National Ski Championships in Liechtenstein. The 38-year-old, born in Northamptonshire, formerly an internationally renowned DJ who started skiing only seven years ago, will be the 15th athlete to compete for Jamaica at the competition.

Read the original article here: https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/benjamin-alexander-to-make-history-for-jamaica-at-winter-olympics-1.4775924