Barbados Prime Minister in Cuba For CBU Meeting
August 26, 2008 1 Comment
Barbados’ Prime Minister David John Howard Thompson, arrived in Cuba on Monday evening to inaugurate the 39th General Assembly of the Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU), beginning this Tuesday in Havana.
The CBU [Caribbean Brocasting Union] is a non-governmental organization based in Barbados which supports and promotes high quality work of radio and TV private or public entities in the Caribbean.
It has 57 members in 23 countries; of those, 18 belong to CARICOM. Cuba is the only Spanish speaking country that belongs to the CBU. The organization has as its chief aim to represent the interests of its members internationally, helping them in their development by facilitating courses, workshops and training for radio and TV personnel.This is the second time that the CBU meets in Cuba, the first was in 2001.
Source – Cuban News Agency
Dude, what’s going on with CMC? Primetime is off the air indefintely, they’ve fired 17 people. Things aren’t looking good. In fact it’s quite sad.
I mentioned it on my blog:
http://youcouldbelievethis.wordpress.com/2008/10/02/omg-whats-going-on-with-cmc/
I’m hoping you have more details, you might be able to share.