The 14th Caribbean Intercollegiate Debating Tournament will be hosted by the Mona Campus from March 26-30.  The Tournament began as an initiative of the University of the Virgin Islands in 1989.  The Mona Campus has won the tournament six times and was awarded the Best Speaker trophy on all six occasions.  The Debate Centre will be Mary Seacole Hall Dining Room and the Grand final will be on Saturday, March 29 at 9:00 a.m. in the Neville Hall Lecture Theatre.  For further information on the debate, venues etc., please check your notice board or contact: staff advisors to the Mona Debating Society, Mr. Carlton Lowrie, Student Services Manager, Irvine Hall and Marjorie Bolero Haughton, Administrative Officer, Admissions. 

UWI stages Inaugural Caribbean Labour Policy Conference Local, regional and international analysts of labour market issues, labour relations and labour legislation will be in Jamaica from Wednesday April 2 to Saturday April 5 for the Inaugural Caribbean Labour Policy Conference, a ground-breaking event which will be staged at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona.

The conference is jointly organized by the Labour Studies Programme, Mona School of Business (MSB), in conjunction with: the Department of Management Studies; the Trade Union Education Institute; the UWI’s HIV/AIDS Response Programme (HARP); the Centre for Gender & Development Studies (Regional Coordinating Unit), UWI; and the Centre for Industrial Relations, University of Toronto.

The Conference’s primary objective is to examine the impact to Caribbean labour issues caused by globalization, international trade liberalisation, and the linking of trade and international labour standards.  The Conference is also intended to provide government officials and policy makers throughout the region wit