President, Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali said the strong bilateral relationship between India and Guyana will continue to produce fruitful outcomes. As part of its efforts to expand the agriculture sector, President Ali noted that a regional agri-tech campus will be created to support the regional food hub. This is in keeping with the government’s commitment […]
The Labo Moto project, a joint initiative of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Haitian Ministry of Health, provides “nurses on wheels” who travel across the country by motorcycle to collect cholera samples from suspected cases and deliver them for laboratory analysis, contributing to rapid diagnosis and response. The Labo Moto project began […]
St John’s, Antigua and Barbuda – December 18, 2018: Monument dedicated to Sir Vere Cornwall Bird (Father of the Nation), St. John’s, Antigua, West Indies, Caribbean. (Shutterstock) It has been interesting to read the responses in editorials and opinions in some regional media, concerning the decision by the two main political parties in Antigua and […]
Dr. Tanya Beaubrun believes St. Lucia is inching closer and closer to being a sick country, and this realization has ignited Caribbean Spark – a movement aimed at prioritizing healthcare at the personal, community and national levels. On Saturday Dr. Beaubrun launched Caribbean Spark noting that it will change the future of Saint Lucia and […]
The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has approved US$17 million in financing for a geothermal energy development project in Nevis, which is aimed at reducing electricity costs, reducing carbon emissions, and increasing energy security. On Friday, December 9, the Bank’s board of directors approved the grant financing for the project which will help the Government of […]
A multimillion-dollar project to improve agricultural productivity and resilience for small farmers in rural Belize, is receiving a US$5 million injection in funding from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB). The bank’s board of directors approved the loan to the Government of Belize for the Resilient Rural Belize Program (B-Resilient) project at their December 9 meeting. […]
Students at the Babonneau Primary School are now set to benefit from the sale and consumption of vegetables planted and reaped by them at their school, thanks to the support of Sagicor. On Friday December 9th, the school officially re-opened its greenhouse, which was refurbished earlier this year after a $6,000 donation from the insurance […]
PHOTO CAPTION – Lowell F. Hawthorne- Photo courtesy of the Hawthorne family. PHOTO CAPTION – Lorna Hawthorne- Photo courtesy of Coche Productions The First Annual Lowell F. Hawthorne Awards Ceremony will be presented live as a virtual streaming event on Thursday January 19 beginning at 7pm EST. Hosted by The Lowell F. Hawthorne Foundation Inc. […]
NEW YORK/GENEVA/WASHINGTON D.C., 10 January 2023 – An estimated 5 million children died before their fifth birthday and another 2.1 million children and youth aged between 5–24 years lost their lives in 2021, according to the latest estimates released by the United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME). In a separate report […]
The Caribbean Governance Training Institute (CGTI) – the #1 board governance training institute in the Caribbean Region – is pleased to announce the TOP TEN graduates of our internationally acclaimed, ‘flagship’ CHARTERED DIRECTOR PROGRAM for 2022, thereby bringing the total number of CGTI graduates to over 4,000. The TOP 10 List of Chartered Directors for […]