In March of this year, Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley suggested that Africa-CARICOM Day should be celebrated on September 7, in recognition of the first-ever Africa-Caribbean Summit aimed at forging stronger social and economic ties between the two global communities. Ms Mottley was speaking during Ghana’s 65th Independence Anniversary celebrations at the Cape Coast Stadium. […]
On Wednesday, August 31, the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago celebrated its Diamond Jubilee of Independence. Here is the message from T&T’s Prime Minister, Hon. Dr Keith Rowley: Trinidad and Tobago a nation at 60! Look across the globe, let’s place ourselves on the world canvas, Trinidad and Tobago is “a baby” still, yet it […]
The St. Lucia government says it is anticipating investment in the tourism industry to surpass EC$320 million as a result of negotiations with various investors during the first 8 months of this year. “Investors are showing a high level of confidence and interest in St Lucia’s economic prospects. This is evident by the level of […]
By Nya Phillips, gisbarbados.gov Minister of Education, Technological and Vocational Training, Kay McConney, wants to see Barbados and its Caribbean neighbors embracing Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and the Arts, amid growing opportunities in these areas. She expressed the view during the presentation of approximately 500 experimental kits, called Learning Lunchboxes, to campers of […]
Photo Credit: PP/IQ Inc. Commissioner Manuel Castro, Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs: Yes. Thank you, Hazra and thank you to the Bowling Green Association for this important partnership. To be able to celebrate and uplift our immigrant communities because immigrants are just as important to the city’s economy as any industry represented in Wall Street. So […]
Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has announced that the country planned to open a new medical school, named the American Canadian School of Medicine. The Prime Minister stated that the new medical school would be managed and operated at the campus of Ross University in Picard, Portsmouth, by CSOM Holdings Limited. He announced that the […]
BitcoinCash 22, the P2P electronic cash conference where experts come together to discuss how cryptocurrency can change the way it moves around without any fiat currency or credit cards, will be held at the beautiful Caribbean vacation destination of St Kitts and Nevis on November 12-13, 2022. The Conference will give an opportunity to network […]
Cap-Haïtien, Haiti – January 12, 2009 : Men on the background of the city wall. Haiti is recognized as one of the poorest countries on Earth. (Shutterstock) By Sir Ronald Sanders Haiti has never been far from wide-scale human suffering, grave political instability, and grim economic underdevelopment. But its circumstances today are worse than they […]
By CARICOM The Caribbean Sea is renowned for its clear waters, teeming coral reefs, and vibrant coastal ecosystems, but these habitats don’t exist in a vacuum: Their fate is tied to the health of the broader ocean, including the high seas, the areas beyond national jurisdiction 200 nautical miles from shore. The high seas, which […]
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced on August 15, the appointment of Simon Stiell of Grenada as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The appointment has been made after consultation with the Conference of Parties through its Bureau. He will succeed Patricia Espinosa of Mexico to whom the Secretary-General […]