By OECS Castries, Saint Lucia – The Government of Saint Lucia is providing assistance to one hundred and thirty-six (136) OECS citizens, who are part of the seasonal agricultural workers’ programme, as they were stranded in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, as a result of the eruption of the La Soufriere Volcano. RELATED STORIES & […]
Photo Courtesy: The UWI Seismic Research Centre By OECS Prime Minister Honourable Allen Chastanet has spoken to the Prime Minister of St. Vincent of the Grenadines, Dr. the Honourable Ralph Gonsalves, and indicated Saint Lucia’s readiness to assist in light of the latest developments with the ongoing eruption of the La Soufrière Volcano. Saint Lucia’s […]
By Courtney Travis, AccuWeather The largest volcano on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent on Friday erupted in spectacular fashion, sending an ash plume shooting an estimated 52,000 feet into the atmosphere and forcing the evacuation of thousands. Authorities had ordered evacuations on St. Vincent Thursday evening, ahead of the expected volcanic eruption that occurred […]
Registration has opened for the region’s most anticipated travel trade event, Caribbean Travel Marketplace. Slated for May 11-14, 2021, the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA)-hosted event will be virtual this year. Vanessa Ledesma, CHTA’s Acting CEO and Director General, foresees a dynamic and robust gathering as “the world emerges from COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns […]
By IADB Some 1,200 unemployed and underemployed youth between the ages of 17 and 34, are set to benefit from a special IDB Lab programme aimed at strengthening economic opportunities and enhancement of their digital, business, and interpersonal skills. Youth will also access job opportunities through highly practical project-based learning and employability skills enabling them […]
If you missed yesterday’s Virtual Easter Sunday Celebration – An Interdenominational Celebration of the Christ: Bringing Love the World – Jamaicans a Yaad and Abroad. Click the image below to watch the replay. Many thanks are in order to our speakers and entertainers and background event coordinators. Especially event Chair, Dr. Beverly Gordon and event […]
By Sir Ronald Sanders A commentary, published on March 8 by Camillo Gonsalves, a minister of the government of St Vincent and the Grenadines, was headlined “Every Island for itself’. The first line was unequivocal in stating that “The idea of CARICOM died on December 16, 2020”. Camillo Gonsalves is a Caribbean man, and an integrationist. Only […]
This photo is a Chapel by the University of the West Indies, Mona in Kingston Jamaica. Its a Chapel that has existed since June 1959. (Shutterstock) KINGSTON, Jamaica: The Co-Chairman of the Global African Congress (GAC) Cikiah Thomas, has written to the Chancellor of the University of the West Indies (UWI), businessman Robert Bermudez, expressing […]
Sign in front of the Inter-American Development Bank, BID, in Washington. – Washington, D.C. / USA – June 14 2020 (Shutterstock) By IADB The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) today launched the 2021 Call for Proposals for the Regional Public Goods (RPG) Initiative in Latin America and the Caribbean, which supports projects involving three or more countries. The […]
By Wired JA GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 18, 2021 – Former Lands and Survey Commissioner, Trevor Benn on Wednesday emerged from a question and answer session with the Guyana Police Force’s Criminal Investigations Department (CID), saying that the Irfaan Ali administration was becoming a “creeping dictatorship.” He was reacting following his interrogation by the police in […]